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http://www.cnbc.com/id/102037055

CDC confirms first Ebola case in the United States.


I'm not worried. Consider this: the Flu kills more people in a year in the United States, than Ebola has ever killed in the world since the 1970's.

[Ghost of V]

We're all going to die.

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http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola


This institution strongly believes the virus can be transmitted via aerosol, though the CDC is still claiming only direct contact with an infected individual will get you infected.

[Ghost of V]

We're all going to die.

[rooster]

I'm excited. I love when everyone gets all riled up about viruses.

[Rama Set]

Vitamin C.

Problem solved.

[Rushy]

If only the CDC knew about vitamin C. They keep trying to solve the crisis with modern medicine. What a bunch of idiots!

[Tau]

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola


This institution strongly believes the virus can be transmitted via aerosol, though the CDC is still claiming only direct contact with an infected individual will get you infected.

I vehemently disagree with those authors. Their point is that since we aren't 100% certain we might as well be safe. In my opinion, when dealing with a disease such as Ebola which has such a low possibility for harm on meaningful (for a pandemic) scale but which is so terrifying, our first priority should be avoiding panic. If the CDC announced that they were taking precautions 'just in case', the public would hear 'ebola can spread through the air now everybody riot'.

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Spreading as an aerosol is not the same thing as spreading through air. Furthermore, would you not rather the CDC take the extra precautions rather than "oops looks like it can spread in the general vicinity of the person, not just through direct contact"

When it comes to biohazards, there is no such thing as too much protection. If you get Ebola you're (most likely) dead. That's not a chance I want people to start taking.

[Ghost Spaghetti]

Captain Trips.

[Blanko]

Nobody in the first world with access to modern health care is going to die to ebola.

[Rushy]

Nobody in the first world with access to modern health care is going to die to ebola.

You're wrong. Ebola will soon cause the collapse of all Western civilization.

[markjo]

Yeah, kid.  It's called vitamin C.

[Ghost of V]

Yeah, kid.  It's called vitamin C.

Brilliant take on an overused facebook meme.

[Tau]

Spreading as an aerosol is not the same thing as spreading through air. Furthermore, would you not rather the CDC take the extra precautions rather than "oops looks like it can spread in the general vicinity of the person, not just through direct contact"

When it comes to biohazards, there is no such thing as too much protection. If you get Ebola you're (most likely) dead. That's not a chance I want people to start taking.

I think the CDC should recommend exactly what science tells them to recommend and no more. The people working with ebola know the risks and can choose to take further precautions if they feel the need to.

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I think the CDC should recommend exactly what science tells them to recommend and no more. The people working with ebola know the risks and can choose to take further precautions if they feel the need to.

Did you read this before you posted it?

[Snupes]

Nobody in the first world with access to modern health care is going to die to ebola.

Really?

[Ghost of V]

Of course he's black.

[Ghost of V]

And according to this nice little graph he was initially refused treatment.

[Vindictus]

The emotional pleas being made in light of his death are pretty humorous. Someone in America has died from Ebola, lets do something guys!