Re: Ebola......

by **tTy** 2014-10-12, 12:46

Rocinante wrote:

Glad you're happy about that. She probably took her gear off improperly. It's a fairly complicated procedure and these people were new to it.

I've got over 1000.5

Get off me.

by **kingstonlake** 2014-10-12, 13:16

Guess I better watch Walking Dead tonight to get a feel for a post apocalyptic Ebola world.

by **Wally Fairway** 2014-10-13, 10:07

I can now see tTy's point in this - last week there had only been 1 case of Ebola in the USA; now that has doubled to 2 cases. Let's, for ease of computing say that 50% of all cases are fatal; and that although we've heard it can take up to 21 days, I'm going to use 14 days as the incubation period for my example.

week 0 - 1 sick, cumulative
week 2 - 2 sick, 1 dead
week 4 - 4 sick, 2 dead
week 6 - 8 sick, 4 dead
... fast forward, math & shit, end of the year 2014
week 12 - 64 sick, 32 dead (USA epicenter = Dallas, TX)
... fast forward to NCAA hoops tournament time
week 22 - > 8,000 sick, > 4,000 dead

... fast forward to 4th of July Weekend (panic in the streets
week 40 - >1,000,000 sick .....

They had better clean this shit up real fast and shut it down.
I'm sticking with my under 1,000.5; meaning this is stopped sometime in the next 16 weeks (unless there is separate outbreak in the US, unrelated to the Dallas patient #1)

by AvgMSUJoe 2014-10-13, 10:15

I died of the bird flu once. I think I died of the pig one too, but I never went in to verify it killed me.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 10:19

I thought I had ebola Saturday morning.. as it turns out, I just needed more coffee.

by **The_Dude** 2014-10-13, 11:21

Family of the man who died in Dallas is going to sue the hospital. How predictable.http://www.dallasnews.com/ebola/headlines/20141010-lawsuit-may-be-coming-in-ebola-victim-s-death-family-friend-says.ece

by **Nommad2** 2014-10-13, 11:33

Rocinante wrote:

Over time, two isolated populations of the same species, may in fact evolve into two different species. What you have to understand is there are millions of unsuccessful mutations for every beneficial one.

I think Bee is a great example of an unsuccessful mutation. tongue

by LoneWolfSparty 2014-10-13, 11:48

Nommad2 wrote:
I think Bee is a great example of an unsuccessful mutation.

Obsessed.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 12:22

The_Dude wrote:Family of the man who died in Dallas is going to sue the hospital. How predictable.http://www.dallasnews.com/ebola/headlines/20141010-lawsuit-may-be-coming-in-ebola-victim-s-death-family-friend-says.ece

good.. they should.

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 12:35

Robert J Sakimano wrote:good.. they should.

On what grounds? They failed to cure a disease with no known cure? Mmmmkay....

by Guest 2014-10-13, 12:41

tTy wrote:

On what grounds? They failed to cure a disease with no known cure? Mmmmkay....

He was Black. Bob feels that all blacks are oppressed and believes they need to be compensated for that.

But keep in mind that's not racism, just reality.

by **InTenSity** 2014-10-13, 12:47

tTy wrote:

On what grounds? They failed to cure a disease with no known cure? Mmmmkay....

Sending him home with a 103 degree temperature. Also, if he told them he just flew in from West Africa, I could see them winning a negligence claim.

Plus you can sue for any reason, it doesn't mean you are going to win. It just means that a lawyer or family member thinks they have a chance to win.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 12:49

tTy wrote:

On what grounds? They failed to cure a disease with no known cure? Mmmmkay....

yeah, I'm glad he's dead too. Hopefully he infected a bunch of other black people without insurance.

by **Jake from State Farm** 2014-10-13, 12:49

InTenSity wrote:
Sending him home with a 103 degree temperature. Also, if he told them he just flew in from West Africa, I could see them winning a negligence claim.

Plus you can sue for any reason, it doesn't mean you are going to win. It just means that a lawyer or family member thinks they have a chance to win.

I suppose him lying on the form he filled out before he left West Africa saying that he hadn't had any contact with anyone with ebola wouldn't work against the lawsuit.

by **goodbar** 2014-10-13, 12:52

The_Dude wrote:Family of the man who died in Dallas is going to sue the hospital. How predictable.http://www.dallasnews.com/ebola/headlines/20141010-lawsuit-may-be-coming-in-ebola-victim-s-death-family-friend-says.ece

The hospital should pay cash and have the person handing it over wearing full hazmat gear.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 12:54

goodbar wrote:

The hospital should pay cash and have the person handing it over wearing full hazmat gear.

they could send it through one of those vacuum tubes that they have at the bank..

by **goodbar** 2014-10-13, 12:57

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

they could send it through one of those vacuum tubes that they have at the bank..

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 12:59

goodbar wrote:

"yeah, um... sorry about what happened. If you'll pull around, Haz-Mat Harold will have the money sucked right over to ya. Thanks for your patience".

by Toe 2014-10-13, 13:12

Jake from State Farm wrote:

I suppose him lying on the form he filled out before he left West Africa saying that he hadn't had any contact with anyone with ebola wouldn't work against the lawsuit.

