Ebola has killed 14 - what defense do we have?

[shock]

EBOLA HAS KILLED 14 - WHAT DEFENSE DO WE HAVE?
Deadly Ebola virus kills 14 in Uganda - CNN.com

By David Ariosto , CNN
July 28, 2012

"(CNN) -- The lethal Ebola virus has left at least 14 people dead in western Uganda this month, according to Health Ministry officials, after local reports of a "strange disease" swept through the region.

A total of 20 cases of the virus have been recorded, officials said Saturday.


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If Ebola should strike here,
what plan do we have to stop its spread?

 

[shock]

Fifty five people have viewed the above post
but no one has as much as suggested
the US has a viable plan
to counter Ebola,
should it strike here.

We are a ship without a rudder,
clappers without bells,
and men without balls.

 

[waltky]

Chance to use the new vaccine...

Officials: Ebola breaks out in Uganda
28 July`12 – The deadly Ebola virus has killed 14 people in western Uganda this month, Ugandan health officials said on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the cause of a strange disease that had many people fleeing their homes.

The officials and a World Health Organization representative told a news conference in Kampala Saturday that there is "an outbreak of Ebola" in Uganda. "Laboratory investigations done at the Uganda Virus Research Institute…have confirmed that the strange disease reported in Kibaale is indeed Ebola hemorrhagic fever," the Ugandan government and WHO said in joint statement. Kibaale is a district in midwestern Uganda, where people in recent weeks have been troubled by a mysterious illness that seemed to have come from nowhere. Ugandan health officials had been stumped as well, and spent weeks conducting laboratory tests that were at first inconclusive.

On Friday, Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told The Associated Press that investigators were "not so sure" it was Ebola, and a Ugandan health official dismissed the possibility of Ebola as merely a rumor. It appears firm evidence of Ebola was clinched overnight. Health officials told reporters in Kampala that the 14 dead were among 20 reported with the disease. Two of the infected have been isolated for examination by researchers and health officials. A clinical officer and, days later, her 4-month-old baby died from the disease caused by the Ebola virus, officials said. Officials urged Ugandans to be calm, saying a national emergency taskforce had been set up to stop the disease from spreading far and wide.

There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola, and in Uganda, where in 2000 the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized, it resurrects terrible memories. Ebola, which manifests itself as a hemorrhagic fever, is highly infectious and kills quickly. It was first reported in 1976 in Congo and is named for the river where it was recognized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Scientists don't know the natural reservoir of the virus, but they suspect the first victim in an Ebola outbreak gets infected through contact with an infected animal, such as a monkey.

The virus can be transmitted in several ways, including through direct contact with the blood of an infected person. During communal funerals, for example, when the bereaved come into contact with an Ebola victim, the virus can be contracted, officials said, warning against unnecessary contact with suspected cases of Ebola. In Kibaale, some villagers had started abandoning their homes in recent weeks to escape what they thought was an illness that had something to do with bad luck, because people were quickly falling ill and dying, and there was no immediate explanation, officials said.

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Vaccine developed against Ebola
6 December 2011 - Around 1,200 people have died of Ebola virus infection since 1976

Scientists have developed a vaccine that protects mice against a deadly form of the Ebola virus. First identified in 1976, Ebola fever kills more than 90% of the people it infects. The researchers say that this is the first Ebola vaccine to remain viable long-term and can therefore be successfully stockpiled. The results are reported in the journal Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences.

Ebola is transmitted via bodily fluids, and can become airborn. Sufferers experience nausea, vomiting, internal bleeding and organ failure before they die. Although few people contract Ebola each year, its effects are so swift and devastating that it is often feared that it could be used against humans in an act of terroism. All previously developed vaccines have relied on injecting intact, but crippled, viral particles into the body. Long-term storage tends to damage the virus, paralysing the vaccine's effectiveness.

The new vaccine contains a synthetic viral protein, which prompts the immune system to better recognise the Ebola virus, and is much more stable when stored long-term. The vaccine protects 80% of the mice injected with the deadly strain, and survives being "dried down and frozen," said biotechnologist Charles Arntzen from Arizona State University who was involved in its development. He said the next step is to try the vaccine on a strain of Ebola that is closer to the one that infects humans.

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[bobcollum]

All you can do is work to quarantine the outbreak, should there ever be one.

 

[Intense]

Fifty five people have viewed the above post
but no one has as much as suggested
the US has a viable plan
to counter Ebola,
should it strike here.

We are a ship without a rudder,
clappers without bells,
and men without balls.

Pandemic has always been the Great Equalizer. There are Forces Greater than Man, working out there. Then again, maybe Congress could just pass a Law, or Obama an Executive Order.

 

[Charles_Main]

EBOLA HAS KILLED 14 - WHAT DEFENSE DO WE HAVE?
Deadly Ebola virus kills 14 in Uganda - CNN.com

By David Ariosto , CNN
July 28, 2012

"(CNN) -- The lethal Ebola virus has left at least 14 people dead in western Uganda this month, according to Health Ministry officials, after local reports of a "strange disease" swept through the region.

A total of 20 cases of the virus have been recorded, officials said Saturday.


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If Ebola should strike here,
what plan do we have to stop its spread?

Stay the Hell out of West Africa.

