I have been bitching about the coverage that the media is endlessly driving into the brains of us Americans……and I have asked….what purpose does this endless saga serve?
And now we have the answer…….
Tag: Disease
Oh My God………Could I Have Ebola?
The media and politicians have turned Americans into hypochondriacs….if they sneeze more than twice they may have the Ebola virus…..
I have tried to calm the fears of people……but alas….it has done NO good……..
Time for Americans to get a grip! This Ebola situation is an prime example of why if ever there would be an ‘end of life event’ the American public will NOT be told about it.
STOP listening to bullshit and……..
Answer ONE question! (Maybe this Vox graphic will help)………..
Ebola: Outbreak We Ignored
Yep, another post about Ebola! I mean why not? The whole damn country has gone bat shit crazy over the virus and I just did not want to be left out.
The public is borderline psychotic because there are a couple of people that have contracted the disease…….and then there is the media…..it is doing everything possible to keep the public crying for more….more….more…..to the point of offering up live pics of a patient walking in a hazmat suit….now that kept me on the edge of my seat for the 15 minutes it took to walk from ambulance to hospital door……
Back in August the first words of the virus came out of West Africa and from that point forward it has been front page news……and the lead story once an American got the disease and once they came back home it went into bat crap crazy mode from then until now……
There is a funny (in reality not so funny) thing that happened back in July of this year……….
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa shows no signs of slowing, having killed at least 4,447. Elsewhere in Africa, however, another outbreak of the virus is quietly winding down. It’s believed a different strain of Ebola first appeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in late July: A pregnant woman who likely contracted it while butchering wild game died on Aug. 11 in the village of Ikanamongo, the Guardian reports. Though the virus spread, killing 49 of 69 known patients by the AP’s count, the last known case was reported some three weeks ago. The World Health Organization is now on the verge of declaring the outbreak fully contained—thanks in part to a speedy response.
A team headed by Jean-Jacques Muyembe was first on the scene. Muyembe, who responded to the first known outbreak in the country in 1976, saw the importance of keeping the virus from spreading to urban areas—which it has now done in the West African outbreak. However, as the mostly isolated DRC has seen at least seven Ebola outbreaks since 1976 and genetic testing reveals the latest strain is 99.2% similar to one that appeared in 1995, the country was well-prepared, LiveScience reports. Before this year, an outbreak had never occurred in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone, where civil conflict, a distrust of government, and well-connected towns and cities have helped Ebola spread
Ebola was a story that stirred some interest but once the American contracted the disease then it became the wrath of God….before that it was just some ‘typical’ tropical disease that only natives would get.
Sadly the first outbreak went unnoticed basically because it did not effect Americans…but once one of our own is so afflicted then it is balls to the walls and be damned if anyone gets in our way. In other words our typical overreaction.
Ebola: Where Should We Assign Blame?
Okay all you nervous Nellies…..Ebola is here and we have to deal with that……there are a couple of things that need to be touched upon…….
First, the panic over the Ebola death and the rising number of people affected in this country have doubled….we went from one and now we have two…..the horror!
I got a Tweet today and it made an excellent point…….
There have been lots of finger pointing as to why and how this could happen……how could the ‘best’ country in the world be caught flat footed by the Ebola virus……and there is an answer…the same answer I have been pointing to since this whole thing began……you want to know the culprit?
The Continuing Saga Of Ebola
Opinion from Chuq’s Desk:
I have been silent on this Ebola story for good reason……the reason is that Americans are not thinking rationally….they are fixated on panic and hysteria. The media is doing a good job of keeping the conversation a way from what we should be focusing all our attention…….treatment and a cure. And why the resources were not available.
The media is basically leading the charge on the panic……from the constant reports to the out right lies all to perpetuate the fear. After all there is an election and the more innuendos that are passed around the more the real issues are ignored.
Americans love to be afraid……..but sadly it seldom equates to action to solve the problem of the fear. We all have an opinion and we cherish the fact that we can voice it when we feel the need…..it is as if we bitch and moan enough the problem will go away.
Think about it…….( pause here for reflection)……………which problem was solved by bitching and moaning?
We will continue to bite our nails until the story looses its luster and thanks to the media we shall move on for our next fearsome occurrence.
Yes, Ebola is a deadly disease but personally I am more worried about the loss of my country to special interests. Something else to think about…….more people in this country will die from Enterovirus D68 than Ebola……Or more people in this country have died because of hunger than Ebola……..if you really want to have something to worry about then may suggest that you could be one of those that die from hunger rather than Ebola.
With each passing day it is not about the disease but rather finger pointing at who made the biggest mistake….it is all about “cover your ass”……more so than fighting the disease.
Instead of saying crap or looking for the culprit….the media might should look at the real cause of this…..idiots and their rush for a small government……with spending slashed needed cash for public health was slashed….what did you think the result of that action would be?
Maybe if we cared more about the direction of the country on public health and less of what fearsome thing is under the bed then we might have a country that would not be afraid of our shadows.
Your country is slipping away from you and you prefer to spend your time looking for a boogey man that the media gives you.
MORONS! This country is run by MORONS!
Calm down and wait! This too shall pass….then on to the next fear.
