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Nigeria Man Tested For Ebola In Hong Kong; Would Be First Case Of The Disease In Asia
With increasingly more cases - for now, largely isolated - of suspicious Ebola infections reported out of Africa and around the globe, it was only a matter of time before one of the world's most densely populated megapolises at 17,024 people per square mile, Hong Kong, raised the alarm as well. Which it did moments ago when Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection said on Sunday that a man from Nigeria is being tested for the deadly Ebola virus at Princess Margaret Hospital. If confirmed, it will be the first case of the disease in Asia.
From Xinhua:
The 31-year-old who had been vomiting and suffering from diarrhea -- both symptoms of the disease -- arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday.
He was sent to the hospital from ChungKing Mansions where he had been staying at a guesthouse.
More than 900 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The World Health Organization has described the outbreak as a global emergency and the worst in four decades.
Hong Kong's RTHK adds, that the 31-year-old Nigerian man showed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea after arriving in Hong Kong on Aug. 7. He was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital from ChungKing Mansions in Hong Kong’s Kowloon area, before being transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital.
And from the ground:
Ebola test chaos: Possible media confusion over negative MERS case reported by Hong Kong CHP this morning, & ongoing Ebola testing tonight?
— Ivan Broadhead (@ivanbroadhead) August 10, 2014
The result of his blood test is expected in several hours, although one would wonder what is more important in this case: avoiding a wholesale panic (see Fukushima) or releasing the ever so slightly non-GAAP truth.
Meanwhile in the UK, border staff threaten to strike over risk of deadly Ebola entering the UK reports the Daily Star:
Border Force staff at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports are furious no measures have been put in place to preserve their health.
An insider told the Daily Star Sunday: “There is panic. It takes one person to come into this country with Ebola and all hell will break loose.
“Workers are being told to look for passengers who appear unwell and to raise the alarm immediately. But given how dangerous it seems to be, that doesn’t seem enough.
“People are scared and you can’t blame them. Many aren’t confident we are going to be kept safe and this has led to strike talk among some staff.”
Perhaps it is not too late to let TEPCO management deal with the Ebola epidemic considering their bang up job with Fukushima, or rather the cover-up effort, not anything else per se.
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#airborn
Ebola virus: Nine things to know about the killer disease
...What America needs is a good "American Soil,Improvised Explosive Device (IED) event.
So's we can take our minds off of...
BP/Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill tragedy,
Fukushima,
Afghanistan,
Iraq,
Syria,
Ukraine,
US Dollar Fiat,
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant,
American Real Estate and College Student Loan Bubble,
California Drought,
Trashed American Constitution,
Drones,
Nobel Peace Prize,
Sankuku Islands.
... Did I miss anything?
Obama?
well, actually you DID miss a few things , such as :
VA , NSA , Benghazi , historically low approval ratings , historically low labor participation rate , declining average real family net worth , record high foodstamps , (well , you get the picture . . . . .)
... Did I miss anything?
-Our borders being overrun with anti-American immigrants.
Ebola: Checkmate, humans.
Nah, a real disaster would be something that is airborne, easily transmitted, is very deadly, and has a long incubation period so by the time anyone realizes there is a problem it is beyond an quarantine efforts. The WHO has been watching this from early. Letting it get out a bit with some news hype will be just enough to gather support for more surveillance and control of the world population.
In Nigeria meanwhile: "According to Mr. Nyensuah, anyone caught administering fake vaccine or tablets and even spreading wrong information on the Ebola... would face prosecution"
"A local daily reported Tuesday that the nut Bitter Kola had stopped the Ebola virus in test tubes in initial laboratory experiments, experts, including a Nigerian pharmacologist, revealed.
"Meanwhile, Minister Nyenswah is calling on the public to report anyone or group of people administering vaccines supposedly for the prevention of Ebola or any form of drug or tablets, herbs or injection in the communities to the nearest police station"
"Assistant Health Minister for Preventive Services, Tolbert Nyenswah, has disputed [that Bitter Kola is a cure]"
So it looks like the Nigerian gov't knows who it is taking orders from.
