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Ebola Patient Coming to U.S.
By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 10:49:26
Where'd Bacon go? he was more fun.
By volkom 2014-10-28 10:56:45
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-28 12:45:12
It's actually under 50%, in third world countries. That's the average yes. Do I need to tell you how averages work with the highs and lows?
Last time I checked, out of 10k+ infected, ~4k died. So where are you pulling the 90% from? Fox news? There's no high and low for death tolls, you can't be 90% dead.
The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks
WHO to the rescue. Literally in the first non news result from "ebola death rate".
By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 12:48:02
I'm going to take a stab in the dark and assert that a lot of those deaths were due to misdiagnoses, since it's symptoms resemble that of Malaria. That's even in this outbreak, which is on the severe decline.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-28 13:03:07
EDIT: In what universe does a disease that kills up to 90% of the people it infects become less dangerous than a disease that kills under .05% of the people it infects.
When the amount of people who died in the US alone in 2009 from the H1N1 strain was over twice the amount of deaths ebola has caused thus far. (about 12k US deaths for the Flu, about 5k West Africa deaths), 1 US death.
You're fear mongering, the flu is deadlier (also, more dangerous). (hint: death per rate of infection isn't the only # you have to deal with, you also have to deal with how many are infected).
Ok so you'd rather have Ebola than the flu?
Keep digging bro, you've almost hit china.
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By Shiva.Viciousss 2014-10-28 13:18:54
From what I have seen this outbreak is right in line, or even less, than the average mortality rate of 50%. So its safe to say Ebola has a 50% mortality rate in Africa. 0% for Americans so far. I expect the American percentage to stay the same.
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 13:57:03
EDIT: In what universe does a disease that kills up to 90% of the people it infects become less dangerous than a disease that kills under .05% of the people it infects.
When the amount of people who died in the US alone in 2009 from the H1N1 strain was over twice the amount of deaths ebola has caused thus far. (about 12k US deaths for the Flu, about 5k West Africa deaths), 1 US death.
You're fear mongering, the flu is deadlier (also, more dangerous). (hint: death per rate of infection isn't the only # you have to deal with, you also have to deal with how many are infected).
Ok so you'd rather have Ebola than the flu?
Keep digging bro, you've almost hit china.
You need to learn how to read as that is not what I said.
Also you need to work on your world geography as well as viral infections and math, as you cannot dig straight down from anywhere in the contiguous United States that would hit China, you'd end up in the ocean.
By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 14:01:18
Lying with statistics 101, ebola is like similar to every other viral disease out there, every outbreak is different
which is why there are no universal flu shot. This Ebola outbreak is 40-50% death rate that's it.
H5N1, avian flu has a 100% death rate in some countries and 60% worldwide. ftfy just on that the methods of transmission vary, but continue.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-28 16:13:28
EDIT: In what universe does a disease that kills up to 90% of the people it infects become less dangerous than a disease that kills under .05% of the people it infects.
When the amount of people who died in the US alone in 2009 from the H1N1 strain was over twice the amount of deaths ebola has caused thus far. (about 12k US deaths for the Flu, about 5k West Africa deaths), 1 US death.
You're fear mongering, the flu is deadlier (also, more dangerous). (hint: death per rate of infection isn't the only # you have to deal with, you also have to deal with how many are infected).
Ok so you'd rather have Ebola than the flu?
Keep digging bro, you've almost hit china.
You need to learn how to read as that is not what I said.
Also you need to work on your world geography as well as viral infections and math, as you cannot dig straight down from anywhere in the contiguous United States that would hit China, you'd end up in the ocean. You obviously have a problem with understanding words. Try reading next time.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-28 16:16:30
EDIT: In what universe does a disease that kills up to 90% of the people it infects become less dangerous than a disease that kills under .05% of the people it infects.
When the amount of people who died in the US alone in 2009 from the H1N1 strain was over twice the amount of deaths ebola has caused thus far. (about 12k US deaths for the Flu, about 5k West Africa deaths), 1 US death.
You're fear mongering, the flu is deadlier (also, more dangerous). (hint: death per rate of infection isn't the only # you have to deal with, you also have to deal with how many are infected).
Ok so you'd rather have Ebola than the flu?
Keep digging bro, you've almost hit china.
You need to learn how to read as that is not what I said.
