tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5986351285381717426..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Has Ebola Spread To Italy?Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-6988826317024945492014-04-23T20:35:21.236-06:002014-04-23T20:35:21.236-06:00Very little chance of affecting anyone in the Firs...Very little chance of affecting anyone in the First World because usually these outbreaks remain in the Third World. It only takes one person who starts to cough infected blood in a First World airport to turn into a big problem.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-75310080157355715782014-04-23T14:32:48.596-06:002014-04-23T14:32:48.596-06:00Relax.
These are the air crashes of the epidemolo...Relax.<br /><br />These are the air crashes of the epidemological world: spectacular, frightening, but very little chance of affecting the average person.<br /><br />There was a big outbreak in Maridi, Sudan (now South Sudan) in 1976, 4 years before we arrived there. It affected 284 people (with 151 fatalities) out of a local population of at least 10,000 to 15,000.<br /><br />And they've never had a recurrence (though a different center of the same? outbreak did have smaller outbreak a few years later. I can assure you it's not because of their improving medical-care regimen!<br /><br />See: <br />http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/outbreak-table.html<br />Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-81225976587435138152014-04-23T10:33:54.853-06:002014-04-23T10:33:54.853-06:00If even 1% of those with Ebola manage to spread it...If even 1% of those with Ebola manage to spread it through bodily fluid contact, that's pretty darn dangerous, because of the high morbidity rate.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-24049984445531065182014-04-22T23:10:23.812-06:002014-04-22T23:10:23.812-06:00Ebola is not dangerous in a modern country, except...Ebola is not dangerous in a modern country, except to a few medical personnel. It is not contagious until the patient is quite ill, and then is spread only through contact with bodily fluid.<br /><br />In other words, there is nothing about this to worry about. StormCchaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998174514362089471noreply@blogger.com