The people of Nigeria, too, are (rightly?) distrustful. "Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was imported into Nigeria recently by an American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer, [and since then] hand sanitizers, salt and bitter kola scarcity have hit the Federal Capital Territory."
And sure 'nuff, Bitter Kola contains high levels of ascorbic acid... (ascorbic acid = Vitamin C)
Fuck this. Just when I had an email from the Bank of Nigeria telling me that they wanted to transfer millions into my account..
hillary.
Markets are either ignoring all of the above or spinning as good news.
...What America needs is a good "American Soil,Improvised Explosive Device (IED) event.
You get explosive diarrhea from Ebola, would that count?
I suppose you can say it is most definitely airborne when it is traveling in an airliner...
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that man in the jpeg above stop him detain him no no.
get away from him run away run away.
by the look of that guys cocky confidence i would suggest he is a bill gates ebola mule travelling the world first class spreading the rothschild rockerfella big pharma love.
what a job
what a kosher ride.
...Nice one Mr. Banzai!
Shit, TW, you must have been in the business - no offense, keep posting
I stayed in the Chungking. 1990.
Any other Chungking alums on ZH?
SCMP--Chungking Mansions is a group of linked high-rises on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui. It is known for its South Asian restaurants, electronics shops and cheap guest houses that together have almost 2,000 rooms in total.
The building is a gathering place for ethnic minorities, particularly South Asians, Africans and Middle Eastern people, with thousands of people living in close proximity to each other in cramped conditions.
That explains the name "Mansions."
HONG KONG - A Nigerian man suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus has tested negative, said Hong Kong's Department of Health on Sunday night.
In a statement sent to the media, the department's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the 32-year-old man's "blood sample has been tested negative for Ebola virus upon preliminary laboratory testing".
"Since August 9, he has developed diarrhoea and vomiting but no fever. He attended the Accident and Emergency Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital today and was transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment under isolation," added the statement.
"Initial investigations by the CHP revealed that the patient travelled from Lagos, Nigeria to Hong Kong on August 7 via transit in Dubai. In the past one month, he did not go to the other three affected countries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone). He had no contact history with sick persons or animals and did not visit health-care facilities. He is currently in stable condition."
- See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/nigerian-man-hong-...
William - circa 1990 there was a massive, decrepit Chungking Mansion in Kowloon that was popular with the Lonely Planet backpacker crowd. I heard it had closed. Is it still there?
Do they dine "family style" too?
The Nigerians eat on top of the boxes of -whateverthehelltheyareshipping- in the hallways in the back corner on 2F.
For a fun time ask them what they import/export. Never heard so many people stop talking at once in my life.
"Any other Chungking alums on ZH?"
Yes, I ate a can of it back in the early 80's. It was not too bad on my asshole as I recall. But then again, my asshole was a lot younger then.
I expect someone named "AssFire" to know all the variations and iterations of the phenomena! ;-)
looks indeed like an invite to a fart-lighting party
Yup back in the early 80's! It was a hole then, can only imagine what it is like now. Talk about lots of folks pressed into a tight place with close body contact. The elevators, when they worked used to be jammed (nice up and close for sweat transfer).
Yeah it's a rat and cockroach-ridden shithole, and full of illegal little 'restaurants' (little more than people serving dodgy food from their living rooms). Some think it's multicultural, colorful and exotic; all great until reality sets in and it becomes clear vomiting and the shits is par for the course if dining at some of these places. Hopefully that's the only thing that has happened in this instance.
//I'll take that over the GMO, wood pulp, and whatever processed chemicals crap they say is safe for humans to eat here...
My tailor, Sandy Cheng, is just around the corner.
8/F, Han Hing Mansion, 38 Hankow Road, T.S.T., Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel: (852) 3105 2691 Fax: (852) 2311 8223
E-mail : marketing@williamcheng-son.com
He is excellent.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, WilliamB!
Banzai7 Institue is on Threat Level 2: No mixing precious bodily fluids with strangers from Africa...
