Has anyone else seen this ebola article?

[Alexandra]

www.naturalnews.com/047078_Ebola_outbre ... tion.html#

I just read that and.... Are they serious? I can't figure out if people are seriously that crazy... lol

But now I am wondering... That article is insane, right? I'm not the insane one for thinking whoever wrote it is crazy, am I?

[browncoatslytherin]

as someone in the medical field (though not a clinician, but pretty knowledgeable) i think this article reads as pretty panic-y. ebola is strictly spread by bodily fluids, it's not an airborn contagon, so a "quick spread" as if it were the flu is highly unlikley here in the states. the places where it does spread quickly is because those are developing countries that are lacking in the technologies regarding sewage and waste control.

i would say just use more hand sanitizer and make sure you're practicing good handwashing and you should be fine. this isn't the zompoc.

[samurai_sarah]

Uhm, "wash your hands" is silly advice now? :o

[FakePigtails]

That website's known for posting terrible medical information. I wouldn't take anything they say seriously.

[2xx1xy1JD]

As someone who lived through the SARS thing in Toronto - scary new disease with no vaccine that was killing some folks, airborne virus, mandatory quarantines, forced closure of some hospitals, husband and family friends working in hospitals and therefore at higher risk - I can say that this article is totally paranoid shit.

First world countries have disaster plans. Hospitals have protocols for isolation and dealing with this stuff. Diseases are tracked. Quarantines are imposed. Yes,it is a pain if you are directly affected. The world, however, keeps on turning. Our biggest problem was with the tourism industry, because the paranoia scared away visitors.

You can't compare the situation to Liberia, which never had the same sort of infrastructure.

[RosyDaisy]

Oops, never mind.

[browncoatslytherin]

As someone who lived through the SARS thing in Toronto - scary new disease with no vaccine that was killing some folks, airborne virus, mandatory quarantines, forced closure of some hospitals, husband and family friends working in hospitals and therefore at higher risk - I can say that this article is totally paranoid shit.

First world countries have disaster plans. Hospitals have protocols for isolation and dealing with this stuff. Diseases are tracked. Quarantines are imposed. Yes,it is a pain if you are directly affected. The world, however, keeps on turning. Our biggest problem was with the tourism industry, because the paranoia scared away visitors.

You can't compare the situation to Liberia, which never had the same sort of infrastructure.

exactly.

and, even with that, sars was airborne, which i think poses a greater risk of spreading than a disease that spreads via bodily fluids, like ebola.