From what little I know about the Ebola Virus, it has a very hard time Surviving outside of a Very Tropical Environment, Other than Florida Maybe I doubt it could be much of a problem here in the US, unless it Mutates or is Weaponized.

Ebola is not even the Scariest Bug out there, but it gets a lot of Attention because of the Particular Horrible way in which it kills you. It basically Liquefies your Major Internal Organs in a matter of days or a couple weeks, Has a very High Mortality rate, and if you survive there is often long term Damage to the Liver, Kidneys, Even heart etc.

It Actually kills a little to fast, and Dramatically to be a good Weapon. For that you want something with a long Incubation period, Preferably with a good amount of time where you are contagious but not symptomatic, Followed by a slow unset of what seems like the Flu, or a bad cold so that people are not so sick they can't move around and continue to infect others for as long as possible. Which then Kills a high % of the infected.

That's not Ebola at all. Other than being a good Killer it does not fit the bill of a good Weapon.

 

[MuadDib]

ObamaCare will fix it! You'll see!

 

[PredFan]

The defense we have is that we can identify cases quickly and isolate the area. Catching it after 14 cases in a country as remote and poor as Uganda is pretty damn good.

 

[Cowman]

EBOLA HAS KILLED 14 - WHAT DEFENSE DO WE HAVE?
Deadly Ebola virus kills 14 in Uganda - CNN.com

By David Ariosto , CNN
July 28, 2012

"(CNN) -- The lethal Ebola virus has left at least 14 people dead in western Uganda this month, according to Health Ministry officials, after local reports of a "strange disease" swept through the region.

A total of 20 cases of the virus have been recorded, officials said Saturday.


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If Ebola should strike here,
what plan do we have to stop its spread?

I won't cough up blood on you.

 

[tererun]

As far as i know this happens from time to time, and will happen from time to time in africa. It seems to be the nature of the virus coupled with a society that is third world. Unless it is popping up in america i wouldn't be too worried. Even then it seems the disease is pretty containable in its present state. The fear on ebola seems to be that it goes airborn, which it is not now. from what i understand of it, which could be wrong and you should look up your own information, it is passed through ingestion of contaminated water or food and through close physical contact.

Not that it isn't a worry, but right now there are more dangerous things for you to do like seeing a midnight showing of batman in aurora colorado.

 

[Charles_Main]

As far as i know this happens from time to time, and will happen from time to time in africa. It seems to be the nature of the virus coupled with a society that is third world. Unless it is popping up in america i wouldn't be too worried. Even then it seems the disease is pretty containable in its present state. The fear on ebola seems to be that it goes airborn, which it is not now. from what i understand of it, which could be wrong and you should look up your own information, it is passed through ingestion of contaminated water or food and through close physical contact.

Not that it isn't a worry, but right now there are more dangerous things for you to do like seeing a midnight showing of batman in aurora colorado.

ahh, But your chances of Dying from some scary Tropical Bug are much Higher than in a random Mass Murder.

 

[Charles_Main]

The defense we have is that we can identify cases quickly and isolate the area. Catching it after 14 cases in a country as remote and poor as Uganda is pretty damn good.

Ebola Out Breaks are easy to Contain, because it has a Short Incubation Period, and Very Quickly Incapacitates, then usually kills the Victim. Add to that the Fact that it can only Survive for a very Short time out side a host Body, and only in extremely Tropical Conditions, Can't tolerate Sun light, Etc and the Bug basically Contains it self.

 

[old navy]

We are only 12-24 hours from any infection in the world.

Ebola has actually been to the U.S. Look up Ebola Reston.

Ebola is my favorite virus. It appears from nowhere and then disappears on its own terms. A 90 percent mortality rate is no joke.

 

[Katzndogz]

We don't need to worry. obama will simply sign an executive order banning it and it will disappear.

 

[Wry Catcher]

as far as i know this happens from time to time, and will happen from time to time in africa. It seems to be the nature of the virus coupled with a society that is third world. Unless it is popping up in america i wouldn't be too worried. Even then it seems the disease is pretty containable in its present state. The fear on ebola seems to be that it goes airborn, which it is not now. From what i understand of it, which could be wrong and you should look up your own information, it is passed through ingestion of contaminated water or food and through close physical contact.

Not that it isn't a worry, but right now there are more dangerous things for you to do like seeing a midnight showing of batman in aurora colorado.

ahh, but your chances of dying from some scary tropical bug are much higher than in a random mass murder.

link

 

[koshergrl]

The only defense against ebola is quarantine.

 

[Cowman]

We have the second amendment! We won't go down without a fight!

 

[Samson]

Fifty five people have viewed the above post
but no one has as much as suggested
the US has a viable plan
to counter Ebola,
should it strike here.

We are a ship without a rudder,
clappers without bells,
and men without balls.

Pandemic has always been the Great Equalizer. There are Forces Greater than Man, working out there. Then again, maybe Congress could just pass a Law, or Obama an Executive Order.

Perhaps he'll arrive on AF1 at Entebee International and give a speech about Hope and Change

 

[MuadDib]

There is only one solution. Take off and nuke Africa from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

 

[Cowman]

There is only one solution. Take off and nuke Africa from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

That solves many of your issues with Africa, doesn't it?