Wait a minute, that is the same as levels 0 and 1.
no semen being discharged in the ports?
I've walked by there the last time I was in HK, does that count?
Haha, yes williambanzai7, always at Nathan Rd near the TST subway entrance there's these Nigerians hanging out. Well, at least they don't bother you as much as those Indians annoying you with: "Sir! Copy watch, copy bag, copy DVD! Sir, taylor?"
I wonder how he traveled to HKG, as there are very few direct flights between Lagos and the Far East. Most probably on one of those Middle Eastern Gulf carriers like Emirates, Qatar or Etihad? Or perhaps via London with BA or Virgin?
It must have been real fun sitting near this guy, constantly getting up to visit the toilet. I wonder if he washed his hands after every toilet visit, and I wonder where those passengers sitting near him are now...
reminds me of a club sceen in a Star Wars episode
Why are they letting people come and go from there? They wont be happy until millions are dad but they forget they aren't immune
Nigerians beg Obama to give Lagos nurse vaccineShe said, “I never contacted his fluids. I checked his vitals, helped him with his food (he was too weak). I basically touched where his hands touched and that’s the only contact — not directly with his fluids.
http://www.punchng.com/news/nigerians-beg-obama-to-give-lagos-nurse-vacc...
Airborne.
Why is everyone (in the media) so afraid to say it?
They keep repeating that it doesn't transmit that easily. Right... And all the healthcare workers getting sick, would be because of what exactly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdzHAKPV7dk
The next question then is how far can the virus travel? Could it blow over the ocean to name something extreme.
You call that host an airline passenger. So technically yes.
Why is the media afraid to say 'airborne'?
Because it would reflect badly on Barry for bringing infected patients into the US.
Because the markets might falter, and record high stock prices are about the only thing Barry has left to brag about.
It's ALL about protecting Teflon Barry.
If a republican were president, the press would be saying it's the end of the world and it's the president's fault, and the word 'airborne' would be in every headline.
Even if he tested positive, there is NFW they would tell the public. Just as the PM of Japan told his people, “it’s only a tiny leak” he did so to keep the calm ... even though he knew or should have known all shit was breaking loose up there at Fuki [and still is].
While the whores lie with their mouths, they write with their hands to cover their asses...
It says what it says, not what people pretend it says.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ebola-virus-disease-informati...
Ebola virus is introduced into the human population through close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected animals. Once a person comes into contact with an animal that has Ebola and is infected by the virus, it can spread from human to human. Infection occurs from direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people. Semen can contain virus for seven weeks after apparent recovery from the illness. Infection can also occur if broken skin or mucous membranes of a healthy person come into contact with environments that have become contaminated with an Ebola patient’s infectious fluids such as soiled clothing, bed linen, or used needles.
Anyone who has close contact with a person infected with the virus, or someone who handles samples from patients is at risk. This includes hospital staff, family members and laboratory workers, all of whom are at risk if they do not use proper barrier nursing techniques. These precautions include wearing protective gowns, gloves, and masks, in addition to wearing eye protection (eg eye glasses) or a face shield.
Infection generally does not occur through routine, social contact (such as shaking hands) with asymptomatic individuals. The likelihood of contracting any viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF), including Ebola, is considered very low unless there has been direct contact with the blood or body fluids (eg saliva, urine) of symptomatic infected persons or animals, or objects that have been contaminated with body fluids.
UR, the information above is on older variation of Ebola. That is the reasons the virus never turned into a pandemic due to the fact it was not very contagious. This version raging through Africa appears more contagious and that is why it is dangerous.
The West African strain of ebola has existed for at least 8 years, so it isn't new. However, something, yet to be disclosed, has changed about that strain in the past (now) 9 months since this outbreak began.
Those paragraphs are very clear if examined from a legal perspective (except as to the duration that virus can survive on an exposed surface), anything an infected person comes in contact with can carry the virus, and someone touching that surface and then touching their face (which is has number of mucous membranes and other points of entry) can infect themselves. The bullshit from the medical establishment about bodily fluids and difficulty of transmission is exactly that, bullshit, and counter-productive because it creates a false sense of security.
