Re:CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
by yardie on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @05:06AM
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Listen to this podcast[1] and get back to us. Compared to previous disasters this is a very slow moving disease, extremely contagious, and almost always fatal. And that is part of the problem. No one thinks it's a problem because it's all the way over there.
The CDC and other NGOs are trying to hype up its effects because people, and you are not in the minority, don't think it's a real problem. I know people who think it's corrupt African countries trying to get more aid money.
* 1 gets you 2, 2 gets you 4, 4 gets you 8, and 10 gets you 100. Exponential growth here. See, math is fun.
* How many times have you touched your face today? What else have you touched while outside. Victims don't have to physically bleed all over you. But imagine if just 1 infected person took the NY Subway.
* They become symptomatic and then what? Most people, when starting to feel sick, go to the supermarket and stock up on juice and vitamins. Possibly passing it along to coworkers, friends, and family. Only when they have overwhelming evidence that something is wrong do they head to the hospital. Meanwhile, the entire time, the virus is shedding.
The CDC and other NGOs are trying to hype up its effects because people, and you are not in the minority, don't think it's a real problem. I know people who think it's corrupt African countries trying to get more aid money.
* 1 gets you 2, 2 gets you 4, 4 gets you 8, and 10 gets you 100. Exponential growth here. See, math is fun.
* How many times have you touched your face today? What else have you touched while outside. Victims don't have to physically bleed all over you. But imagine if just 1 infected person took the NY Subway.
* They become symptomatic and then what? Most people, when starting to feel sick, go to the supermarket and stock up on juice and vitamins. Possibly passing it along to coworkers, friends, and family. Only when they have overwhelming evidence that something is wrong do they head to the hospital. Meanwhile, the entire time, the virus is shedding.
[1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/09/26/351515481/episode-...