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Biotech / Medical : Ebola Outbreak 2014 - News, Updates and Related Investments -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ayeyou who wrote (387)	10/20/2014 1:14:33 PM
From: Fintas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 608

There is a cure for Malaria.. There are meds one can take to avoid it. Nuff said. BUT what the heck.. you are welcome to accept what ever risk you choose. ME? NOPE. 3 foot rule just for starters. Fintas

To: ayeyou who wrote (387)	10/20/2014 4:11:16 PM
From: ferd98bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 608

Here's how ebola compares to other diseases

To: ayeyou who wrote (387)	10/20/2014 4:52:58 PM
From: Logain Ablar	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bill Hawkmoon Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 608

One of the silent epidemic's in the U.S. is a disease called Babesia. It is a parasite which infects the red blood cells similar to Malaria. Some strains are not so bad but Babesia Duncani is as bad as malaria. It is a tick borne disease. The CDC has been keeping borrelia (think Lyme disease and its controversy) and other TBD's under the radar.

To: ayeyou who wrote (387)	10/21/2014 8:40:22 AM
From: Hawkmoon	1 Recommendation Recommended By Fintas Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 608

While I gave your post a recommendation based upon the statistical truth, it remains to be seen where one Malaria victims is able to spread it to another person in the manner in which Ebola can be spread. And as was stated elsewhere, Ebola currently has no reliable cure. Malaria does.. And we know how to prevent it with various drugs (I took them when stationed in Panama).. This Ebola virus is different, according to doctors in the field in Liberia. It's more virulent than previous versions.. zerohedge.com Do I think it can be contained? Yes.. but it will be costly.. and may have tremendous economic impacts if it obtains a bridgehead outside of Africa. Hawk

To: ayeyou who wrote (387)	10/22/2014 8:41:43 PM
From: sense	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 608

Sorry, but that's effing clueless... The Spanish Flu epidemic that killed millions during WW I... wasn't nearly as virulent as ebola. THAT's what matters... A flu epidemic like the worst of those we've had recently, might kill 1% or even 3% of the population... Ebola, IF it goes parabolic, is likely to kill 50% of the population of the entire planet... It's that difference that matters... and that difference is a fact that doesn't CARE about your politics. Ignoring that difference in risk... is STUPID... and it is that sort of stupidity that creates the growing risks you claim exist only because of those who ARE paying attention and pointing out the nature of the risk, instead of because of those who are opting to be stupid, who are in fact ensuring that the problem will persist, grow larger, and a attain critical mass that ensures it goes parabolic. The problem that creates... is NOW... because right NOW ebola can still be prevented from going parabolic... and if you don't prevent that NOW... in Africa... then... you ARE going to get a global parabolic outbreak. The choices are... do what it takes to contain it and stop it in Africa, right now... or be forced to deal with the consequences of a highly virulent disease with 50% mortality going parabolic, and going global, later. There's no middle ground that matters.