dazdon
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metalblue said:
A bit of privet jumping and i'll be there shortly.
We all know ebola sufferers can't jump privets so we SHOULD be ok.
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Ebola Outbreak
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A bit of privet jumping and i'll be there shortly.
We all know ebola sufferers can't jump privets so we SHOULD be ok.
BWTAC
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dazdon said:smudgedj said:mammutly said:Unfortunately what we have here is a tough virus. Recent analyses by WHO are suggesting that the infectious period predates symptoms. The measures currently being taken by African States are necessary and hopefully sufficient, but I have my doubts about this one. Previous flu outbreaks were not as severe as predicted because western standards of health care and infection control proved a match for the virus and its effects when contracted. Infection control has to be up to scratch for Ebola, because even with good health care, once contracted,the fatality rate is high and the infectious period may be anything up to 28 days.
Is it airborne or do you need to be in contact to become infected?
You need to have contact of some sort.
We are talking bodily fluids.
Does coming into contact with my own bodily fluids put me at risk?
*logs off xhamster*
m7mcfc
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smudgedj said:mammutly said:Unfortunately what we have here is a tough virus. Recent analyses by WHO are suggesting that the infectious period predates symptoms. The measures currently being taken by African States are necessary and hopefully sufficient, but I have my doubts about this one. Previous flu outbreaks were not as severe as predicted because western standards of health care and infection control proved a match for the virus and its effects when contracted. Infection control has to be up to scratch for Ebola, because even with good health care, once contracted,the fatality rate is high and the infectious period may be anything up to 28 days.
Is it airborne or do you need to be in contact to become infected?
bodily fluids, don't worry about it if your an ugly cnut. Watch out you don't contract Green Monkey disease.
dazdon
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BWTAC said:dazdon said:smudgedj said:Is it airborne or do you need to be in contact to become infected?
You need to have contact of some sort.
We are talking bodily fluids.
Does coming into contact with my own bodily fluids put me at risk?
*logs off xhamster*
Dickrot only affects the dick not the face or hands.
But don't quote me i'm not a doctor.
smudgedj
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dazdon said:smudgedj said:mammutly said:Unfortunately what we have here is a tough virus. Recent analyses by WHO are suggesting that the infectious period predates symptoms. The measures currently being taken by African States are necessary and hopefully sufficient, but I have my doubts about this one. Previous flu outbreaks were not as severe as predicted because western standards of health care and infection control proved a match for the virus and its effects when contracted. Infection control has to be up to scratch for Ebola, because even with good health care, once contracted,the fatality rate is high and the infectious period may be anything up to 28 days.
Is it airborne or do you need to be in contact to become infected?
You need to have contact of some sort.
We are talking bodily fluids.
Ah OK I'm married so my days of swapping body fluids are gone.
On a slightly different topic my wife was telling me they had a case of bubonic plague here last month.
BlueBearBoots
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Cityfan said:Ebola is essentially a disease of poverty. There may be sporadic cases arrive in this country, these will be a hazard to the health workers looking after them, but the threat to the country as a whole is not really there.
why is it a disease of poverty?
It is only really contagious when people become unwell.
If you can afford and get appropriate medical attention you are unlikely to pass it on.
The people who may catch it in this country are the health care workers not casual contacts.
If you can afford and get appropriate medical attention you are unlikely to pass it on.
The people who may catch it in this country are the health care workers not casual contacts.
BlueBearBoots said:Cityfan said:Ebola is essentially a disease of poverty. There may be sporadic cases arrive in this country, these will be a hazard to the health workers looking after them, but the threat to the country as a whole is not really there.
why is it a disease of poverty?
Because it's not an airborne disease and spread by contact/bodily fluids.
This means that if it were to come to the UK for example, it would be shut down in about a day as we have well funded infection control sections and procedures. Sierra Leone and much of West Africa doesn't have these.
Got leptospirosis in the jungles of Borneo in (I think) 94. Almost died due to continuous testing for Malaria and Dengue, and failing to get adequate medication. They finally diagnosed it correctly, and I was OK within a week. That really scared me and I thought I would never go to the tropics again.
2 days ago I was at Reddington hospital in Ikoyi for my malaria prophylaxis replenishment. Only one entrance is open, staff are in space suits, and they took my temperature (36.7 c) - as they did to everyone else entering. They said they had zero cases of ebola so far.
95% of those that contract it eat bush meat (esp. fruit bats, believed to be reservoirs for ebola), considered gourmet food in neighboring Ghana. Grasscutters, antelopes....I have seen it sold on the way to Ibadan about a month ago, but even the locals are refraining from it nowadays.
So, calm down, you have bigger chance of dying from falling down the stairs then from ebola, even here in West Africa, let alone in Europe.
2 days ago I was at Reddington hospital in Ikoyi for my malaria prophylaxis replenishment. Only one entrance is open, staff are in space suits, and they took my temperature (36.7 c) - as they did to everyone else entering. They said they had zero cases of ebola so far.
95% of those that contract it eat bush meat (esp. fruit bats, believed to be reservoirs for ebola), considered gourmet food in neighboring Ghana. Grasscutters, antelopes....I have seen it sold on the way to Ibadan about a month ago, but even the locals are refraining from it nowadays.
So, calm down, you have bigger chance of dying from falling down the stairs then from ebola, even here in West Africa, let alone in Europe.