So that nurse with Ebola got on a plane

[pepharytheworm]

100% of the people who participated in this thread will eventually die. Math is fun.

Proof?


Joke by the way

Well we can always run tests to validate if necessary.

*gets a gun, large knife, large vessel of dihydrogen monoxide, and 1000 watt surround system loaded with used CD store Beiber tunes ready in case of need*

Still hard to prove to me I am dead once I am dead.

[jp1]

Haven't any of you retro gamers played zork?

[Ack]

Haven't any of you retro gamers played zork?

I tried to once, but I was eaten by a grue.

[MrPopo]

Haven't any of you retro gamers played zork?

Beaten the original trilogy.

[mjmjr25]

There are 317 million people estimated to live in America. Only 3 of them have ebola. Your chances of winning the lottery jackpot are roughly one in 18 million. If ebola was handed out at random you would still have a far better chance of winning the lottery than you would of catching ebola. In fact, since ebola is not handed out at random and you probably are not in the direct vicinity of anyone with ebola since they are dead or quarantined, you have an even better chance of not catching ebola.

...and 10 months ago no one in Africa had Ebola. 9 months ago the odds of getting Ebola in Africa were 1 in 1,000,000,000. Today they are 1 in 1,000,000 following your math above.

Now 4,500+ have died and thousands more are infected.

A month ago 0 of 317 million had ebola. Then 1 of 317 million. Now 3 in 317 million.

I'm not worried about getting Ebola but the lottery analogy above is pretty silly.

[J T]

There are 317 million people estimated to live in America. Only 3 of them have ebola. Your chances of winning the lottery jackpot are roughly one in 18 million. If ebola was handed out at random you would still have a far better chance of winning the lottery than you would of catching ebola. In fact, since ebola is not handed out at random and you probably are not in the direct vicinity of anyone with ebola since they are dead or quarantined, you have an even better chance of not catching ebola.

...and 10 months ago no one in Africa had Ebola. 9 months ago the odds of getting Ebola in Africa were 1 in 1,000,000,000. Today they are 1 in 1,000,000 following your math above.

Now 4,500+ have died and thousands more are infected.

A month ago 0 of 317 million had ebola. Then 1 of 317 million. Now 3 in 317 million.

I'm not worried about getting Ebola but the lottery analogy above is pretty silly.

I'm not saying that the disease can't spread. Obviously it can and it should be clamped down, and the CDC and the Texas hospital have been too cavalier in my opinion, but people are freaking out RIGHT NOW as if they can get sick RIGHT NOW. Comparing America's healthcare to West Africa's is also ludicrous.

Also, you are wrong that nobody had ebola 10 months ago. Ebola has been around, at least since the 70s. 10 months ago was just the first recurrence of a major outbreak. There was a big outbreak back in 1976.

Unfortunately, lottery winnings remain non-contagious.

[ExedExes]

Haven't any of you retro gamers played zork?

Um, yah, it was our Together Retro title in September 2013. Check out my article.

[marurun]

The CDC is actually doing OK, though not great. The Texas hospital is not looking so good, though. Emory successfully treated two ebola patients and none of their nurses or doctors fell ill. The Texas hospital took in one ebola patient and now two attending nurses have fallen ill. I realize they probably didn't think they needed to be ready for ebola when the first patient came in, but with a disease like ebola, you have to be able to get ready very quickly.

As long as hospitals start taking things seriously when they get a patient in with symptoms, this will not turn into a big thing. Even if a few more folks do get ebola, I think the annual toll from the flu will still easily, easily eclipse ebola deaths in the US.

Funny, you don't see people getting worked up like this at the beginning of flu season.

[mjmjr25]

Also, you are wrong that nobody had ebola 10 months ago. Ebola has been around, at least since the 70s. 10 months ago was just the first recurrence of a major outbreak. There was a big outbreak back in 1976.

Do you know what is going on right now?

No - no one had Ebola 10 months ago. It is carried by mammals; primarily bats - so while yes, the virus was around - no one had it at the time of this outbreak according to the CDC or WHO prior to the Guinea case in December 2013.

There were exactly 53 cases of Ebola in 2012-2013 combined. There was exactly 1 in 2010-2011.

As for "better healthcare" - first, I never commented on healthcare. However since you have - you are aware that the WHO has thousands of medical staff - from all over the world, in Africa, treating this with the best Eastern and Western medicine has to offer. 3 doctors from my employer alone have flown to Liberia and another 1 to Sierra Leone.

[Michi]

As long as hospitals start taking things seriously when they get a patient in with symptoms, this will not turn into a big thing. Even if a few more folks do get ebola, I think the annual toll from the flu will still easily, easily eclipse ebola deaths in the US.

This exactly. We'll be fine. And people in healthcare will be fine now as long as they follow the proper procedures and guidelines. Especially now, I think, since the news is so prominent and the hospital in Texas royally mucked up.

Unfortunately, lottery winnings remain non-contagious.

Damn.