FabSwingers.com forum: Ebola virus

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

How is genuinely worried about the Ebola virus or is it just me?

Over 7500 cases now and over half of them poor folk have died

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's already a thread on this.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's already a thread on this."

Thanks for that, my bad for not searching first

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's already a thread on this."

Can't find it. ...just an old one re: the Dallas case.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's already a thread on this.

Thanks for that, my bad for not searching first

It was a few weeks ago.

Anyway I guess you are on about this fresh outbreak in Europe with someone infected their. Worried? I am getting a little that way is a bloody terrible thing to get although survival chances will be better in western Europe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ebola outbreak: Spanish nurse diagnosed with virus

1 hour ago

Investigations are under way at a hospital in Madrid after a Spanish nurse became the first person known to have contracted the deadly Ebola virus outside West Africa.

The nurse had treated two Spanish missionaries who died of the disease after being flown home from the region.

Three other people, including the nurse's husband, have been quarantined.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I know this might sound silly to some but we are spending a few hundred in the next few days on tinned food and water.

I would rather start taking precautions now rather than later as I can imagine if it does come into the UK then the shops are going to empty pretty quick.

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

One of my brothers is in the mining area of Mauritania at the moment, and that is too close for my liking!

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By *bony in IvoryCouple
over a year ago

Black&White Utopia

The film ' outbreak' is not one to be watched at the monent

could this happen? Makes ya think

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I know this might sound silly to some but we are spending a few hundred in the next few days on tinned food and water.

I would rather start taking precautions now rather than later as I can imagine if it does come into the UK then the shops are going to empty pretty quick."
. Seriously?????? Just calm down no need to panic buy etc just yet that's just being dramatic. It might not even get to the uk, and if it does not to your town.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm not panic buying, Would just rather not be one of the people panicking if it does get over here.

I guessed, even if it don't, I haven't wasted my money, the grub can still be eaten lol

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By *ust RachelTV/TS
over a year ago

Horsham

Not worried at all, as there is nothing I can do to stop it really except get a NBC suit and gas mask. Just sit back and wait to see if it dies out before getting to the UK.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's already a thread on this.

Can't find it. ...just an old one re: the Dallas case."

http://fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/317683

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm not panic buying, Would just rather not be one of the people panicking if it does get over here.

I guessed, even if it don't, I haven't wasted my money, the grub can still be eaten lol "

Sounds like a slight panic to me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm not panic buying, Would just rather not be one of the people panicking if it does get over here.

I guessed, even if it don't, I haven't wasted my money, the grub can still be eaten lol "

Spending few hundred on tinned food and water is a panic,if everyone did the same it would cause total chaos for no reason

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up. "

Yes I thought that re swine flu and bird flu.

Like others have said - at least here we have far better medical facilities . Plus haven't we just deployed 100 army medics to Sierra Leone to set up a field hospital to treat any medical staff that contract it out there. Hopefully that will help too.

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By *olwaySonarMan
over a year ago

Carlisle

They whip up a frenzy, pharmaceuticals rush out some amazing pill ( i.e. tamiflu)that doesn't work and they cream off £billions.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up. "

Though I do agree a bit with what you say I've been reading about Ebola and botofogo (think that's how it's spelt) for years it's not new and has been popping up at regular intervals in the past it's been pretty self containing but this time containment seems to be a massive issue. Though I do believe we can deal with this in the U.K. we won't be getting wiped out anytime soon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up. "

I've considered this. It's always "WAR! but look over there! A deadly virus that will probably kill you. Why not spend money you saved and enjoy things before your eyes and ass fall out"

I'm pretty sure setting up a drug company would be tough

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I believe that if it had started in the developed western world the drugs companies would have been tripping iver themselves to find a very expensive cure

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By *eliciouslyNastyMan
over a year ago

London

Yep totally with you....

Are we getting like Americans?

Everytime something happens we hide under the covers?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not worried at all, as there is nothing I can do to stop it really except get a NBC suit and gas mask. Just sit back and wait to see if it dies out before getting to the UK."
NBC suit and gas mask there

are some fetish sites for that..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up. "
They all make a mint under normal circumstances not a Peppermint one either..

but I,m glad Their around If not for the money side of It...