So if I bought the official line of crap I would get killed for sure? Wait a minute shouldnt we be seeing those commercials on preventing flu spread about now? You know warming us up for it without scaring us. Its almost like they dont care......
"I basically touched where his hands touched and that’s the only contact — not directly with his fluids."
Did the patient wash his hands? I doubt it...
Don't worry folks, it's not airborn: http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi.telegraph.co.uk%2Fmult...
But "just as a precaution" everybody who deals with Ebola patients looks like an astronaut. Hahaha! What a bunch of bullshit we are being fed by the MSM!
EBOLA: Coming soon to a hospital near you.
shit. how do i get home....#hongkongbound
Ebola – What you’re not being told
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-20341423
article from 2012, lolz
if i get sick after travelling through HK, then I am going to make a trip to the WH, Capitol and a few select 'banks' to spread the good news....
If I get sick with Ebola I'll make sure to buy a democratic convention ticket so that I can shake everyone's hand and take a picture with mr O
Nice knowing you...:-P
But seriously HK is pretty big, just stay away from where he's been and where he's being quarantined and I'm sure everyone there now has a mask...
Better question: how important is it to go home?...
Just go to Home Depot, stock up on duct tape, plastic sheeting and some N95 masks. Then go to Costco and get 50lbs of beans and rice. You'll be set for the 3-6 weeks of self induced quarantine. You'll sleep better and laugh harder at the ZH commenters gallows humor.
He who panics first, panics----get the fuck outta my way!
I got my plastic, tape, and beans. As an added layer of protection I got a level-A suit. But, from recent experience, don't eat the beans then put the suit on. It's hell. Just eat rice instead.
This is just fear mongering. If Ebola was real - the US borders would not be wide open and invaded.
you forgot the "/sarc" tag
They would be if what Soroa and bill gates thought about over population is true.
unless the shadowy elements want you and me to die. ;-)
In more ways than one Freddie!
This Iowa Veteran Survived World War II–Only To Be Murdered By An African “Refugee” Imported By His Government
http://www.vdare.com/articles/war-on-whites-this-iowa-veteran-survived-w...
Looooool just to clarify you are talking about the American government alright?
The Cold & Flu Season is just around the corner. #UhOh
School season in a few weeks.
Not good.
Hey, doesn't flu season start in Autumn?
Did not the Spanish Pandemic peak in September?
Just wait till everyone travels for the Thanksgiving holiday season......
At least the Ebola fear will cause the TSA agents not to grope you so closely. I wonder what will happen if a TSA agent gets Ebola? How closely will they want to grope you then?
Will anyone want to fly in the US knowing that being groped by a TSA agent can give you Ebola? How much will that move the GDP higher?
http://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Warfare-Military-Complete-Costume/dp/B00F...
This is what the TSA will start to look like.....
If you are letting TSA agents grope you with the same gloves they used to grope someone else, you deserve what you might get...
UR: If you are letting TSA agents grope you, you deserve what you might get...
FIFY
Hence why I rarely return to the US anymore. But walking through their cancer boxes introduces a whole bunch of other unnecessary risks.
wishful thinking ... that's heavy information for their brains to process ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl0MxtM_Vyo
Just cough when you get close to them and watch them scatter.
If his organs are not infected too badly, they can sell them there and make some good coin.
Wercome to Kowroon Warred City!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TF7dk8UTAvE/Uh4aeZwRsyI/AAAAAAABdw0/LJ4AdIRbg0...
it's good to hear that authorities are screening passengers wherever possible.
although this wouldn't be the first potential case in hong kong:
here's hoping it's another false alarm.
although, if this new suspected EBV patient tests positive, then we more likely could expect more restrictions on flights going to and coming from a wider swath of african countries.
Very bad things come out of Keyna. One, known as the black putz of death, has infected the American political system. It causes total mental meldown in all those it effects. So far, though, no confirmed cases of the milder disease known as ebola have been confirmed there.
