The Ebola Virus

[equus]

And you job is in veterinarian sciences


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Well we are talking about high mortality situations but with low likelihood. Not just veterinarians either - owners of horses are also at risk. FWIW, there is now a vaccine for the horses, which breaks the linkage.

 

[Warks]

Interesting reading this guy's column (not his usual stuff) on the outbreak and him thinking in terms of movies:
Ebola Armageddon may not be approaching but there is real cause for concern

I don't quite know if he is being flippant or the opposite (if there is such a thing).

 

[casanovawa]

Would it be rude of me to perhaps suggest making this thread pertinent to all travel health concerns?

We would like to do some activities in the UAE next January which may bring us into close contact with camels, so this Smart Traveller, travel warning about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has me a little concerned.

What's the general consensus? Discussion in this thread or a new thread?

Would it be ok if you rode the camel, just don't kiss it or look longingly into its eyes and let it breath all over you etc???

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Would it be ok if you rode the camel, just don't kiss it or look longingly into its eyes and let it breath all over you etc???

Yes, those are on my list as well as the important one........don't suck on a teat!

 

[whatmeworry]

Australian airports scanned for Ebola.
Australian airports scanned for signs of Ebola

 

[NFF]

I would avoid crowded places.

 

[PLANT]

Think it's time to take 7 mate more seriously.... TiVo BUGG OUT is now on the list of record.... Dib dib dob dob(be prepared)

 

[Bolthead]

An article from the Daily Mail: Emirates cancel flights to Guinea over Ebola fears....

Emirates cancels flights to Guinea over Ebola fears... but BA continues to fly to Liberia and Sierra Leone | Mail Online

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Another on Bigpond....

Possibly a bit of over the top scaremongering though......the patient was deliberately brought back to the US and he is a doctor treating the infected. [h=2]Air ambulance whisks away US Ebola patient[/h]

 

[whatmeworry]

Guy tested for Ebola in New York.
Ebola Case Suspected at Mt Sinai Hospital in New York City - TIME
Fears Terrorists are making an Ebola bomb.
UK raises fears of Ebola “dirty bomb” as doctor Kent Brantly ‘improves’ after taking experimental antibody serum | News.com.au

 

[PLANT]

Good news about the doctors improving...Bloody New York get all the good stuff
So was thinking about organising a TITANIC ship(that floats and isolated from EBOLA!) are you in?
Or I may just get in touch with the producers of "THE LAST SHIP" series two get on board!!!!!!

Next new headline GOOGLE buys Antibody serum of EBOLA!

 

[jb747]

Jeez, didn't anyone see Alien?

 

[whatmeworry]

World Health Organisation to decide whether to declare Ebola an international crisis.

The World Health Organisation began a two-day emergency meeting on West Africa's Ebola epidemic, with the UN agency deciding whether to declare it an international crisis.
The closed-door session is tasked with ruling whether the outbreak constitutes what is known in WHO-speak as a "public health emergency of international concern".
The meeting comes as Nigeria reported its second death and Saudi Arabia said a man who had visited Sierra Leone and had returned with Ebola symptoms died at a hospital in Jeddah.

Read more: World Health Organisation meets as Ebola fears grow
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[opusman]

Everything you know about Ebola is wrong.

 

[QF WP]

That article is a must read opusman, thank you for posting

 

[cambriamarsh]

Interesting reading this guy's column (not his usual stuff) on the outbreak and him thinking in terms of movies:
Ebola Armageddon may not be approaching but there is real cause for concern

I don't quite know if he is being flippant or the opposite (if there is such a thing).

Sanguine? .........

 

[amaroo]

LOL Donald Trump fears the handshakers of the world - now he wants to close the borders... Does Donald Trump Have a Flesh-Pressing Problem? -- NYMag

 

[missafternoondelight]

Just saw this article about risk of catching ebola on a plane.. less than influenza.. but still another reason for good hand hygiene.
CNN Article: What is the risk of catching ebola on a plane?
Call me cough, but the first thing I do when sitting down on a plane is sanitise my arm rests and tray table with hand sanitiser or wet wipes.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Call me cough, but the first thing I do when sitting down on a plane is sanitise my arm rests and tray table with hand sanitiser or wet wipes.

I prefer alcohol.........but they don't serve me that early on in the flight!

 

[PLANT]

[h=3]Ebola now a global health risk[/h]8:05pm Raging epidemic is 'extraordinary event', WHO says as it declares an international health emergency.


Alright back to my ship ideas....looking for investors....whoops passengers.....yes we accept Citi Bank card ,).......not sure if ever use the points to fly though!