Ebola is really, really hard to get.
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On a related topic, I heard on NPR yesterday about thousand children left orphans because of Ebola and that no one wants to take them in.
My heart breaks for those children. I asked DH if maybe we could adopt one (we can afford to) and he said "no". Now I'm just sad. |
Anonymous
Don't forget the ISIS crazies all over the place staring at their computers being inspired to run outside and cut people's heads off. |
Anonymous
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Unfortunately the time may be now for a pandemic. The last one was the 1918 flu.
The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus.[1] It infected 500 million[2] people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population[3]—making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history Then we have Aids -- 35 million low estimate 70 million high estimate. Ebola is a lot easier to get than AIDS. We have mega cities of very poor people all over the globe -- all connected by air travel. It could be very bad. We do not have cures for virus right now. |
Anonymous
Why don't you go over there and help? |
Anonymous
| "Ripe for a pandemic" PP, pandemics don't work that way. There isn't some clock that times outbreaks of mass death, using different infections each time. HIV is unrelated to flu which is unrelated to Ebola. Flu does seem to go in cycles, and there are bound to be big flu outbreaks that are more fatal than others. Good news is we are better at treating flu than we used to be. But flu is still deadly and awful. If you must worry, worry about flu and go get your flu shot. While Ebola is awful and scary, it is important to remember that of the millions and millions of people in the countries impacted by Ebola in West Africa, only a few thousand have been infected. That isn't a terribly infectious spread. Not that the US should be complacent, but that we should keep some perspective. |
Anonymous
I have a small child and can't leave it or take the risk of him becoming an orphan. |
Anonymous
Don't worry, they tend to have extended families over there. I know a few people from west Africa who were raised by their aunt/uncle or grandparents. |
Anonymous
You are a good person. |
Anonymous
+1. Best thing we can do, other than prayers, is donate $$ to help with equipment and suppliesand some comfort measures for the sick. |
Anonymous
This. |