And we already know that the black putz of death is spread by airborne drones...
I think their brains had already turned to mush, but i get your drift.
Even Lady C, who does not listen to MSM 'news', said ebola is already here,
and all this is political cover for the 'one'.
Is there an undertakers ETF ?
Perhaps I am wrong, but screening for ebola when it is in its first few days of incubation, may be a waste of time as no symptoms may be apparent.
Yep, and once there are symptoms, you are infectious...
I have argued with medical professionals regarding quarantine. IMO, quarantine needs to be for 21 days or just close the borders to travel from the countries like the Saudi's have done. But since our southern border is not secure, it is just a matter of time till there is a pandemic of some kind. This chickie is not going to count on the govt or MSM to report actual news as I will go by my gut when I feel it is time to self quarantine. As I live in a very rural area step one is in place. Whether it be by weather,economic, or viral I try to ensure that I am self sufficient.
You got it.
The Chinese doctors going to help should be flown to an intermediate site, and sit there for 21+ days until they test negative AND show no symptoms.
This would halt this, but that would cost money.
TPTB really don't know what they are doing, I think we can all agree by now they have been making it up as they go along for quite a long while.
Peter Pan They're screening for the ebola virus.
one of the symptoms of ebola is an irrational desire to board a plane
And an even more irrational desire to get off a plane.
or to get off ON a plane (ah, stewardess, blanket please ?)
And spread your precious bodily fluids all over...
Nothing irrational about it. They want to get the F*** outta there. Wait until (if) things get real serious, even the planes wheel wells will be packed with fleeing people.
Fly Air Ebola and get twice the frequent flee-er miles.
Engineered - check
Manufactured - check
Globally distributed - check
Global panic ensured - check
Problem...crisis...SOLUTION - medical "martial law" enacted, arrested on suspicion, financial system meltdown, plausible deniability - check
Death of millions - check
"Nice knowing you, adios" - check
http://www.chiptatum.com/index.php/articles/21-pandemic Back in April, Chip Tatum was concerned.
"The 31-year-old who had been vomiting and suffering from diarrhea -- both symptoms of the disease -- arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday." - These are also symptoms of having eaten at White Castle recently. Let us not be hasty.
Has anyone heard of Salmonella poisoning? A lot of both.
There is no way, repeat NO WAY, that they will declare this case positive, even if it is.
What gets me is that these are popping up everywhere right now.
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2614937/pg1
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139694/
Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are acute infections with high case fatality rates, associated with the risk of nosocomial transmission (3). A rapid confirmation of the clinical diagnosis is therefore required by methods such as antigen capture enzyme immunoassay and serologic detection of immunoglobulin M. With the development of PCR technology, it has become possible to rapidly test for viruses that cause VHF (4, 5, 10). We have recently confirmed a case of acute yellow fever with fulminating hepatic failure by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) (2). In spite of the very high viral RNA concentration in the plasma sample, it initially tested negative. A confirmation by PCR would have been missed if we had not tested a duplicate sample, inoculated with in vitro-transcribed yellow fever virus RNA, to detect substances that are inhibitory to RT-PCR (5). When this control reaction failed, we diluted the plasma in log10 intervals, reprepared RNA from the diluted material, and tested it by RT-PCR. The virus was clearly detectable in the patient's plasma diluted 1:100, 1:1,000, and 1:10,000 (Fig. ?(Fig.1).1). Again, no virus was detectable in the undiluted sample, and detection was also partially inhibited in the 1:10 dilution. Quantitative real-time RT-PCR with the diluted material yielded a projected concentration of >106 copies of viral RNA per ml of the undiluted plasma (Fig. ?(Fig.1).1). Interestingly, we have observed a similarly strong inhibition phenomenon with plasma from a moribund patient with acute Ebola hemorrhagic fever from Gulu, Uganda (Fig. ?(Fig.2).2). The viral RNA concentration in this case was 6.9 × 108 copies/ml. No hemolysis, which often causes inhibition of PCR (1), was observed in plasma from the two patients. In both cases, however, the patients were suffering from severe organ manifestation of their disease (aspartate aminotransferase in yellow fever sample, 15,000 IU; alanine aminotransferase, 6,000 IU).
