Ebola threat (2 Viewers)

[Wildbill]

stupid question it's blood and body fluid transmitted so if some one dying of it is bitten by a mosey then some one in the room is bitten by that mosey and that mossy fly's off and bites again is that possible or can mossies' only carry malaria.
bill

 

[DBK]

I'm not panicking about ebola, but thanks for the reminder about booking a flu jab.

 

[Wildbill]

I'm not panicking about ebola, but thanks for the reminder about booking a flu jab.

I get my one on Friday

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[DBK]

stupid question it's blood and body fluid transmitted so if some one dying of it is bitten by a mosey then some one in the room is bitten by that mosey and that mossy fly's off and bites again is that possible or can mossies' only carry malaria.
bill

Possible I guess but we don't have the mozzie problem they have in Africa so I can't see it spreading that way in the UK.

 

[Gorse Hill]

stupid question it's blood and body fluid transmitted so if some one dying of it is bitten by a mosey then some one in the room is bitten by that mosey and that mossy fly's off and bites again is that possible or can mossies' only carry malaria.
bill

Good point bill, the problem is we don't know that's the worrying part

 

[Jim]

In the next 18 months more people will be killed by flu than anything like the worst statistics of Ebola.

That's a fact, live life and enjoy..?

You never know how longs left anyway

From the Guardian
A deadly disease is set to hit the shores of the US, UK and much of the rest of the northern hemisphere in the coming months. It will swamp our hospitals, lay millions low and by this time next year between 250,000 and 500,000 worldwide will be dead, thousands of them in the US and Britain.

Despite the best efforts of the medical profession, there’s no reliable cure, and no available vaccine offers effective protection for longer than a few months at a time.

If you’ve been paying attention to recent, terrifying headlines, you may assume the illness is the Ebola virus. Instead, the above description refers to seasonal flu – not swine or bird flu, but regular garden variety influenza.

Our fears about illness often bear little relation to our chances of falling victim to it, a phenomenon not helped by media coverage, which tends towards the novel and lurid rather than the particularly dangerous.

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[Wildbill]

Possible I guess but we don't have the mozzie problem they have in Africa so I can't see it spreading that way in the UK.

except in summer those we highland b#'#'#s so were safe till spring then unless we have a flee epidemic thos we b'#'#s drink blood to

 

[Gorse Hill]

From the Guardian
A deadly disease is set to hit the shores of the US, UK and much of the rest of the northern hemisphere in the coming months. It will swamp our hospitals, lay millions low and by this time next year between 250,000 and 500,000 worldwide will be dead, thousands of them in the US and Britain.

Despite the best efforts of the medical profession, there’s no reliable cure, and no available vaccine offers effective protection for longer than a few months at a time.

If you’ve been paying attention to recent, terrifying headlines, you may assume the illness is the Ebola virus. Instead, the above description refers to seasonal flu – not swine or bird flu, but regular garden variety influenza.

Our fears about illness often bear little relation to our chances of falling victim to it, a phenomenon not helped by media coverage, which tends towards the novel and lurid rather than the particularly dangerous.

Just think what flubola could do jim

 

[TheDogMan]

Flying from Birmingham for a 2 week tour of Sri Lanka in 4 weeks time so I hope I dont bump into anyone who has travelled from the infected area, bit of a worry really to anyone travelling long haul or really anywhere through an airport

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[tonyidle]

Po


Poor analogy, when someone gets killed by/in a car, the car doesn't carry on killing more people

Not really - the road continues to be occupied by people some of whom will die. A car involved in an accident may not kill anyone else but other cars take up the gauntlet and continue where it left off.

Anyway the comparison was of numbers killed and makes a valid point.

 

[DiddyDoddy]

Why is everybody in this country worried about this,you have more chance of dying from the common cold or flu.

 

[vwalan]

might not be if lots go to africa then bring it back spread it all over spain and portugal on the way home . dont worry about france the 15,000 french m,homes going away will look after that bit .

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[Gooney]

Not really - the road continues to be occupied by people some of whom will die. A car involved in an accident may not kill anyone else but other cars take up the gauntlet and continue where it left off.

Anyway the comparison was of numbers killed and makes a valid point.

