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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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I'm a little more worried about the scabies outbreak in my town.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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If it's airborne and as virulent as some would suggest, you'll see thousands dead within a few weeks.
My bet is we won't see that from this virus.
But I will be eliminating all of the bushmeat from my freezer. At least the monkeys.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Keep posting your cutesy gauge photos and always contributing nothing but negativity Crankster.
Ok, Studless, I'll try to post more positive, feel-good stuff like this.
This should have been number one on our governments list, instead of f*#king the dog in Ukraine
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Oh F*K! U.K. Gatwick Airport Ebola Scare!
A Passenger collapsed and died after getting off a jet from
Sierra Leone at Gatwick airport in the U.K.
Fellow passengers were alarmed and said the woman was sweating buckets
and vomiting non stop when they saw her collapse immediately after walking
off the jet. She died shortly after being taken to hospital.
Everyone who was on that jet could be in danger if they touched
the same surfaces that the sick woman touched during the flight
(restroom, seat backs, arm rests) and then rubbed their eyes or ate the virus accidentally with food transferred from their fingers.
Only a single Ebola virus particle is needed to get sick when
transferred by touching a contaminated surface; such as the restroom door
latch.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Aug 3 (Reuters) - An American doctor stricken with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia and brought to the United States for treatment in a special isolation ward is improving, the top U.S. health official said on Sunday.
Ignore Donald Trump. Be happy. Go climbing.
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Ok something curious about the video of PATIENT ZERO
being helped out of the Ebola Van at Emory Hospital
in Atlanta. We see that the nurse helping PATIENT ZERO
has a battery powered air filtration system on his suit
but nothing but a suit with hood on the Ebola guy. He may
have a cartridge mask on....but..
Looks like he is exhaling Ebola freely into America's air (his hood is open on bottom) because filtration masks are made to filter air going in not going out..that check valve thingy.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Well the 'official' theory is that human-lethal strains of Ebola are not airborne. So efforts would be to keep large particles/droplets to a minimum.
If it IS airborne, you'll see thousands of dead in Lagos very soon.
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DavidJones
Boulder climber
Belgium
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Don't worry, I heard they're bringing back an infected USA worker for treatment. He'll be in a locked environment. Don't worry...;)
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
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dave79 posted Looks like he is exhaling Ebola freely into America's air (his hood is open on bottom) because filtration masks are made to filter air going in not going out..that check valve thingy.
Ebola is a contact/droplet spread illness virus which normally calls for little more than a gown, gloves and mask. The only reason they are using the space suits is beacause it is so dreadfully terrible if it is transmitted. The patient was transported inside that plastic capsule which is more than capable of containing the illness so long as it hasn't mutated to be airborne.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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The sky is falling, the sky is falling....
Or it's not. Not here in the US. At least not any more than it was already. There have already been been cases of lassa, dengue, Marburg, etc. To say nothing of Hanta, which is a far more likely problem for the people on this board.
Try this blog for a halfway decent look by someone who actually knows what they are talking about:
http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2014/08/02/ebola-is-already-in-the-united-states/
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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I'll try to carry on.
It's difficult though, what with Ebola being exactly like that Rage virus depicted in 28 Days Later.
I'm actually quite good with them bringing those people here. The risk is very low. And sooner or later these diseases do make their way to the US in a uncontrolled situation. I'd much rather that we take the opportunity to use these patients(guinea pigs effectively) to study treatment in a high tech First World setting so that we're better prepared when we actually have something to worry about.
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crøtch
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 5, 2014 - 11:58am PT
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Here's a press photo of Dr. Brantly (1st patient brought to Atlanta) treating an Ebola patient in Africa. It will be interesting to find out how he became infected despite his use of precautions (at least in this photo).
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^^^ That was a given almost two weeks ago as I noted on the first page, but it was largely
ignored or missed by mainstream media. Africa's reaction to the crisis is typical - call out the
troops. What do you suppose China's reaction will be given their status as the major player in
further plundering Africa's resources? This looks to quickly make the Ukraine look a sideshow
but that won't happen until Ebola starts having its way in the Italian or French banlieues.
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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I think it's a given it's in the US population as well. Once it establishes a firm hold in Lagos, the expansion rate will be geometric. It won't burn through the population here like it will in West Africa, though. Superstition and fear play a big part in why it's spreading like it is. Dead bodies in the streets, hidden away in homes, etc. Terrible stuff.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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I don't think it's a given, yet. But it most likely will be. People are fleeing Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea at alarming rates. With an incubation of up to 21 days it's only a matter of time before individuals start to exhibit symptoms in their home countries.
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