If you read the thread you'd see Kaz had answered that on the last page, bloody lazy moderator.toby said:It has just been on the news about the American nurse who has Ebola was fully protected so is it airborne ??
mammutly said:Seems to me that news management is in full swing over this.
The Ebola virus has already exceeded the predicted transmission rates, the revised predicted rates and revised, revised predicted rate. WHO has just revised its predicted infection rate upwards again.
It has been known for a long time that the biggest public health risk to a developed economy is a highly infectious virus with a high mortality rate. The management plan is already in place, but it is massively expensive and would be very difficult politically for any government to impose. I think we are being spoon fed information at the moment to justify incremental measures.
It's worth thinking what exponential growth actually means:
growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.
The more people infected the more people will be infected - 2 become 6 become 24 become 96 etc etc.
The BBC are saying Ebola infection is growing exponentially in West Africa. This is not a virus that you get pockets of. If it's there it's there and it will get bigger. The answer? Sector containment. You can bet that the government has already discussed it and the press are gradually ramping up public anxiety to the point where it becomes acceptable.
BimboBob said:It comes in through the television.
Nah that's propaganda. Ebola comes in through the cold water tap.BimboBob said:It comes in through the television.
Worst weather in 50 years ... Must be global warming ... Better pay more for water and electricity as that benefits the planet (and whoever is charging us).CTID1988 said:Give it 2 weeks and we will be being scared shitless with the "worst snow storms in 50 million years" headlines. News seems to move in 2 week blocks, noticed that israel/palestine is hardly on the news now? It was none stop a couple of weeks ago, you'd of thought they kissed and made up and its all ok over there. This ebola scare will go that way too
TonyM said:Worst weather in 50 years ... Must be global warming ... Better pay more for water and electricity as that benefits the planet (and whoever is charging us).CTID1988 said:Give it 2 weeks and we will be being scared shitless with the "worst snow storms in 50 million years" headlines. News seems to move in 2 week blocks, noticed that israel/palestine is hardly on the news now? It was none stop a couple of weeks ago, you'd of thought they kissed and made up and its all ok over there. This ebola scare will go that way too
Who did they survive 50 years ago you'd wonder?
CTID1988 said:Give it 2 weeks and we will be being scared shitless with the "worst snow storms in 50 million years" headlines. News seems to move in 2 week blocks, noticed that israel/palestine is hardly on the news now? It was none stop a couple of weeks ago, you'd of thought they kissed and made up and its all ok over there. This ebola scare will go that way too