Government and media are lying to us about ebola. Why?

[dtugg]

Chart I posted says same thing.

[BloodyUge1]

are you a moron

How so? This is from CDC website. Thats 3091 deaths... this YEAR!!

[Retoaded]

How so? This is from CDC website. Thats 3091 deaths... this YEAR!!

the chart also says 3,000 and you are arguing with it.

[rjw99]

spread FEAR /thread

[BloodyUge1]

are you a moron

True... but its growing exponentially

[BloodyUge1]

the chart also says 3,000 and you are arguing with it.

**** you I am autist & dyslexic LOL

[jmonty]

Thanks, Obama

[basement iron]

ITT: People, mostly whom exist because of vaccines, hating on vaccines and "big pharm".

Looks like the scientifically illiterate hysterical anti-vaccine mommy bloggers of the internet have won. I guess hysteria and propaganda are easier than facts and reason.

[basement iron]

How so? This is from CDC website. Thats 3091 deaths... this YEAR!!

So basically Ebola deaths are right up there with choking on a hot dog deaths.

[wnc817]

Only time will tell if it ends up killing millions in Africa. It is very strange that they would allow people from those nations to come here.

[AlanStone]

Beyond potato.

[EZ-Bar]

You're being super paranoid OP. It's healthy to a certain extent but in this case its unwarranted.

Everyone should be afraid of what Ebola can do to you. There are scary viruses out there. And you should be worried about them. And you should be really worried about the potential for a major supervirus epidemic. Because it is certainly possible and really only a matter of time.

Now, why is Ebola not it?

It's only become an epidemic in third world countries. The people that get it in these countries have no knowledge of bacteria or viruses, they are fearful and in denial about the horrible affects they have seen, and there are very little sanitary practices that prevent the spread. It's really a trifecta for it to spread in countries like this unfortunately.

That being said. We live in a first world country. And despite a small percentage believing that God is giving them diseases most of us know the basics of bacteria and viruses, we have incredible doctors, quarantine, and incredibly sanitary conditions. There really isn't anything to worry about. Yes a few people will get it, yes it is tragic and you should be concerned, but this state of panic everyone gets in that the world is somehow ending is almost comical.

Now let's assume that your premise that it is not transmitted through blood but is actually an airborn and/or can transfer through fluids and we are being lied to. That will mean that a large amount of the population will start to get it. And if the government is truly hiding it then they will have to block all social media, and essentially close down the Internet so that no family member or friend of the infected can aware the people. The spread of information is incredible these days, and it would be impossible to contain the information coming out if a million people got the virus in a week or two. So you can be paranoid about this but until you see large amounts of people dying all you are doing is putting ****ty ideas in people's heads.

[Kgetfit89]

dumb post is dumb, if it hits a congested part of a country like new york or somewhere in india then it will spread like fire. CDC predicts if they cant get a handle on the african epidemic now, by 2016 1.4m will be infected and 70% will die... africa is populated but its not a dense population as some city's are in the world.

[ClownToucher]

ITT: People, mostly whom exist because of vaccines, hating on vaccines and "big pharm".

Looks like the scientifically illiterate hysterical anti-vaccine mommy bloggers of the internet have won. I guess hysteria and propaganda are easier than facts and reason.

Yes, there are some of those people but I'm not into CTs and I think vaccines are awesome. What I want to know is why our leaders are refusing to release accurate information. For example, cdc director refused to answer a simple question about the patients citizenship status. I'm thinking it's more along the lines of political correctness run amok.

[BloodyUge1]

dumb post is dumb, if it hits a congested part of a country like new york or somewhere in india then it will spread like fire. CDC predicts if they cant get a handle on the african epidemic now, by 2016 1.4m will be infected and 70% will die... africa is populated but its not a dense population as some city's are in the world.

This. The problem is that it is spreading exponentially. It is already extimated that between 1.4 - 5 million people in Africa will die within a year. It is out of control, no amount of money can contain it. Fact is one person in the US had it and 80 people are now in quarrentine because of one person. Imagine 100+... doomsday scenario.

[Freek314]

We should have more threads like this so that we know who the morons are.

[Condyle]

I'm not really a conspiracy theorist, but my mom sometimes can be.
She sent me this text, when the news of the guy with Ebola in Dallas first broke....

" Hey son, Ebola spreading in America! First case reported in Texas. This is bullchit. Just a conspiracy by Big Pharma to be able to scare the general public and start making a profit off of peoples' fears by selling their Ebola vaccines and medicines."

