I Have Been Very Worried About The Ebola Virus

2) Ebola spreads through close contact

most of chit chat should be fine

all we can do is trust what our scientists tell us, no point in flapping yet

yes the scientists and politicians and drug companies usually know best  .. they have our best interests at heart ... if you find yourself with a bit of a fever , stomach cramps and bleeding from every orifice , just relax and poodle down to A+E

Thinly veiled got a thing for African men thread

shirtless?

What's all the fuss,

Israel has killed more people this week alone than Ebola ever did.

latest count of the number it has killed is 721,its a good title for your thread,because it is over for the human race if they don't find a cure.Two Americans got it today and are going back to America tonight,looks like medical staff are about to refuse to go near anyone who has it.92% of people who get it die.

This is a very serious matter. Spreads like the plague and eats you inside out.

Think you are ok in Australia.

The problem will be if it reaches Europe,there will be no gathering of people allowed,no nothing,everyone will be a potential killer.everyone will have to stay indoors forever.

will cause Anarchy.

We will all have to wear rubber suits and gas masks.

No change for you then.

Now I'm not quite so worried.

‘And there's no expectation that it will change significantly. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 and has stayed pretty much the same ever since.’

I’m not reassured by that statement – or any of the others. It smacks of “Yes there are icebergs about, but this ship is unsinkable”.

Remind me. How well did Genentach do with sales of Tamiflu during the Daily Mail-led scare over bird flu?

When government officials say there is nothing to worry about, then start worrying. Buy all the tins of beans you can buy and batten down the hatches

Remind me. How many Brits have died from CJD? Despite the predicted catastrophe (largely predicted by the Tuesday edition of the yes, you've guessed it, Daily Mail)

To be fair, they did warn readers of the Great Plague.

yes,ever notice that when they tell of a scare with chickens everyone buys beef,i think its the stock exchange that start the scares to increase the sales on shares(if you know what I mean)for example,bananas are not good for your skin(spin) but tomatoes are good at killing cancer cells(spin)."ok Deak,i want to buy 100000 shares on the tomatoe crop in Florida,i got a gut feeling there will be a run on tomatoe sales next week."

An athlete from Sierra Leone's Commonwealth Games team is reported to have gone missing - just days after his teammate was tested for the Ebola virus.

The team's mountain biking champion Mohamed Tholley was due to compete in the time trial event in Glasgow yesterday but allegedly failed to turn up.

According to a report in the Telegraph newspaper, Unisa Deen Kargbo, chef de mission of the Sierra Leone team, said Mr Tholley may have gone missing to avoid having to fly home and face the disease.

He said: 'Unfortunately one of our athletes has not turned up for his event and we do not know where he is.
It is possible he is not coming back

They're still trying to find a few african athletes left over from the Olympics in London.

'Needle in a haystack' job.

Bundles of overtime

It's all very well them saying that it only spreads through close contact and that the virus is just a simple hero of self-replication.

It's a virus, they mutate as they breed. And they breed very fast. There are other strains or mutations of the Ebola virus which only affect other primates, or are airborne. They can't rule such developments out categorically since the virus has never had the opportunity to take hold in heavily-populated areas and thus potentially mutate in so many hosts at the same time.

Fascinating times, since we are only weeks away from Twelve Monkeys.

Travel tip: Keep out of Sierra Leone, and Newham.

Keep off that Bush meat and them tasty cheap pies !

be a case in london soon ...NAP

Seems the Sierra Leone team are not too keen on going home,Can't really blame them.

The can hide in Newham or Tower Hamlets, they won't get found.

It can be spread through sneezing, coughing, etc.

picture 5

This is a really interesting vice piece on the outbreak...
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XasTcDsDfMg

never heard of it, couldnt give a fook about it.

whatever happened to that cath woman who was obsessed about us all dying from bird flu or swine flu or whatever the hell it was back in the day??

truth is, were all far more likely to get killed by some kinda food poisoning bug cos of mass manufactured cheap food. enjoy that microwave horse-testicle lasagne!

I'm alright, I've got a cellar stacked with tins of beans, guns, ammo and a hoard of gold bars, waiting for the looming global financial meltdown.

Death toll is now 887.its getting serious.

All that salt in them there beans will get you before any Ebola

trudatblud

best to stay in the house for a few months while the ebola virus travels around the world and kills millions, then come out.

Most chit chatters stay indoors for months on end anyway so no change on this forum.

Some Spanish priest has Ebola this morning and has to come home to Spain,its getting closer ,time to get the food into the house I think.

dele adebola, but hes ok now.

The govt dont want you to panic.

When it was in africa, despite their treatment, Ebola had a death rate of 90%.

Now it's on the move outside africa, for some strange reason, the death rate has dropped to 50%.

Last week: 'There are no plans to control borders'

This week: 'Some plane journeys have been stopped.'

Fack visiting London.

ASKY and Arik
Regional African airlines Arik and ASKY halted flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone last week.

Emirates Airlines
The Dubai-based airline Emirates suspended flights to Guinea Saturday in response to fears about Ebola. Emirates is continuing flights to Senegal to the north.

British Airways
British Airways announced in a statement Tuesday it would halt flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone until Aug. 31.

But don't worry...

latest number dead 930

First thing tomorrow I will be in the shed digging out my dear old grandad's tin hat and gas mask.

Surely he won't want to wear them !

its looking bad for sport,if Ebola starts to spread in Europe,no gathering of large crowds.we will have no racing ,no football,no cricket,no golf,in fact no nothing,big big meeting to take place over two days between the world health organizations.but things are not looking good.

Ebola outbreak a threat to world peace, says UN security council

Group unanimously backs emergency resolution as UN secretary general calls for $1bn aid effort to tackle virus

http://tiny.cc/pwrfmx

its looking bad for sport,if Ebola starts to spread in Europe,no gathering of large crowds.we will have no racing ,no football,no cricket,no golf,in fact no nothing,big big meeting to take place over two days between the world health organizations.but things are not looking good.

No probs...we can play on line "Bingo", poker, hangman, "noughts and crosses", and maybe "Betfair" will do the decent thing and give us back "Virtual Racing"
where their was sometimes a massive £50.00 of matched bets!

*there was sometimes" please...........

Don't actually know why I bother, but can't do with the embarrassment of a "typo"