Am I supposed to read this?
I speak jive so I'll translate:
Shit needs a few tests and shit to make fo' sho' da shit be real and eben den may take a few moar weeks fo' da shit to be confirmed and shit.
and by den you ho my git dat shit
shiii.....
t.
Your conjugation was off there IR. Its Shoooo..... not Shiiiiii.
Tough language this jive.
RIPS
I am suspicious this indicates the extremely high titer of Ebola is overwhelming the concentration of the primer. Primer and internal controls are competitive rxns (assuming they are using an internal control to detect inhibition and quantitation). There is existence of numerous sources of variation in RT-PCR including template concentration and amplification efficiency. Doing this for 15 years makes me appreciate the extreme sensitivity of this assay but the strong likelihood of false positives due to contamination.
Someone has to be quite courageous to work with wild type Ebola.
Miffed;-)
There in lies the rub of this current strain. Most HCW are not even remotely understanding of the virus and it will take the courageous to confront it.
CDC Link:
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/case-definition.html
Check the footnote for low exposure:
Casual contact is defined as a) being within approximately 3 feet (1 meter) or within the room or care area for a prolonged period of time (e.g., healthcare personnel, household members) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations)
Miffed: Your thoughts? Does this indicate that they think it might be airborne to a certain level?
This would seem to indicate such. However, I wish they would define a " Low Risk Exposure". Are there documented cases of transmission in this manner? For Ebola, this indicates a new variant and would explain a lot of the increase of infectivity. Generally increases in infection rates are concurrent with a decrease in virulence which is what we are seeing as well. Not that I would take much heart in 60% vs 90% lethality.
So is this assuming droplet aerosols touching mucus membranes such as nose, mouth and eyes? This was not documented in previous outbreaks that I can find. How would this be determined without scientific documentation? This recommendation sounds like what would be for a standard airborne precaution as TB.
I am puzzled over the initial negative results. This virus is replicating logarithmically and PCR can detect just a few copies/ml. They must be using an Elisa methodology for screening which is far less sensitive.
Miffed;-)
thanks miffed. was waiting for someone to comment on virulence vs. transmission (usually inversely proportional)...but, like you said, if it goes 'airborne' but it only loses 50% of its virulence, then we are in worse trouble than the 90% cases...
interesting how every one of these potential cases officially comes back as negative...
See SD's link above. Seems there are some documented cases of an initial negative and 10 odd days later a positive. Interestingly the victim can already be symptomatic when the first test is done.
But would those tinfoil hatters be the same tinfoil hatters who have been hating on the non-specific/multi-virus hemorrhagic fever diagnostic test kit development?
Which is it?
Kids living on their parents couch always seem oblivious to the fact that the rest of us living in the real world need to evaluate available information, make decisions, and act.
The way to deal with this is to basically stop international travel for a period of time until no new cases are being confirmed. The problem with this approach is that it will set off the greatest domino effect in financial markets that we can imagine.
One way or the other we are screwed if this virus gains a foothold in the general urban populace which flies, drives and comes into contact with literally hundreds if not thousands of people a day.
you are wong dere fella.
the way to deal with this is to use the israeli idf and the mossad kidron to isolate the ebola targets and let those satanists do what they wilt.
whatever they think is talmudic best just make sure they do not trade in the organs like they normally do and no selling the blood and meat products to mcdonalds.
Does the world really grind to halt if people can't fly hither and yon in aluminium tubes for a while?
Maybe it does, but that's very strange to me, especially since we have phones, and skype, and etc. etc.
Transport and delivery of goods would stop (or slow). No more Amazon to the door!
I hadn't thought about cargo.
Stopping passenger flights in the event of an actual global outbreak seems reasonable, though.
yup. Got UAL puts ?
