Ebola scaremongering?

Jokester · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:29

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-29656462

Don't see a tin foil hat in amongst his protection.

Glaucus · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:30

Oh dear what a Muppet.

Tefal · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:40

why the safety specs though

Jokester · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:42

Tefal said:
why the safety specs though

You can catch ebola if you get droplets of infected fluid in your eye.

Tefal · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:47

Jokester said:
You can catch ebola if you get droplets of infected fluid in your eye.

surely goggles would be needed though

Xordium · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:47

I know they get ill but I wasn't aware that they can cough that far.

Jokester · 18 Oct 2014 at 13:49

It is windy at the moment though.

Tefal said:
surely goggles would be needed though

Would be better, but then if you're going to go that far, why isn't in a hazmat suit?

Tefal · 18 Oct 2014 at 14:25

Jokester said:
It is windy at the moment though.

Would be better, but then if you're going to go that far, why isn't in a hazmat suit?

i thoguht the fluid on skin was enough though

Jokester · 18 Oct 2014 at 14:32

Tefal said:
i thoguht the fluid on skin was enough though

That's my point, why bother with eye protection only, when he can also get it via the skin.

Glaucus · 18 Oct 2014 at 14:33

It still needs an entry point so a cut in the skin, mouth, eyes etc.

Xordium · 18 Oct 2014 at 14:34

Jokester said:
That's my point, why bother with eye protection only, when he can also get it via the skin.

Only broken skin or if you say wiped it from your cheek into your mouth which in fairness is normally the first place on the face people touch if you watch them.

Blackjack Davy · 18 Oct 2014 at 22:32

koolpc said:
One day. Maybe soon, we will all be stuck in our homes. Unable to go outside, only to receive goods via special delivery! Prisoners doomed to live a life behind a keyboard!!!!

Still got to take that parcel from the posties hands though, and think how many hands its been through before it got to you!

Lock yourself in your room and starve to death or catch ebola. Decisions, decisions...

n.b. if that "plague ship" is anything to go by its not going to be pretty. The person onboard doesn't have ebola she just worked in a lab that tested some samples. She's "quarantined" in her cabin, the passengers are going nuts and no-one will allow the ship to to dock.

Its not a mass outbreak of ebola, its a mass outbreak of hysteria.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...etri-dish-Panic-onboard-the-Ebola-cruise.html

Mynight · 18 Oct 2014 at 22:38

That's the thing is panic will spread a virus faster than if people were calm about it.

To be honest if I thought I had ebola I'd phone up for advice rather than heading to a&e or the doctors. At the end of the day there's sweet f all you can do about it just best to minimise others exposure until you get advice.

Rroff · 18 Oct 2014 at 22:53

Mynight said:
That's the thing is panic will spread a virus faster than if people were calm about it.

To be honest if I thought I had ebola I'd phone up for advice rather than heading to a&e or the doctors. At the end of the day there's sweet f all you can do about it just best to minimise others exposure until you get advice.

If you went down a&e with what was possibly ebola (actually flu) symptoms right now they'd stick you on an open ward for "observation" and take some tests which the results of wouldn't be available for days... and after 3-4 days you'd get "bored" and walk out (actual true story).

Mynight · 18 Oct 2014 at 23:02

Yeah I read about that :eek:

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Imagine if it really was ebola

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Tbf as long as you're confined to bed and doctors/nurses knew I don't think an open ward is an issue.

V F · 19 Oct 2014 at 00:30

Mynight said:
That's the thing is panic will spread a virus faster than if people were calm about it.

To be honest if I thought I had ebola I'd phone up for advice rather than heading to a&e or the doctors. At the end of the day there's sweet f all you can do about it just best to minimise others exposure until you get advice.

dunker · 19 Oct 2014 at 01:52

i've had "bloods" done years ago where they check for all sorts i guess and it took about an hour. how long does it take for an ebola test?

Mynight · 19 Oct 2014 at 02:00

I imagine the test is just as quick but it's transporting it to a lab qualified to test for it.

I would assume you can't just send it to the hospital labs.

Edit: apparently it can only be tested for after showing symptoms, it can take 3-5 days as apparently in the first few days the tests may provide a false negative.

(Unsure if credible);

http://m.livescience.com/48141-how-doctors-test-for-ebola.html

Strife212 · 19 Oct 2014 at 02:03

clv101 said:
You do understand how the exponential function works don't you?

Yes, it's not going to increase at an exponential rate though. It has so far but it will burn out.

dunker · 19 Oct 2014 at 02:18

with the ammount of (i hope) gross incompetence in usa it will stop spreading and nurses will stop licking their gloves. leave those borders open usa! lol muppets.