Also you need to work on your world geography as well as viral infections and math, as you cannot dig straight down from anywhere in the contiguous United States that would hit China, you'd end up in the ocean. You obviously have a problem with understanding words. Try reading next time. It's Jet, if he makes a mistake, it's obviously because you don't understand how to read.
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By volkom 2014-10-28 16:19:33
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By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 16:39:38
You need to learn how to read as that is not what I said.
Also you need to work on your world geography as well as viral infections and math, as you cannot dig straight down from anywhere in the contiguous United States that would hit China, you'd end up in the ocean.
You obviously have a problem with understanding words. Try reading next time.[/quote]
quite appropriately now:
"no, you"
seriously, it's not that hard.
You seem to still be confused that a higher death rate always = more dangerous, when it's not the case when applied to the # that can get sick. Apples: oranges, you have to take into account all of the variables, but that would defeat your point and destroy any argument you have for fear mongering (which honestly is debunked on it's own anyway, since you're using bad numbers to begin with.)
It's Jet, if he makes a mistake, it's obviously because you don't understand how to read.
Or maybe it's because you often lack basic reading comprehension, like when you say "no" when you're just reinforcing what I had already said, it's almost as bad as when Alti posts an article with a thread title with a deduction the exact opposite of the data in the article, it's just sad at this point.
Mag needs to come in here and smack you both with books, fuuuck.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-10-28 17:53:53
I'm sure that if several people come here and tell you that you are an idiot, you will tell them all that they all need to learn how to read, because you can't be the problem, right?
By Jetackuu 2014-10-28 18:34:14
No more fear mongering though? Or political nonsense for really a non-issue?
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-29 08:59:04
EDIT: In what universe does a disease that kills up to 90% of the people it infects become less dangerous than a disease that kills under .05% of the people it infects.
When the amount of people who died in the US alone in 2009 from the H1N1 strain was over twice the amount of deaths ebola has caused thus far. (about 12k US deaths for the Flu, about 5k West Africa deaths), 1 US death.
You're fear mongering, the flu is deadlier (also, more dangerous). (hint: death per rate of infection isn't the only # you have to deal with, you also have to deal with how many are infected).
Ok so you'd rather have Ebola than the flu?
Keep digging bro, you've almost hit china.
You need to learn how to read as that is not what I said.
Also you need to work on your world geography as well as viral infections and math, as you cannot dig straight down from anywhere in the contiguous United States that would hit China, you'd end up in the ocean. You obviously have a problem with understanding words. Try reading next time. It's Jet, if he makes a mistake, it's obviously because you don't understand how to read. Every response I give to him from now on will include some reference to his lack of literacy.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-29 09:00:02
quite appropriately now:
"no, you"
seriously, it's not that hard.
You seem to still be confused that a higher death rate always = more dangerous, when it's not the case when applied to the # that can get sick. Apples: oranges, you have to take into account all of the variables, but that would defeat your point and destroy any argument you have for fear mongering (which honestly is debunked on it's own anyway, since you're using bad numbers to begin with.)
Which would you rather have Jet? Last years flu or Ebola?
That's a simple sentence. I know you can understand it if you try.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-29 09:42:39
quite appropriately now:
"no, you"
seriously, it's not that hard.
You seem to still be confused that a higher death rate always = more dangerous, when it's not the case when applied to the # that can get sick. Apples: oranges, you have to take into account all of the variables, but that would defeat your point and destroy any argument you have for fear mongering (which honestly is debunked on it's own anyway, since you're using bad numbers to begin with.)
Which would you rather have Jet? Last years flu or Ebola?
That's a simple sentence. I know you can understand it if you try.
Flu.
What you don't want to understand is flu is affecting millions of people within 1 year, while ebola barely can hit 10k people in a third world country, with barely any sanitary measures, where people were uninformed about it or thought it was a hoax and the only reason it spread that much is because WHO decided not to send any help until it got out of hand. Because you'd rather have the flu than Ebola you're proving my point that Ebola is more dangerous.
I don't fail to understand how the flu has killed more people than Ebola has, that doesn't make the flu more dangerous. I am in the next year personally more likely to die from Ebola than from the flu, and unless your an infant, or elderly, or have some other specific medical condition which puts you in the .05% of people that get it and die from it each year, so are you.