Turn the page!
America To The Rescue
America is fighting so many bad guys that it is a bit confusing at times……we are fighting a do nothing Congress, and China over trade and Russia over Ukraine and ISIS just because and then there is the big one…..the Ebola outbreak.
The battle against the Ebola virus is a fight that needs to be fought……if we can keep it in Africa then the US and the rest of the world will be safe from the pandemic that some are predicting……if you think that was a callous statement on my part then I will agree…it was….but everything we are doing appears to be just that….keep it in Africa.
As part of his promised “scaled-up response” to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, President Obama is expected to announce during a visit to the CDC today that the US will be sending 3,000 military personnel in an effort that could cost up to $750 million over the next six months, the Washington Post reports. The American contingent, which will take about two weeks to set up, aims to build 17 health care facilities with 100 beds each and train up to 500 health workers a week, the AP reports; the US will set up headquarters in Monrovia, Liberia. “This is a really significant response,” one global health expert tells the Post. “This is really beginning to seem like a game-changer.”
The US announcement comes as the head of Doctors Without Borders warns that the international response is “dangerously behind,” adds the AP. The military workers will also help distribute home health-care kits and educate locals on how to handle the disease, according to the AP. “This humanitarian intervention should serve as a firewall against a global security crisis that has the potential to reach American soil,” says Sen. Chris Coons, who has been pushing for increased US intervention. The UN Security Council will hold a rare emergency meeting on Thursday to talk about the public health crisis.
Sounds like we are trying to keep the virus in Africa, at least to me, it does.
My next point is….where do we find an “extra” $750 million to fund this operation? Was it between the cushions on the Oval Office couch?
We should work to help with the control and the cure, if possible…….but it appears that the US will once again be doing the heavy lifting on this issue……
Ebola Comes To The US
One of the most dreaded diseases has arisen yet again…..that of the Ebola virus…….it is running rampant in west Africa and two Americans have contracted the disease…..these individuals were helping in the African countries that are suffering from this resurgence……and now those people have been returned to the US for treatment……a survival rate of about 10% it is not looking good for the people that have the disease….
Even the Mighty Donald has had his say….but as usual….NO one is listening.
I have seen and read a few opinion about the disease and even some are worried that the disease will get a foothold in this country…..but you know instead of worrying about these people there is another problem that should be of more concern that these people of have returned home basically to die…..the problem I am speaking of is another disease that is making its debut here in the good old US of A…….
Newser) – Antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are “just about as bad as it gets,” as one study author puts it, are spreading quickly in the Southeast, with a fivefold increase in detected cases between 2008 and 2012, a new study warns. The carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, can defeat even last-resort antibiotics and have been dubbed “nightmare bacteria” by the CDC. The study’s authors say they are “trying to sound the alarm,” and experts say the findings are especially worrying because it appears some of the cases were not connected to a hospital setting, the Smithsonian reports.
Maryn McKenna at Wired explains another alarming note: Many cases were found at community hospitals instead of the academic medical centers where the sickest patients are, which “is a signal that it is probably moving through what medicine calls ‘the community,’ which is to say, anywhere outside health care. Or, you know, everyday life,” she writes. Experts blame overuse of antibiotics and infection control lapses for the spread of CRE. If the spread can’t be stopped, “we’ll be in a post-antibiotic era,” an infection-control activist tells USA Today. “And the danger is not going to go away unless we change the course of how we do things.” (In an ominous first, last month the CDC said antibiotic-resistant bacteria had been found in food for the first time.)
I believe this disease is a bigger problem to us here than the Ebola outbreak…..maybe instead of looking for some non-existent conspiracy our time would be better spent on this more pressing disease…….
Whatcha think?
It Makes A Comeback
Keeping with the weekend’s topic….SEX. Many of history’s notables have died from a historically reoccurring disease…….Columbus, Capone, some say Pasteur….and No one is sure where it originated…..some say in monkeys and others are convinced with sheep……..whatever….it is making a comeback…….
Syphilis cases are rising sharply in the US, especially among gay and bisexual men, reports the CDC. The highest rates were among black men, but white and Hispanic men also saw noticeable increases, reports Reuters. From 2005 to 2013, the number of syphilis cases nearly doubled from 8,724 to 16,663, and 91% of those cases occurred among men in 2013. Over that same stretch, the annual rate rose from 2.9 to 5.3 cases per 100,000 people, reports NBC News.
“After being on the verge of elimination in 2000 in the United States, syphilis cases have rebounded,” says the CDC report. Researchers warn that the increase among gay men is worrisome because it suggests unsafe sex practices that could also spread HIV. The CDC recommends that men who have sex with anonymous or multiple partners get screened for syphilis at least once every six months. While rarely fatal, the disease can lead to blindness and stroke.
It looks like there is only one relatively safe form of sex…..if you want to avoid herpes or the clap or HIV and now syphilis…….the only safe form is……Phone sex! Where’s the fun in that? That gives a whole new definition of….oral sex……..
But this disease is NOT alone…..making a comeback are polio, TB, Measles………and others……….what could cause this resurgence of disease?
Surely someone would like to weigh in about here.