Hospital should sue Duncan, Liberia, Netherlands, Customs etc.

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 13:15

Toe wrote:

Merica should sue Duncan, Liberia, Netherlands, Customs etc.

Fixed.

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 13:19

Let's get this party started!!!

by **DWags** 2014-10-13, 13:26

Well damn it, I had some plans for retirement. I'm three years away. WTF. Now this shit is gonna kill me. I'm the most unlucky person in the world.

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 13:27

DWags wrote:Well damn it, I had some plans for retirement. I'm three years away. WTF. Now this shit is gonna kill me. I'm the most unlucky person in the world.

You're black?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

by LoneWolfSparty 2014-10-13, 13:28

tTy wrote:Let's get this party started!!!

Nothing to see here. Ebola isn't here. Don't believe the reports that it is.

Signed,

Baghdad Bob Sakimano

by Guest 2014-10-13, 13:41

Robert J Sakimano wrote:yeah, I'm glad he's dead too. Hopefully he infected a bunch of other black people without insurance.

So Liberians should be covered under Obamacare too?

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2014-10-13, 13:42

tTy wrote:

I've got over 1000.5

Get off me.

How much did you put on it? Evidently quite a bit.

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 13:44

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

How much did you put on it? Evidently quite a bit.

I bet the lives of 20-90% of the people on this board. Pretty high stakes...

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 13:46

LooseGoose wrote:

So Liberians should be covered under Obamacare too?

Hell no.. only white folks should have access to healthcare - I'm glad the sent this immigrant away from the hospital..

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 13:46

tTy wrote:Let's get this party started!!!

by Toe 2014-10-13, 13:52

LooseGoose wrote:

So Liberians should be covered under Obamacare too?

That's why were sending the Army to Africa.

along with this helpful PSA for our brothers across the sea....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFlHKUohMI

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2014-10-13, 13:53

I just sneezed. Should I..

a) worry
b) call the mainstream media for an interview
c) go to the hospital
d) sequester myself until Fox News, MSNBC and CNN can get their medical experts involved..
e) make sure my life insurance premium is paid

by 75alum 2014-10-13, 13:57

In 1969 a viral infection that was declared the most scariest virus to hit the continent since smallpox in 1633 traveled to the US. The virus; AIDS. Most of the viral infections are passed along the same way; body fluids from one body to another. Now true, one can be infected with HIV and live without certain death from the virus. Yet there have been over 600K deaths in the US due to AIDS. The problem with Ebola is going to be overwhelming numbers of carriers passing into the US. With over 1M cases known in Africa today, the number of global businesses with employees traveling back and forth, just look at HIV and see where that is today. Over 1M carriers in the US with something like 15% of carrier not even knowing they're carriers. The only global hope for control is going to be through anti-viral antidotes. We cannot stop illegal migration of people. How are they going to stop the migration of a nearly invisible virus.

by AvgMSUJoe 2014-10-13, 14:03

Wait... pardon my ignorance, I haven't been paying attention to this nonsense... but isn't ebola only a couple week percolating time and it's only catchy when you are full fledged sick? Seems totally different then AIDS to me.

Also, remember the hype and fear (vs facts) around AIDS when that hit the mainstream... do you see any correlation?

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 14:09

AvgMSUJoe wrote:Wait... pardon my ignorance, I haven't been paying attention to this nonsense... but isn't ebola only a couple week percolating time and it's only catchy when you are full fledged sick? Seems totally different then AIDS to me.

Also, remember the hype and fear (vs facts) around AIDS when that hit the mainstream... do you see any correlation?

So, to break that down.

Since ebola and AIDS are "totally different", they are pretty much the same RE: hype/fear (vs facts), ergo your "correlation" theory.

Got it.

by **steveschneider** 2014-10-13, 14:11

Toe wrote:

That's why were sending the Army to Africa.

along with this helpful PSA for our brothers across the sea....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFlHKUohMI

That was hysterical. Ebola...... - Page 3 502811600

by AvgMSUJoe 2014-10-13, 14:38

tTy wrote:

correlation?

Zactly... Also, did you get my point I haven't been following the hype machine of this too... So as the cherry on top, I have no idea if any of that is true.

by **Nordic** 2014-10-13, 14:39

Nordic Survival Tip #48, don't go to Africa

by **Wally Fairway** 2014-10-13, 14:46

Nordic wrote:Nordic Survival Tip #48, don't go to Africa

or Dallas

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 14:47

Nordic wrote:Nordic Survival Tip #48, don't go to Africa

What are tips 1-47?

by **tTy** 2014-10-13, 14:51

AvgMSUJoe wrote:

Zactly... Also, did you get my point I haven't been following the hype machine of this too... So as the cherry on top, I have no idea if any of that is true.

I am thoroughly confused as to what point you are making. Not trying to be a dick, but I =

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