Don't know what to make of that. I'll leave it to the Misc.

Ugh. Nothing on your ma bro, but 'big pharma' hippies piss me off almost as much as fat activists. brb perfect closed logic system, brb I'm alive = must be all this watercress, brb I might be dead at some point in the intermediate future = big pharma. It's like they haven't even tried to make up something worthwhile before diving headfirst into the crazy. Now I'm involved in healthcare they piss me off even more. If I get linked to one more PubMed abstract from 1976 I'm gonna go mental.

[anonymous]

[Huberus]

lol wtf diarrhea leading cause of death

untreated diarrhea is HUGELY dangerous brah, you expel water and dehydrate like a motherfukker.

[EZ-Bar]

dumb post is dumb, if it hits a congested part of a country like new york or somewhere in india then it will spread like fire. CDC predicts if they cant get a handle on the african epidemic now, by 2016 1.4m will be infected and 70% will die... africa is populated but its not a dense population as some city's are in the world.

Youre a nursing student comparing a 3rd world country where the people struggle to find water they haven't **** in to drink to New York.

It's spread through close contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.

If it was airborne it would have infected millions of people already. And there would be a serious issue. But it hasnt, so it isn't. Numbers don't lie.

[Vexidi]

50,000 people in the USA, and 500,000 people world wide die of the flu every year.

Why isn't that on the news?

Seems like the common flu should be more of concern to us than ebola.

Right?

Not really since the flu only has a mortality rate of about 8% vs. around 70% for Ebola. There's a reason Ebola is a risk group 4 pathogen and influenza is a 2.

[Angra_Mainyu]

Ebola is the most dangerous disease on the planet

well in a first world country I don't think we are being killed too quickly by all that random chit before ebola can claim more victims, I mean look at that competition its got in africa?

[Huberus]

Youre a nursing student comparing a 3rd world country where the people struggle to find water they haven't **** in to drink to New York.

It's spread through close contact with bodily fluids of an infected person.

If it was airborne it would have infected millions of people already. And there would be a serious issue. But it hasnt, so it isn't. Numbers don't lie.

This.

EVERY hospital has plans in place for handling an outbreak of pretty much ever major infection known to man. The CDC would shut down any infection before it even gained a foothold.

[goodcupcakes]

True... but its growing exponentially

Red is potato and can't read the graph true BUT while it's 3,000+ deaths in Africa so far the projected death rate is 1.4 MILLION by January.

[xxdieharderxx]

Ebola is the most dangerous disease on the planet

Strong this ^

This Ebola chit is a way to distract you from the real problems we have in our government .

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

Not really since the flu only has a mortality rate of about 8% vs. around 70% for Ebola. There's a reason Ebola is a risk group 4 pathogen and influenza is a 2.

70% mortality rate, IN AFRICA.

don't fall for the media fear mongering.

How is this any different from SARS, mad cow disease, west nile... I mean seriously. Every year the media needs to keep their ratings floating, so they promote some disease that is somewhere in the world so the senior citizens who sit at home all day have something to freak out about.

[BloodyUge1]

70% mortality rate, IN AFRICA.

184 Health care workers are dead from Ebola. These people are covered head to toe in protective gear.

[Angra_Mainyu]

70% mortality rate, IN AFRICA.

don't fall for the media fear mongering.

How is this any different from SARS, mad cow disease, west nile... I mean seriously. Every year the media needs to keep their ratings floating, so they promote some disease that is somewhere in the world so the senior citizens who sit at home all day have something to freak out about.

lol at comparing statistics from africa. Probably everyone there has ebola but they're too quickly dying from aids while being drunkenly run over by an alcoholic dying of liver chirosis driving a 1950s ford car on a dirt road while trying run away from a lion thats about the maul them, and they were ****ing with the lion in the first place because they're dying of protein energy malnutrition and need the food to save their wife whos dying from trying to give child birth after being raped by gangs with aids, and the circle of life continues

[OnDatPhaggyTyme]

you CT's can't even get your story straight

Half are saying the government/media/jews are covering up the severity of it to prevent panic

the other half are saying the government/media/jews are over exaggerating it for monetary gain

oh, but we're all open minded, intelligent, and see the bigger picture, thus better than everyone else

the internet always finds a way to bring out the smartest of us

[HMFIC_BROWSIN]

184 Health care workers are dead from Ebola. These people are covered head to toe in protective gear.

whoopty fukin' doo.

3,287 people die in car crashes EVERY DAY, and the majority of them were wearing seatbelts!!!

are you going to make a thread about that?

nope.