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Anyone else feel like the plot of Rainbow Six is starting to become unsettlingly realistic now, what with the eco-terrorists planning on unleashing ebola at the summer Olympics through the ventilation system in an attempt to kill humanity when all the infected fly home and then offer a vaccine that's really the virus to the panicked masses because said terrorists own a major world pharmaceutical company?
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You know.

The reason why Ebola is such an epidemic in Africa is cuz of the overall terrible health over there - like, brought about by lack of sanitary conditions and good, easily accesible medicine and shit.

An Ebola outbreak wouldn't happen in the US, or Britain or any other well-developed country for that matter since the hospitals here can handle it and would be able to treat people much more easily.

So even if a few cases sprout up from people who went to Africa, I think we can all rest easy knowing that it won't shoot across the continent like the fucking plague or w/e.
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I live too close to Dallas for this to be a comfort.
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idlehands said
If that's true? I fucking knew it. I knew that shit would come here when they started bringing back sick Americans. Why the fuck they're even letting flights leave that place is beyond me. They need to shut down flights coming to the US from all those countries.


Oh, yeah, sure, let's block off the only practical form of intercontinental transport from basically an entire continent to the United States. That totally won't leave hundreds (if not thousands) of people stranded with no reasonable or affordable way back home. That's not an overreaction at all.

It's just ebola, man.
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Basically though, you'll be fine so long as you don't swap bodily fluids with anyone.
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Kaga said
You know.The reason why Ebola is such an epidemic in Africa is cuz of the overall terrible health over there - like, brought about by lack of sanitary conditions and good, easily accesible medicine and shit.An Ebola outbreak wouldn't happen in the US, or Britain or any other well-developed country for that matter since the hospitals here can handle it and would be able to treat people much more easily. So even if a few cases sprout up from people who went to Africa, I think we can all rest easy knowing that it won't shoot across the continent like the fucking plague or w/e.


Ebola's not exactly a super treatable disease, they only just developed a vaccine for this strain after this outbreak happened. You also can't vaccinate against it yet, and there's different strains of it. The scary part about it is that it takes several days for symptoms to show, and those symptoms could be any number of other common ailments, and if anyone is in contact with you at that point, they run a high risk of infection. You wouldn't know hou had ebola until it's far too late, and the disease has a 90% fatality rate. While I don't doubt we're better equipped to handle an outbreak here than in Africa, it would still be absolutely devastating until it runs its course.

I can't stress this enough: the only way to deal with an ebola outbreak is to quarantine all the victims until they die. This is a seriously horrific disease that does not have an easy or effective solution, or really much in the way of effective treatment.

Edit: Also, Ebola originates from Africa and scientists still really don't understand the source of it. It can't just happen on another continent because it doesn't naturally occur anywhere else than central Africa. It's fucking weird.
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I don't want to turn into a leaky blood sponge. ;-;

I meant just blocking the flights to the US from countries with known epidemics and forced quarantine for people stupid enough to go there to help.
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I haven't been ill for some time in the area of a year, and now I feel terrible. It's all your fault, Spam. :c


Drink more water.
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Drink more water.


I dunno, that sounds dangerous.
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Dervish said
Ebola's not exactly a super treatable disease, they only just developed a vaccine for this strain after this outbreak happened. You also can't vaccinate against it yet, and there's different strains of it. The scary part about it is that it takes several days for symptoms to show, and those symptoms could be any number of other common ailments, and if anyone is in contact with you at that point, they run a high risk of infection. You wouldn't know hou had ebola until it's far too late, and the disease has a 90% fatality rate.


I thought it was down to a 50% fatality rate.
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Raxacoricofallapatorius said
I thought it was down to a 50% fatality rate.


Do you really want a heads or tails shot at living?
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No, but it's better than a 1 in 10 chance.
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idlehands said
Do you really want a heads or tails shot at living?


Yes

I can say that because I don't have to flip a coin
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The boldest measures are the safest

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wow how the fuck is there a legit ebola conversation going on in here

calm down
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Good.


That's mean of you. ;(
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By the way Nex, I do hope you feel better. Being sick sucks.
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wow how the fuck is there a legit ebola conversation going on in herecalm down


WE LIKE TO LET DISEASES KNOW WE MEAN FUCKING BUSINESS
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Smiral said
wow how the fuck is there a legit ebola conversation going on in herecalm down


We could be screaming in our outdoor voices if you'd prefer.

Raxacoricofallapatorius said
I thought it was down to a 50% fatality rate.


Might be, but usually untreated and with the nastier strain, it's basically all but certain you're dying in a horrible manner.
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