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By *WcplCouple
over a year ago

Tameside

EBOLA VICTIM RISES FROM THE DEAD. Ganta, Liberia – Officials in Liberia have released the first confirmed image of a captured Ebola victim who rose from the dead. The name of the victim has not been released by the WHO, and news of the patient rising from the dead comes only hours after the United States announced its First Ebola victim in Dallas, Texas.

The Liberian government is accusing the United States of creating Ebola as a bioweapon to use for future wars. Citizens of Liberia have expressed outrage and concern that the US may have tested an ‘evolved’ form of the virus on their nation’s populace, not forseeing the virus’ spread reaching beyond medical containment.

The first reports of Ebola victims rising from the dead was reported by Liberia’s National Newspaper. Initially, officials from the World Health Organization fled in shock and horror as the Ebola patients suddenly arose from the dead. After organizing military reinforcements and obtaining increased containment measures, World Health Organization’s special operations staff quickly responded with military assistance and quarantined the two Ebola victims who arose from the dead.

With Texas now infested with an unknown amount of Ebola patients, nearby Kansas has declared a state of emergency. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has declared October “Zombie Awareness Month” and the state is on high alert for a zombie outbreak. Homes across the state are to receive pamphlets warning them of how to prevent the spread of Ebola and what to do if an Ebola Victim falls dead and then starts to show life again.

Updates will be made to this report as details become available. Please continue to watch television and online news sources for the latest details. Officials estimate the Ebola virus will spread to over 5 million people within two months. The virus is deadly if not treated. It is currently not known how many people the Dallas Ebola victim came in contact with before quarantine measures were put into place.

For the first time in human history, confirmed footage is captured of a man who scientists watched die from Ebola then only several hours later, regain life and rise from the dead.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

the difference between ebola and other other types of virus such as swine flu for example is that Ebola is not an airbourne virus as such...

it is only transmitted by exchanges of fluids....

so to catch it you would have to be close... and i mean really really really close

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

This rising from the dead is a crock of crap, that sight that 'leaked' this is a scam site, it also 'leaked' pics of Paul Walker after his death saying it was all a hoax and he wasn't even in the car, far to many gullible people out there for these idiots to pray on.

Setting up a drug company would not work as there is at present no none cure, there are trial vaccine that have worked on some victims not all

Major airports and hospitals are on high alert and are up to date on protocol, it's like the old saying 'forewarned is forearmed' stop panicking and deal with the here and now not the what ifs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scaremongering is a favourite of the tabloid newsheets.

The daily star ran stories every day for weeks trying to spread panic regarding false widow spiders stating it causes everything from rotting skin to polarasis and death.

However if you actually read the information contained on sites which specialise in spiders their bite and venom is no worse than a wasp sting. But according to the star we were all at risk of dieing. When that failed to cause a stir they have now moved onto giant frogs which can eat rats overunning the country. Shite paper

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By *ezebelWoman
over a year ago

North of The Wall - youll need your vest

I think the risks for Western Europe are pretty minimal but its going to be a struggle to get Sierra Leone under control because places are either densely populated like Freetown or are in the arse end of nowhere and extremely hard for health care staff to access. 100 army medics will certainly help but wont solve the problem.

If it got a hold in Nigeria Id be very worried.

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By *eliciouslyNastyMan
over a year ago

London

The capital investment to start a drugs company is humongous!

The 10 year lead time to get approval per chemical compound for human consumption is untenable for most investors...

The legalities, governmental interference, stakeholder management if expectations and protestations would put the uninitiated off.

But yeah totally agree on all the other stuff.

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By *WcplCouple
over a year ago

Tameside

Of course the "rising from the dead" is a hoax .. You didnt for one minute think... Nooo you cant have

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course the "rising from the dead" is a hoax .. You didnt for one minute think... Nooo you cant have

I deffo didn't but think there are daft people that have, schooling was lost on them and far far to many zombie movies me thinks lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Of course the "rising from the dead" is a hoax .. You didnt for one minute think... Nooo you cant have

Indeed Ebola destroys the internal organs so once it's destroyed them and your dead there's nothing left to rise with!

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By *ickeymousesCouple
over a year ago

Lich

"I know this might sound silly to some but we are spending a few hundred in the next few days on tinned food and water.

I would rather start taking precautions now rather than later as I can imagine if it does come into the UK then the shops are going to empty pretty quick."

us as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There will be no bread on the shelves and no petrol in the petrol stations next week.

Keep calm and carry on

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Scaremongering is a favourite of the tabloid newsheets.

The daily star ran stories every day for weeks trying to spread panic regarding false widow spiders stating it causes everything from rotting skin to polarasis and death.

Are some that can devour up to rat sized

Creatures I,m not sure where they originated from thou or if they are

In this country yet, I always rememeber

That one in star wars who looked like a

Bullfrog and gobbled up one of his concubines yedi the hut or something similar..

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By *WcplCouple
over a year ago

Tameside

Evidently there have been a number of Ebola deaths in Nigeria.

Does this explain why I have heard nothing for two months since I sent my bank details to their government official letter...

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By *layfull pairingCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Man flu is worse.........

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By *WcplCouple
over a year ago

Tameside

Its looking likely that Ebola could come to the UK from Africa.

Pelligrini, Van Gaal and Mourinho have already put their bids in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There will be no bread on the shelves and no petrol in the petrol stations next week.

Keep calm and carry on "

It's the English way, deal with it when it happens, ignore it till then. Leave the panicking to the easily spooked.

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

"the difference between ebola and other other types of virus such as swine flu for example is that Ebola is not an airbourne virus as such...

it is only transmitted by exchanges of fluids....

so to catch it you would have to be close... and i mean really really really close"

Not quite so Fabio, Ebola is a very persistent virus, all that is needed to pass the virus on is for an infected person or cadaver to come in contact with a drinking water source, food or another person to transmit the virus. That is why the bodies of the dead are buried in sealed heavy PVC body bags and there is such strict isolation of those infected.

The real worry is that the virus has made it out of small jungle communities and into large population centres.

Having said that, it does seem to be quite hard to catch but being a virus it will be mutating all the time and will eventually become easy to catch.

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"Is it me or do have something like this pop up like this every few years?

Swine flu

Bird Flu

SARS

We always have a big panic about it and them it just dies down. The healthcare here is pretty good. Obviously seek medical attention if you have symptoms.

How difficult is to too start a drug company? They must make a mint when these things pop up. "

They pop up because they are zoonoses i.e. diseases that exist in an animal species that have, or have developed, the ability to jump species to human.

Most come to light in South East Asia where the population lives in close proximity to animals.

A zoonosis becomes a real problem when the transmission dose is small, infectivity high and the disease causes a high mortality.

The influenza pandemic 1918 -1920 infected around 500 million people world wide and killed somewhere up to 100 million. That was H1N1 influenza virus; a zoonosis.

Add in rapid means of transportation by air and you have a perfect storm.

Around 3 new zoonoses are discovered each year and it will probably be a zoonosis that culls the world population back to a sustainable leve.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How true

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By *octor DeleriumMan
over a year ago

Wellingborough

"the difference between ebola and other other types of virus such as swine flu for example is that Ebola is not an airbourne virus as such...

it is only transmitted by exchanges of fluids....

so to catch it you would have to be close... and i mean really really really close"

Ebola virus particles have been show, in laboratory conditions, to be stable and highly infectious as a stable aerosol droplet 0.8 - 1.2 microns which allows respiratory penetration to the alveolar level; which exactly the level that you don't want it at.

The Soviet Union undertook research with filoviruses in an attempt to create a biological weapon, and the Aum Shinrikyo terrorist group is believed to have obtained Ebola cultures before using Sarin gas (nerve agent chemical weapon) in the Tokyo metro station attack of 1995 (an earlier attack occurred, in Matsumoto, in 1994).

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By *-4pleasureCouple
over a year ago

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