Parasites, Viruses, and Diseases - A to Z - Ebola

This is the stuff Zombies are made of.
or
Is there a large amount of over reaction ?
Maybe.
Do I ever want to come in contact with a person who has possibly been in contact with another person who has been in contact with a person who may have had Ebola?
NOPE.

Ebola is an infectious and generally fatal disease 

Symptoms Include

• Fever
• Severe headache
• Red eyes
• Muscle pain
• Raised rash
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Chest pain and cough
• Diarrhea
• Severe weight loss
• Vomiting
• Abdominal (stomach) pain
• Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising)

When an infection occurs in humans, the virus can be spread to others through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes in, for example, the eyes, nose, or mouth)

• blood or body fluids (including but not limited to urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, and semen) of a person who is sick with Ebola
• objects (like needles and syringes) that have been contaminated with the virus
• infected fruit bats or primates (apes and monkeys)

Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, one in Nzara, Sudan, and the other in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name.(WHO)

Facts

• There is no cure for Ebola

• There are five identified Ebola virus species

 Four of the five have caused disease in humans: 

• Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus)
• Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus)
• Taï Forest virus (Taï Forest ebolavirus, formerly Côte d’Ivoire ebolavirus
• Bundibugyo virus (Bundibugyo ebolavirus). 

The fifth - Reston virus (Reston ebolavirus) has caused disease in nonhuman primates but not in humans.

•  You are not contagious until you start showing signs ( so I guess there is a small window of hope for family..except you probably wont know you have Ebola till you show signs.. so... yeah..no)

• Once a person recovers from Ebola they are no longer contagious (there is still question about the possibility of passing the virus through semen)

• If you survive contracting Ebola - you are basically considered immune to the virus - or at least have now built up a very strong tolerance to the virus. ( immunity seems to not be life long, nor is it helpful if you come into contact with a different strain of the virus)

Past Ebola Outbreaks have been found in :

• Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
• Gabon
• Ivory Coast
• Republic of the Congo (ROC)
• South Africa (imported)
• South Sudan
• Uganda

CDC

So what do people with Ebola look like?

It varies.
Not sure why one person can look like parts of their body exploded, and another just ...well dead, they look dead.
The images are rather disturbing.

Looking at all of these pictures really puts into perspective the pain and suffering that many people are enduring.
The ones hit the hardest are those without food, water, health care.
This world shuts its self off from areas that suffer. We keep our money and medical treatments here.
The places where Ebola is thriving - they don't even get shown any respect.
They die with horrific pain. They suffer with no comfort, aid, dignity.

We can state that it is being made worse then it really is.. the media is running with the Ebola scare. 

I say, look at the pictures of the people dead in the streets. 

Look at the people not dead, but suffering from horrific pain. 

1, 5, 500, 1000, 10 000? what number does it have to reach before it becomes a problem?

Does it have to be in Canada?

Do we only care about something if it is local?

This shit needs to get under control. 

It's all good.. until it isn't.