Make sure you wash first any cloth or other items that may have been handled by humans. No trying things on, they just put it back on the rack, unwashed.
Oil & Food are a goods.
Zombie apocalypse either way.
I'm glad I ordered a stack of 10 oz silver coins a few days ago.
I agree on the travel limitations. To me, the biggest downside risk for economies/markets isn't limiting travel. Its this thing getting a toehold in a developed country. That is the tail risk here. If airlines simply followed BA's lead and canceled flights to/from West Africa there would be little fallout in the markets. In fact, the markets have been following this story nervously and there might actually be a relief rally of sorts. Make no mistake - people are worried about this all around the globe.
I agree. A few months of inconvenience could be dealt with a whole lot easier than a major world wide pandemic.
How long can they keep all of thse "negative tests" under wraps?
until the decision is made to shutdown until further notice all international flights or at least all those going to/from africa.
"...at least all those going to/from africa."
Should've been done a week ago at least.
...which implies that:
and/or
Thi$ i$ your rea$on....
and because this O$ is beyond repair, it's time for a new $¥st€m
You got to love it.
They test you for Ebola on say Day 8 (since infection). Test result: negative.
Its in the papers: Patient tests negative!
5 days later, you are still sick, the virus is still running wild. They test you again. Test result: positive.
Its NOT in the papers! Patient dies. It was probably a heart attack.
If you are spewing bodily fluids because of Ebola infection, it is my understanding that you are further into the cycle than 8 days. They are only testing people with symptoms at this point, so I am assuming those tested are fully loaded with the virus if thats what they got.
Might be huge incentive to find test results negative. No one will want to fly to a country that has even a tiny ebola outbreak. "When it gets serious, you gotta lie."
If this guy in HK is actually inected, it ain't going to be long before we know whether its airborne or not...
A poster above pointed out that all you would need to really get thinks excited, is a TSA grobber, or team, to come down with virus. Plague, coming to a airport near you. Good times, hell yea.
Thank God Washington D.C. is a favorite place for West Africans to visit.
I lived across from Chungking Mansions for almost a year and went there often to change money and gawk at the local color. While it's an interesting place, the cockroaches are so big they chase people instead of the other way around, and at night rats the size of small rottweilers gallop menacingly through the halls, dodging and weaving through hordes of multi-cultural hookers, Nepalese drug traffickers and Nigerian traders. Hong Kong is a human dense pack and much worse since being invaded by the mainlanders beginning in '08...if Ebola has found its way there, my gorsh...
from 2 years ago:
How pandemics spread - Mark Honigsbaumhttp://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/world/africa/tracing-ebolas-breakout-to-an-african-2-year-old.html?_r=0
Patient zero, 2 y/o child, 6 December 2013.
Next thing you know, asians will be wearing masks out in public...or something.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/man-tests-negative-for/1...
Quick official denial.
"Nothing to see here, move arong.... <cough>"
"People are scared and you can’t blame them. Many aren’t confident we are going to be kept safe.”
Waw.
Strive hard to create the illusion of an Orwellian super-benevolent nanny state, screw up badly by showing day after day that, despite your feel-good words, you only cater to the needs and desires of the 1%, and slowly build major distrust amongst your own population. When will they learn?
Possible animal vectors: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0805-sri-stiles-ebola-zaire-to-guinea.html
Eeeeeborrrraaaa...
Official medic says the Ebola so-called miracle cure called Mzapp has been mainly funded by the US Department of Defence.
Why? To be able to use Ebola as a bioweapon? If the answer's yes, the next question is: how far will they go in sheer lunacy?
http://www.vox.com/2014/8/8/5980269/ethical-questions-ebola-outbreak-hea...
if no? then it's to insure the troops survive a bio attack--
Ebola is also in Romania, Spain, India, Hong Kong, US, Canada... several ``suspected cases``...
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN PROVEN NEGATIVE
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN PROVEN NEGATIVE
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN PROVEN NEGATIVE
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN PROVEN NEGATIVE
ALL CASES HAVE BEEN PROVEN NEGATIVE