EBOLAWATCH: 5000 false claims last week. 0 new cases.

CDNBear

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Only if you believe the govt. Heard several frontline nurses on BT today who told a different story.
Today he believes the govt, because it makes him feel all vindicated and justified.

Tomorrow he'll be back to whining about Harper buying poka dot boxers with tax payers money.
 

Twila

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In the U.S., 3 confirmed cases of Ebola, 1 death.

This year between 15 and 60 million Americans will contract the Flu. Up to 50,000 will die from it.

What would you say is the more pressing Public Health issue?

I get that.

But lets look at it this way. One patient got into the US with ebola... now two health care workers have it.

In Africa it has had a 70% mortality rate.

I am sure there were plenty of more important issues to deal with on the day that the Black Death came to Europe.

Should there be no concern?

Also, if you are a healthy person you won't die from the flu. It's people with compromised immune systems, the elderly, and the very young who are likely to die from the flu. AND there's a vaccine against the flu.

Ebola does not discriminate. Even though they say its very difficult to catch 2 nurses who were in protective garb STILL contracted it. There should definately be concern.

A wrong step or 2 in dealing with the public and the containment could go sideways. Travel restrictions, it's been said, would cause people to seek other methods of getting to where they want to go and there'd be no monitoring, no knowing of who, when or where.
 

Nuggler

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Oh gawd now it's big pharma's fault.

Where does Monsanto fit into all of this?

10,000 is a very small number of people by the way. One more week and we'll have that number of false claims lol

MF; I don't think it's as much "false claims" as people feeling really ill and wondering if.................cause that's what a lot of people do, even if they weren't anywhere near an ebola carrier. ****ing media almost has it that you can catch it by slipping on a banana peel.

So they get tested, have their 15 minutes of fame, and go home.

Stitch in time and all that.

The "health care professionals" (not the nurses) in Texas, who shouted out everything was okydoky should be hung up by the nuts, however.

eh ?:naka:
 

Twila

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From the article:

"It is dangerous to ship it over the weekend because you don't know if the customs — not everybody is there. The pharmacy at the hospital who will store the vaccine for us is closed on Sunday," Kieny told CBC News.


You'd think they'd call their customs broker and ask them to have agents available....In a situation like this...it's not like an Ebay shipment or something.
 

mentalfloss

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Yes it's dangerous because customs might not be there to pick up a parcel on time.


DANGEROUS
 

Twila

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Yes it's dangerous because customs might not be there to pick up a parcel on time.


DANGEROUS

Customs doesn't pick up parcels. They clear them. If there's no one there to clear the package it goes no where.
 

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Locutus

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Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss I'll see your angst, and raise you one FoxNews anchor, lolz...

News anchor delivers Ebola message everyone needs to hear | fox13now.com

Some very stupid people who know little of the real world, don't understand how the simplest things work.

That won't stop them from telling you, you're doing it wrong though.


in fluffy's case, his little hobby topic OP was getting the thread-view/reply beat down from my naturally superior http://forums.canadiancontent.net/news/126871-ebola-coming-kill-us-all.html one. he's rather insecure that kid. :lol: