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[Last Hearth]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...of-global-epidemic-was-on-way-home-to-US.html

An Ebola victim who was allowed to board an international flight was an American citizen on his way home to the United States, it has emerged.
Patrick Sawyer worked for the Liberian government and was visiting his sister there when he developed symptoms while on a plane to Nigeria. He was quarantined on arrival in Lagos and died on Friday.
His wife, Decontee, 34, who like Mr Sawyer is originally from Liberia, currently at the heart of the terrifying Ebola outbreak, said he had been due to travel on to America where he could have become Patient Zero in a US epidemic.
The 40-year-old father-of-three is believed to have contracted the disease from his sister, whom he was caring for without knowing she had Ebola.

 

[AbsolutBro]

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

If you need me, I'll be building a wall around my property. A big one, with barbed wire... and a moat.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

just don't touch anyone's bodily fluids and your fine...

 

[Sephzilla]

Fellow passengers on his plane were given warnings about the disease’s symptoms, which can include bleeding from the nose and mouth, but were allowed to continue on their journeys.

What

 

[King Cobra]

Hmmm, so this is how it happens?

 

[Frustrated_Grunt]

No matter how reassuring people are that an epidemic can't happen here in the US, these weekly news reports always makes me fearful.

 

[Angry Grimace]

What

Ebola isn't airborne.

 

[Chris R]

Ebola isn't airborne.

Until dude sneezes or vomits all over you.

I'm reading The Hot Zone right now, shit is scary.

 

[t0rment]

i'm having contagion flashbacks.

 

[greatestjediever]

Until dude sneezes or vomits all over you.

I'm reading The Hot Zone right now, shit is scary.

I love that book. I remember doing a presentation about it in middle school, and grossing every one out.

 

[everyday math]

That's some scary stuff right there.

 

[Luis_23]

That would be the worst way to go

 

[t26]

shut down everything

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Holy shit. Time to stock up on the hand sanitizer, full body condoms and avoid crowded places. Taking the stairs at work starting tomorrow to avoid elevators full of potential carriers,.

 

[Sephzilla]

Ebola isn't airborne.

Still. With something like Ebola do you really want to take that kind of chance that he didn't sneeze on someone or something?

 

[Wizman23]

fear mongering at its finest!

 

[kabel]

So it begins.....

Scary shit.

 

[The Lamp]

Holy shit. Time to stock up on the hand sanitizer, full body condoms and avoid crowded places. Taking the stairs at work starting tomorrow to avoid elevators full of potential carriers,.

Hand sanitizer doesn't protect you from viruses like Ebola.

 

[Paches]

So it begins.....

Scary shit.

BRB moving to Greenland.

 

[jmdajr]

shit

 

[commedieu]

mucous would have ebola in it.
sweat would have ebola in it.

"bodily fluids" doesn't seem to have people understanding how thorough of a definition it is.

Which is why its not a good idea to sit next to someone with Ebola. Droplet of sweat you don't notice or cant see, you rub your eye, Welp.

 

[Slayer-33]

Magfuckingnificent.

 

[Nokterian]

Jezus christ....man this virus is a nightmare.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Also, the US isn't the only civilized country in the world, and you don't see Ebola breaking out there.

mucous would have ebola in it.
sweat would have ebola in it.

"bodily fluids" doesn't seem to have people understanding how thorough of a definition it is.

Which is why its not a good idea to sit next to someone with Ebola. Droplet of sweat you don't notice or cant see, you rub your eye, Welp.

Except transmission of basically anything isn't that easy or everyone would already be dead of many things.

 

[AbsolutBro]

Hand sanitizer doesn't protect you from viruses like Ebola.

The alcohol doesn't kill them?

Welp, gloves it is then.

 

[marrec]

Thank god it was caught in time and then they quarantined everyone on the plane to make sure they weren't carrying the virus!

Fellow passengers on his plane were given warnings about the disease’s symptoms, which can include bleeding from the nose and mouth, but were allowed to continue on their journeys.

Wait no, fuck.

Actually Ebola presents itself so rapidly that...

As Ebola has an incubation period of up to 21 days, there are fears that some may even now be spreading the disease still further.

God damn us all.

 

[olbareun]

on the bright side, ebola kills its victim too quickly for it to spread widely

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

No matter how reassuring people are that an epidemic can't happen here in the US, these weekly news reports always makes me fearful.

That's kind of the point. They use fear to click links and watch their news channels.

 

[xbhaskarx]

Ebola isn't airborne.

It is when someone with Ebola boards an international flight.

 

[Stitch]

Plague Inc. taught me that we all just need to move to Greenland.

 

[Rockandrollclown]

Can't we just shut down all air travel to the region until this shit dies out? I'm sure it would have a negative economic impact on many, but this shit needs to stay as contained as possible.

 

[Plinko]

Thank god it was caught in time and then they quarantined everyone on the plane to make sure they weren't carrying the virus!



Wait no, fuck.

Actually Ebola presents itself so rapidly that...



God damn us all.

Except it isn't transmittable until symptoms are evident.

 

[MormaPope]

It is when someone with Ebola boards an international flight.

9/10

 

[Shadow780]

NOPE

 

[Linkhero1]

I'd be paranoid as fuck if I were on that plane.

 

[MIMIC]

It is when someone with Ebola boards an international flight.

lol

 

[Alchemy]

I need to find a way to live inside a plastic bubble.

 

[E92 M3]

on the bright side, ebola kills its victim too quickly for it to spread widely

The problem is the incubation period of 21 days. Sneaky fuck.

 

[Pickman]

BRB moving to Greenland.

Madagascar, man. They close their port the second a person in Iceland sneezes.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

The problem is the incubation period of 21 days. Sneaky fuck.

Incubation is one thing but what about period in which you're contagious. Also, it's a max 21 days. It's more like an average of 5.

 

[Kysen]

What about the water vapour from just breathing normally, holy shit. Being near anyone infected is a huge risk without a bio suit. Death by diarrhoea has got to be one of the worst.

 

[Baskcm]

Keep that shit away from England

 

[Sulik2]

Why is air travel still being allowed to and from Africa right now? Ebola is nothing to mess around with.

 

[Angry Grimace]

The problem is the incubation period of 21 days. Sneaky fuck.

Its actually 2 to 21 days.

 

[P3P5I]

So it begins.....

Scary shit.

Brb moving to Madagascar.

 

[Protein]

Someone confirm this:

In late 2012, Canadian scientists discovered that the deadliest form of the virus could be transmitted by air between species.[143] They managed to prove that the virus was transmitted from pigs to monkeys without any direct contact between them, leading to fears that airborne transmission could be contributing to the wider spread of the disease in parts of Africa. Evidence was also found that pigs might be one of the reservoir hosts for the virus; the fruit bat has long been considered as the reservoir.[143] A 2013 study isolated antibodies from fruit bats in Bangladesh, against Ebola Zaire and Reston viruses, thus identifying potential virus hosts and signs of the filoviruses in Asia.[144]

via wiki

 

[GeekyDad]

9/10

Are you fucking crazy -- that was a perfect 10!

 

[ActuallyHulk]

I have never been so glad to be a NEET before now.

 

[mackattk]

Feels like someone is playing a game of Plague, Inc.

If that is the case, New Zealand/Greenland are relatively safe countries to retreat to.

 

[E92 M3]

Incubation is one thing but what about period in which you're contagious. Also, it's a max 21 days. It's more like an average of 5.

Its actually 2 to 21 days.

That's a huge delta regardless. It allows people to travel without knowing they're sick.