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FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#676: Dec 2nd 2014 at 7:04:12 AM

The WHO recently released a statement that they're fairly optimistic about West Africa now, mostly because improved treatment of patients and disposal of bodies has slowed down the spread of the disease.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
NapoleonDeCheese Since: Oct, 2010
#677: Dec 2nd 2014 at 10:12:18 AM

If it ever hits the Ganges, India is pretty much screwed.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#678: Dec 2nd 2014 at 10:35:10 AM

If its one thing one can feel safe about, transfer from Pakistan to India is more easily containable....

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#679: Dec 2nd 2014 at 6:57:14 PM

[up]I'd not actually start betting on that, actually. Things are a little more porous than you probably like to think. <_<

edited 2nd Dec '14 6:57:46 PM by Euodiachloris

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#680: Dec 2nd 2014 at 7:00:55 PM

One of the most heavily militarized borders in the world? It'd be like crosing the Korean DMZ.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#681: Dec 2nd 2014 at 7:15:43 PM

[up]Yes. And, militarisation stops all border crossings when there's enough corruption to allow smuggling of many, many types (including human trafficking). :| Oh, and don't forget: Ebola likes bats. Particularly fruit bats.

Hope like hell none start carrying it, if it actually has landed.

edited 2nd Dec '14 7:16:47 PM by Euodiachloris

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#682: Dec 3rd 2014 at 7:24:36 AM

Only one crossing between the two...

Anyway, not hearing much else about this case just yet.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#683: Dec 6th 2014 at 1:40:56 PM

Lines on a map cover a lot of ground, don't they? Not just the official border crossings.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#684: Dec 6th 2014 at 1:49:01 PM

The line in question crosses deserts and plains. Not much place to hide. Nevermind defences rivaling the Maginot Line.

Short of special forces, ain't no one coming across while infected.

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#685: Dec 6th 2014 at 2:51:52 PM

[up]Whatever lets you sleep at night. <_< But, seriously: trade = opportunities to stuff up.

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#688: Dec 6th 2014 at 3:46:38 PM

Uh, comparing the border security to the Maginot Line isn't exactly very encouraging, since the latter is most famous for failing.[lol]

edited 6th Dec '14 3:47:13 PM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#689: Dec 6th 2014 at 4:19:20 PM

With one of the most impressive military machines in the world at the time, not ebola infected Pakistanis.

EDIT- Anyway, glad he tested negative. Hopefully the scare will make the authorities take it more seriously.

@Euo - It's simple logic, not "whatever makes me sleep well at night".

edited 6th Dec '14 4:21:44 PM by FFShinra

Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#690: Dec 6th 2014 at 4:28:35 PM

Pedant: The Wehrmacht was actually a bit shit. The most impressive military machine in 1940 was Soviet.

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#691: Dec 6th 2014 at 5:34:31 PM

I knew that would happen the moment I said it. -_-

Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#692: Dec 6th 2014 at 6:40:08 PM

[up]Think of it as getting trained. wink

SilasW A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#694: Dec 8th 2014 at 11:41:05 AM

Also didn't the Maginot Line work? In that nobody tried to cross it directly? The problem wasn't the Line, it was the bit of the border not conversed by the line. So unless there's a Belgium sized hole in the border defences they're probably pretty secure.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#695: Dec 8th 2014 at 12:27:14 PM

Well, maybe one day you'll learn something. tongue

Back to your regularly scheduled pestilence:

How phenomenal Nigerian doctors cut the mortality rate in half.

Ebola survivor Ian Crozier speaks out.

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#696: Dec 24th 2014 at 12:11:37 PM

Trial confirms Ebola vaccine candidate safe, equally immunogenic in Africa: "Two experimental DNA vaccines to prevent Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus are safe, and generated a similar immune response in healthy Ugandan adults as reported in healthy US adults earlier this year. The findings are from the first trial of filovirus vaccines in Africa."

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SilasW A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#697: Dec 29th 2014 at 10:51:02 AM

Ebola case confirmed in a Scottish hospital[1], well shit... And we thought we had this under control...

Though apparently it's a health worker who's been out fighting the disease, so it's not something that has gotten past the screening.

edited 29th Dec '14 10:52:12 AM by SilasW

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#698: Dec 29th 2014 at 4:49:38 PM

As a resident of Glasgow, I am completely unfazed by the prospect of an ebola victim being treated by the excellent staff at the Garty, though I am apprehensive about the media response. My thoughts are with the victim in particular, but also with the many many victims dying in West Africa.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#699: Jan 13th 2015 at 12:37:37 PM

The body of a Fort Hood soldier found in Killeen, Texas is being tested for Ebola as a precaution due to the soldier having recently returned from Nigeria.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Gabrael from My musings Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
#700: Jan 14th 2015 at 7:55:46 AM

A bittersweet side effect of the Ebola outbreak: Female genital mutilation is down.

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur

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