27-Sep-14 World View -- WHO: Unprecedented emergencies

[gerald]

> The ebola epidemic should almost be category 4. There is a peril
> that there will be many thousands of refugees from the three
> countries, fleeing the disease but already incubating it, pouring
> into neighboring countries and collapsing their medical systems,
> causing the ebola to fulminate in those countries, leading to
> refugees to their neighbors, until we lose all of Africa
> south of the Sahara.

I don't think WHO has a category 4, but you're absolutely right about
the seriousness of this situation. I've been trying to think about
how this situation could end in any way that isn't the biggest
disaster since WW II, and I can't. Ebola will infect everyone in
Liberia and Sierra Leone at least, and it's only a matter of time
before it spreads to other underdeveloped countries, particularly
where there are megacities packed with slums. I've been wondering
what was going to end up being the trigger for the next world war, and
Ebola might be it. And once the world is at war, then Ebola won't be
stopped anywhere, because the global health infrastructure will be
destroyed.

I've previously estimated that the next world war would kill some 3
billion of the world's 7 billion people -- from war, famine and
disease -- and Ebola may turn that into an underestimate. You may
have to revise your science fiction story.

I know that no one has commented on my posts regarding transmission of Ebola by mosquito. But not to beat a dead horse, the following - http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idep ... eases.html

I still think is misunderstood how Ebola is spread, and still think the mosquito has a part in it. Hope I am wrong , but I think not. For if it is true that the mosquito can spread Ebola as in the above mentioned diseases, there could/would be greater panic in the population. --- Not good

[Trevor]

One other thing that's hampering efforts to treat Ebola is just that even professional healthcare workers are terrified to get anywhere near it. Even people who have spent their lives working with the most dangerous microbes imaginable are afraid to treat Ebola's victims.

A proposal I've heard, and one I think Liberia and Sierra Leone will do at some point, is to have the army seal off the areas where people have been infected and shoot anyone who tries to escape. That might have some effect in slowing its spread, but I don't know.

As for the refugee problem, especially in Syria, those numbers are out of date. I have no doubt that something like half the Syrian population are homeless, either fleeing the country or displaced within it; become a brutal awakening era.

[Guest]

Ebola: I also believe that it is spread much easier than is being reported.

I agree, it's time for a Cordon sanitaire. However, instead of blocking off a city district, we should blockade entire countries and let the disease run its course. The native African population is ignorant. Their behavior has made the efforts to stop the spread of Ebola useless. Seal the borders, save Europe, America, and Asia. I think India will be next. The Indians are the business elite of Africa, and they travel back and forth constantly. Once Ebola arrives in filthy India, it's over.

As regards to Syria: could've, should've, would've. A better question: What now?

[NoOneImportant]

Gerald, we can only hope that you are wrong. But the virus is vigorous, and can live at ambient for appreciable periods. But the possibility probably hasn't been clinically examined, my guess would be because of the jeopardy, but I am certainly not in any position to know... I don't know if anyone does. But you are certainly correct regarding the other items spread by mosquitoes.

[Tom Mazanec]

For those who are looking at this thread without seeing the earlier ebola one, just an heads up on two good threads on other fora on this (both require registration):
Alternate History
http://www.alternatehistory.com/Discuss ... p?t=322751
Peak Oil
http://peakoil.com/forums/ebola-pandemic-t69466.html
http://peakoil.com/forums/ebola-pandemi ... 70138.html
http://peakoil.com/forums/ebola-pandemi ... 70258.html

[NoOneImportant]

Quickest way to marginalize yourself is to continue to link to registered sites. They're worthless, unless of course, your selling.

[gerald]

Gerald, we can only hope that you are wrong. But the virus is vigorous, and can live at ambient for appreciable periods. But the possibility probably hasn't been clinically examined, my guess would be because of the jeopardy, but I am certainly not in any position to know... I don't know if anyone does. But you are certainly correct regarding the other items spread by mosquitoes.

sidelight

From questionable sources on other sites ---

When one considers the booming trade between Asia and West Africa for agricultural products, and the Asian owned farms in Africa.(http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/won ... dwide-why/ ) --- And considering that business send employees to those foreign areas to manage and work those assets, one can see how Ebola could jump from Africa to the dirty parts of Asia and spread, as in the black death of the 14th century http://www.themcs.org/black%20death.htm ( sorry I have seen some of the dirty parts of Asia, talk about a breading ground for disease, eek ) not good.
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New Mosquito-Borne Virus Spreads in Latin America ---.go.com/Health/wireStory/mosquito-borne-virus-spreads-latin-america-25798154

"An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States."
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Well the twisted want a global population reduction, guess they may just get that. But they may be on the list and not know it.
Interesting times indeed.

[gerald]

CDC Confirms First Ebola Case Diagnosed In The US, In Dallas Hospital - Press Conference Live Feed
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-3 ... agnosed-us


The U.S. State Department has ordered 160,000 Hazmat suits for Ebola, prompting concerns that the federal government is anticipating the rapid spread of a virus that has already claimed an unprecedented number of lives.

In a press release posted by Market Watch, Lakeland Industries, a manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for first responders, announced that it had signaled its intention “to join the fight against the spread of Ebola” by encouraging other suppliers to meet the huge demand created by the U.S. State Department’s order of 160,000 hazmat suits.

Lets all be liberal minded and not jump to conclusions.

And if it goes bad then what?

The Titanic is unsinkable.

Yea, BS

Maybe I just have a shitty out look on things, or maybe I am just calling a spade a spade. Hope I just have a shitty outlook, but if not, we are in for an interesting ride.

cheers
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nothing to see just move along --- ignore the mosquitoes -

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-3 ... qus_thread

A mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain lasting for years has spread to the continental U.S. after infecting hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and Central America.

Ebola? what Ebola?

[gerald]

How Bad Could It Get? US Government Order Of 160,000 HazMat Suits Gives A Clue

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-0 ... e#comments

Of course, purchases by the US government are bought and paid for by taxpayers. For everyone else there's $1200 mail-order delivery:
http://www.dotmed.com/listing/hazardous ... it/1715976

Step right up folks, and get'm while you can.
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hmmm, stock buying opertunity

[John]

How Bad Could It Get? US Government Order Of 160,000 HazMat Suits Gives A Clue

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-0 ... e#comments

Of course, purchases by the US government are bought and paid for by taxpayers. For everyone else there's $1200 mail-order delivery:
http://www.dotmed.com/listing/hazardous ... it/1715976

Step right up folks, and get'm while you can.
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hmmm, stock buying opertunity

Hazmat suits have other uses besides Ebola.