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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:40 AM Oct 2014

In your opinion, which is the better way to control an Ebola outbreak in this country?

OK, so it's pretty obvious where I stand.

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	Ban all travelers who have been in the affected countries in the last month
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In your opinion, which is the better way to control an Ebola outbreak in this country? (Original Post) hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

The same way we did the last two times: hygiene Recursion Oct 2014 #1

Here's a different slant on the outbreak: hedgehog Oct 2014 #3

Both grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #2

I wish people would calm down DiverDave Oct 2014 #4

I think Preston was given some bad info when he wrote "The Hot Zone" hedgehog Oct 2014 #6

Don't know and am amazed treestar Oct 2014 #5

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

1. The same way we did the last two times: hygiene

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:43 AM

Oct 2014

US public health and sanitation are a wonder of the modern world (I appreciate them that much more here in India).

The cruel irony of ebola and the other hemmoragics is that hospitals can amplify them if they are not sufficiently hygienic. That's the general outbreak pattern in subsaharan Africa. But in contrast, in the US a hospital is the safest place for an ebola patient to be.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

3. Here's a different slant on the outbreak:

Reply to Recursion (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:50 AM

Oct 2014

"Firestone Did What Governments Have Not: Stopped Ebola In Its Tracks"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/10/06/354054915/firestone-did-what-governments-have-not-stopped-ebola-in-its-tracks

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

2. Both

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:44 AM

Oct 2014

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)

4. I wish people would calm down

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 05:59 AM

Oct 2014

There's NO "outbreak". You have to get fluids inside to contract it. Very difficult when you are not a health care worker. Read the
Excellent book "The Hot Zone" Infomation combats fear.
Oh, the same author (can't remember his name) has another book on smallpox and its good too.
It's called "The Demon in the Freezer" chilling (lol couldn't resist)
Chillax. You won't get Ebola.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

6. I think Preston was given some bad info when he wrote "The Hot Zone"

Reply to DiverDave (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:55 AM

Oct 2014

it is called a non-fiction thriller, but he seems to have a good reputation on his other non-fiction work. He is the source for the information that Ebola dissolves your organs. According to WHO, CDC, etc, what Ebola does is to attack the lining of the blood vessels, causing them to leak, which simultaneously causes a loss of blood supply and a lot of small clots.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

5. Don't know and am amazed

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:06 AM

Oct 2014

people on DU think they do.

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