EBOLA- resurgence 2018

[abbow]

there is no hope in the medical system we have here.....

i've experienced first hand at hospitals how they dont care about anyone as a patient....
EBOLA.....nurses and doctors will scamper...

as someone correctly said....dengue patients cant even be treated properly at most hospitals...what will happen if EBOLA comes knocking...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

why not merge this thread with the other.

[vij_twincamgt]

1st Ebola patient Eric Duncan in the US dies in hospital - CNN

[shake d livin wake d dead]

I am on a flight heading to Piarco from Miami this afternoon,as far as I understand quarantine procedures are being set up at Piarco...Imo its gonna be long and tedious but necessary.

[Trini Hookah]

Still late, folks flew in a while after the first patient and piarco had nothing.

We will forever be a reactive nation.

[pioneer]

I think we should postpone carnival 2015, we all know when tourists come here they bring a virus that does mash up everybody they come in contact with.

It would be safeguarding the nation.

[Trini Hookah]

Zombie PM 2015 Dan.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29518703

How not to catch Ebola

As the outbreak continues to spread, the fear of catching the disease is rising.

Experts are learning more about how to contain the virus that has infected around 7,500 people in West Africa.

The race is on to stop this deadly disease that kills more than half of those it infects.

Here's what is known.
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DON'T TOUCH

Ebola is spread by direct contact with contaminated body fluids. Blood, vomit and saliva can all carry and spread the deadly virus.


Medical staff wear rubber gloves that must be regularly disinfected

The relatives of sick patients and the healthcare workers who care for them are at highest risk of infection, but anyone who comes into close proximity potentially puts themselves at risk.

For that reason, contact should only be for essential medical care and always under the full protection of the right clothing.

The virus can't breach protective gear, such as gloves, a mask, goggles, a full body suit and tough rubber wellington boots, but too few have access to state-of-the-art kit.

Those who do get to wear it should keep changing it every 40 minutes to be safe. Inside the suit it can get up to about 40C. Getting into the kit takes about five minutes. Taking it off again takes the wearer and a designated helper "buddy" about 15 minutes.

This is one of the most dangerous times for contamination and people are sprayed with chlorine as this happens.

COVER YOUR EYES



If an infected droplet does get on to your skin, it can be washed away immediately with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitiser.

The eyes are a different matter. A spray of droplets from a sneeze directly into the eye, for example, could let the virus in.

Similarly, the mucous membranes of the mouth and inside of the nose are vulnerable areas, as is broken skin.

LAUNDRY



One of the most shocking symptoms of Ebola is bleeding. Patients can bleed from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and rectum. Diarrhoea and vomit may also be tainted with blood.

A big infection risk is cleaning up. Any laundry or other clinical waste should be incinerated. Any medical equipment that needs to be kept should be decontaminated.

Without adequate sterilisation, virus transmission can continue and amplify.

Minute droplets on a surface that hasn't been adequately cleaned could, in theory, pose a risk. And it's unclear how long the virus could sit there and remain a threat. Flu viruses and other germs can live two hours or longer on hard environmental surfaces like tables, doorknobs, and desks.

The nurse who recently became infected while caring for two Ebola patients in Spain had twice gone into the room where one of the the patients was being treated - to be directly involved in his care and to disinfect the room after his death. Both times she was wearing protective clothing.

Soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitisers readily disrupt the envelope of this single-stranded RNA virus, and decontamination with dilute bleach is effective and readily available even in remote settings.

CONDOMS



Generally, once someone recovers from Ebola and they have the all-clear, they can no longer spread the virus.

But Ebola virus has been found in semen for up to three months.

For this reason, doctors say that people who recover from Ebola should abstain from sex or use condoms for three months.

Link at the top has more specific info such as the different sections of the protective kit.

[pioneer]

Ban Carnival 2015.

[pugboy]

tell them fast food workers to not rub their nose etc

[pioneer]

Careful dey eh pelt u with hot oil.

[toyolink]

Well...the ebola patient in Texas has died as most know by now and questions are being raised about level of care/treatment provided to the deceased gentleman.
It looks as if he didn't get the kind of attention which was and is being provided to the US citizens who were and is presently being treated.
I suppose we would learn more in the coming days but the implications seems kinda clear.

[pioneer]

Just say it nah...cuz he was blk.

Also I hear he lie about where he came from, and went mingling with people.

[Dizzy28]

Well...the ebola patient in Texas has died as most know by now and questions are being raised about level of care/treatment provided to the deceased gentleman.
It looks as if he didn't get the kind of attention which was and is being provided to the US citizens who were and is presently being treated.
I suppose we would learn more in the coming days but the implications seems kinda clear.

Maye if he didn't lie in the initial stages to the airport screener about where he was coming from his treatment could have started sooner. Based on all that was published on his treatment I would say he was pretty fortunate to have been in the US. His last days could have been more painful in a different country.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Well...the ebola patient in Texas has died as most know by now and questions are being raised about level of care/treatment provided to the deceased gentleman.
It looks as if he didn't get the kind of attention which was and is being provided to the US citizens who were and is presently being treated.
I suppose we would learn more in the coming days but the implications seems kinda clear.

Maye if he didn't lie in the initial stages to the airport screener about where he was coming from his treatment could have started sooner. Based on all that was published on his treatment I would say he was pretty fortunate to have been in the US. His last days could have been more painful in a different country.

Who would have stopped him from entering the US?

[1UZFE]

So would Carnival be banned?
Tim tim alluded to this.
So a Certain demographic in the population wud agree..

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Too early to call.

[streetbeastINC.]

Ebola transmission will depend alot on public actions as well dont just sit there and blame governments etc

[stev]

Ban Carnival 2015.

[Trini Hookah]

[kjaglal76v2]

how to prevent the eboolas on here??

[shogun]

^ Delete your account[s]?

Maybe that is the crime plan. The crime 'hotspots' will be no more, and the rest of us is collateral damage.

Lol.

[Nissian for life]

This all sounds like a game of plague

[sçum]

Northon Aunty virus?

[Jet]

Alya think they will ban carnival z of ebola

[Morpheus]

^ Delete your account

Oh sheit

[teems1]

Too early to call.

Agree, way too early to call.

TIME has an article where the CDC has projected 1.4m infections by January. If that happens, they may have to act and cancelling Carnival may be an option.

http://time.com/3485571/ebola-aids/

[16 cycles]

happened for polio already as per news cast last night

Kitchener has a song on it...

[streetbeastINC.]

Cancellation of that will totally have to go in sync with the worldwide response as well as the case transmisson trends that would manifest itself in the coming days ahead....we can see full control and this event tapers out or we can see random infection trends on which the country should act accordingly by january mid

[Trini Hookah]