The death rate caused by the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa is rising exponentially, the poster stated death rates by motor accidents as he recalls, is 5 per day which appears to me to be pretty static

 

[Gooney]

Not really - the road continues to be occupied by people some of whom will die. A car involved in an accident may not kill anyone else but other cars take up the gauntlet and continue where it left off.

Anyway the comparison was of numbers killed and makes a valid point.

The death rate caused by the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa is rising exponentially, the poster stated death rates by motor accidents as he recalls is 5 per day whic

 

[ambulancekidd]

The blue touch paper has definitely been lit. I've always been very nervous of this particular virus & we're teetering on the brink of a major Pandemic. This isn't scare mongering & I do not feel that governments are taking this issue as seriously as they should.

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[Mel]

Breaking news here in Belgium
a Belgiun man was taken to hospital in Brussel yesterday.
with symtems of ebola virus

 

[Gorse Hill]

Breaking news here in Belgium
a Belgiun man was taken to hospital in Brussel yesterday.
with symtems of ebola virus

It was only a matter of time with open door policy and we have no doors so anyone welcome

 

[Snowbird]

Now am really worried.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/deadly-ebola-outbreak-puts-world-4429876?ICID=FB_mirror_main

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[DBK]

Now am really worried.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/deadly-ebola-outbreak-puts-world-4429876?ICID=FB_mirror_main

I agree, deaths from chocolate withdrawal will far outnumber deaths from ebola.

 

[vwalan]

just as well i bought 6 boxes of chocolate in lidl a while ago. enough to see me through till middle of nx year. ha ha .

 

[Gorse Hill]

Gutted love chocolate but good job got lots in but won't be buying any now
Jeremy *unt has said the following
"I feel doubly reassured that we have robust plans in place in the event that we get an Ebola case in the UK," he said. This clown arranged for a dummy run to check were ok, what a muppet wouldn't trust him to turn my taps on

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[Silver-Fox]

If i remember correctly, the "experts" said you couldn't catch mad cow disease, opps got that wrong then.

They said the nurse in the States didn't follow protocol, but didnt say what she didn't do.

We don't have to worry though as all the "important people" ie Politicians etc will be kept well away from any risk of infection.

Its our troops that will be returning with presents no one wants here, im sure you can be a carrier without presenting symptoms.

Just ignore my ramblings im sure im wrong

 

[schojac]

Interesting programme on the worlds top 10 deadliest viruses. No 1, Ebola. First thought that apes were the carriers but now state that it is fruit bats that are carriers and apes are the hosts. The most concerning was the parting comment that they now think that Ebola can be transmitted in apes through the respiratory system.

Oh yeah

Don't panic, the politicians have got it taped...................

 

[Gorse Hill]

WHO now saying 10,000 cases a month possible from the beginning of December hopefully there wrong, but what if there not, they also said current deaths and infected vastly underestimated
Has our goverment underestimated this vicious virus because if they have we could be in serious trouble shortly they are still letting people in from infected countries and even not clear on whether the screening is compulsory
If I lived in one of these countries and had the money I would be heading here and even more so if I had symptoms as we have the BEST health care in the world IMO

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[Silver-Fox]

Its nature re balancing the growing population

 

[Gorse Hill]

Its nature re balancing the growing population

I wonder if you still think this if it arrives in the uk however true the statement is
Zmap the only affective vaccine has run out, there is none available in the world and they expect it to take some time before it's available and yet we still allow people to enter the uk from infected countries

 

[chaser]

Where are all the 100s of thousands that was going to die from mad cow disease

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[Silver-Fox]

Where are all the 100s of thousands that was going to die from mad cow disease

That was easy to avoid Stop eating beef

This is a bit different as you don't know who has it so unless you turn into a hermit your stuffed

 

[Tootles]

I agree, deaths from chocolate withdrawal will far outnumber deaths from ebola.

If Ebola ever gets a foothold here, (which I think it will), in the inner cities, it will spread like a wild fire. And with only a couple of dozen specialist beds available.................................

 

[Sandancers]

Hey don't worry, if it gets bad, the Government will apologise, say lessons will be learned and then ask for you to vote for them again !!

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