If we followed the standard of whatever kills the most people is the most dangerous (which is what you're preaching) then we shouldn't be concerned with the proliferation of nuclear weapons because after all, they haven't killed hardly anyone in about 70 years. Do you understand how ridiculous that sounds?
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-29 10:45:22
Odds are you will more likely die from flu than from Ebola because the chances you get infected are incredibly low if you are careful.
Should we ban all poultry and quarantine anyone who ate poultry because avian flu has a higher death rate than Ebola?
I certainly have a higher chance of catching the flu than Ebola, but not catching the it and dying from it. I have no medical conditions that put me in the higher risk groups. If I personally got the flu my chance of dying from it would be microscopic. Far smaller than the .05% general number because of the specific lower risk demographic groups I am a part of.
I have a higher risk of catching Ebola and dying from that. Especially when the administration won't enforce quarantines for nurses or doctors who frequently travel to and from infected areas and handle infected patients. If that weren't enough, the administration is also planning on importing people infected with the virus into the states for treatment.
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By Ragnarok.Nausi 2014-10-29 11:51:12
Good luck catching Ebola. Good luck dying from the common flu.
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2014-10-29 11:54:43
Nausi, I think you should really consider a vacation. Does Liberia tickle your fancy?
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By Shiva.Nikolce 2014-10-29 12:06:57
I have a higher risk of catching Ebola .
how many ebola doctors and nurses do you hang out with?
just go full tin foil mode like me and seal off all your windows and register vents!
outside air!? <thanks for the offer, but I will have to pass>
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By Cerberus.Pleebo 2014-10-29 12:19:44
Still waiting for this ebola thing to happen
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-10-29 12:21:11
Ebola beat up my father and raped my mother.
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-10-29 12:24:50
Good luck catching Ebola. Good luck dying from the common flu. People have...
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By Lakshmi.Flavin 2014-10-29 12:25:28
Ebola beat up my father and raped my mother. Well if it only beat him up at least it didn't kill him...
Reuters.com said: A U.S. aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working in West Africa will be flown to the United States to be treated in a high-security ward at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, hospital officials said on Thursday.
The aid worker, whose name has not been released, will be moved in the next several days to a special isolation unit at Emory. The unit was set up in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC spokeswoman Barbara Reynolds said her agency was working with the U.S. State Department to facilitate the transfer.
Reynolds said the CDC was not aware of any Ebola patient ever being treated in the United States, but five people in the past decade have entered the country with either Lassa Fever or Marburg Fever, hemorrhagic fevers similar to Ebola.
News of the transfer follows reports of the declining health of two infected U.S. aid workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol, who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia on behalf of North Carolina-based Christian relief groups Samaritan's Purse and SIM.
CNN and ABC News reported that a second American infected with Ebola was to be flown to the United States. CNN identified the U.S.-bound patients as Brantly and Writebol. Reuters could not independently confirm the reports.
Amber Brantly, the wife of Dr. Brantly, said in a statement: "I remain hopeful and believing that Kent will be healed from this dreadful disease."
Earlier on Thursday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the State Department was working with the CDC on medical evacuations of infected American humanitarian aid workers.
The outbreak in West Africa is the worst in history, having killed more than 700 people since February. On Thursday, the CDC issued a travel advisory urging people to avoid all non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Brantly and Writebol "were in stable but grave" condition as of early Thursday morning, the relief organizations said. A spokeswoman for the groups could not confirm whether the patient being transferred to Emory was one of their aid workers.
CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a conference call that transferring gravely ill patients has the potential to do more harm than good.
Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health plans in mid-September to begin testing an experimental Ebola vaccine on people after seeing encouraging results in pre-clinical trials on monkeys, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH's allergy and infectious diseases unit, said in an email.
In its final stages, Ebola causes external and internal bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. About 60 percent of people infected in the current outbreak are dying from the illness.
Writebol, 59, received an experimental drug doctors hope will improve her health, SIM said. Brantly, 33, received a unit of blood from a 14-year-old boy who survived Ebola with the help of Brantly's medical care, said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse.
Frieden could not comment on the specifics of either treatment but said: "We have reviewed the evidence of the treatments out there and don't find any treatment that has proven effectiveness against Ebola."
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Not really sure how I feel about this.
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