Off the microphone of RE
Follow us on Twitter @doomstead666
Friend us on Facebook
Aired on the Doomstead Diner on October 3, 2014
Discuss this Rant at the Environment Table inside the Diner
Snippet:
…Shortly after the latest Ebola outbreak in Africa took off, I wrote an article called, “Ebola: I See Dead People”. Reason for this was because even though at the time Ebola had only infected and killed a few hundred people, it had all the attributes of the worst kind of Plague you can imagine.
First off, it doesn’t have a cure or treatment that has been widely disseminated, even if one does exist and there are rumours that such a thing does, at least some kind of vaccine anyhow. As of yet though, said treatments or vaccine have not been dispersed in Africa where the disease is spreading exponentially, so even if they do work it’s not stopping the problem from gettting worse over there.
Second, its Mortality Rate is high, but not too high. If everybody who contracted the disease died rapidly, it would be self-extinguishing. However, everybody who contracts it does not die, moreover they go through an Incubation Period of as yet indeterminate length without symptoms but able to spread the disease. It’s probably at least 4 days, maybe 2 weeks or more. During this time anyone carrying it can spread it to others, and obviously if you wander around any Big Shity the number of contacts you have each day are enormous. If the disease can be spread on viral particles that sit on Doorknobs or public toilet flush levers etc, it’s possible to be spreading the disease even if you do not have physical contact with the next infected person down the line.
Although the exact vectors for transmission have not yet been determined, whether it is transferred Airborne or in Water etc, it’s pretty clear it is highly infectious, since even with the Full 9 Yards of CDC Suits and Respiratorss, several hundred Health Care Workers themselves have contracted the disease. So it has both characteristics of the worst kind of Plague, both Infectious and Deadly…
For the rest, LISTEN TO THE RANT!!!
I have to question your statement about being contagious before being symptomatic, which could be up to two weeks from what I’ve read else where. Please support your statement that infected people are contagious BEFORE becoming symptomatic. There’s already too much mis-information floating around without adding to it.
This is apparent from the spread in Africa. If only symptomatic people spread the disease, it wouldn’t have such a fast doubling rate. Obviously, you would avoid symptomatic people.
There is not yet any definitive evidence on the vectors, all we do know for certain are outcomes, which include 100s of health care workers infected despite precautions. It’s obviously spreading, so the likelihood is that there is a period of incubation where the disease can be spread while still asymptomatic. If that was not the case, nobody escept symptomatic people could pass it on, but that is not possible with a doubling rate on the 3 week time scale. It has to be contagious on an ~2 week period asymptomatic for that to occur. Might be a bit less, but definitely contagious while asypmtomatic.
RE
Sierra Lee-O-Nee??? Where the fuck is THAT country? Pronunciation tip …
IMHO, the rants are more effective when you cover just ONE topic at a time.
Three Ebola cases in the USA? Oh, FUCKMEDEAD!!! Run for the hills!! I disagree with too many of your points to take the time to list them. Besides, you would just make fun of me and call me names.
I’m getting pretty damn fuckin’ tired of this Ebola bullshit. I’m old enough to have lived through quite a few SCARY VIRUS KILLERFUKS …. all of them eventually died on the vine. Yeah, sooner or later there WILL be a humanity-destroying bug, I believe. Then you can claim Victory — “I told you THIS was the one!!” Meanwhile, all you boys-who-cry-wolf have some porn-doom ya’ll can masturbate over. 🙂
Fuckin WordPress bullshit.
In case you don’t have 6 seconds to click on the link …. the “e” in Leone is SILENT.
Tell that to the Italians in Bensonhurst and Little Italy. Mama Leon-eeees Pizza was not pronounced Mama Lee-own by any of them. Anyhow, you’re too Mic Shy to show off your New Joisey accent so I’m sure not going to take erudition lessons from you! lol.
Sorry if Ebola Plague Podcasts are not your cup of tea, but they do great with the Doomers. Over 350 Listens in half a day, which is record pacing. 😀
Also, Diner Soundcloud passed 66,666 Total Listens this morning. The 66,666th Listener was from NJ. 😛
RE
I didn’t say the podcast wasn’t my cup of tea. I listen to each and every podcast posted here. I like ’em. It’s just that on this particular one I’m in disagreement.
You’ve been walking this earth almost as long as I have. At some point don’t you tire of all the THIS-SUPERBUG-WILL-KILL-HUMANITY crape-ola? (the ‘e’ is not silent)
I honestly think you’re way too smart to buy into this Ebola schtuff. I think you’re using the story to get new listeners. Yeah, that’s it, you’re a ………. CLICK WHORE!!!
Did you ever play the Plague! game? App avaialble for Android and Iphone! So far Ebola has demonstrated all the right characteristics for a first class Plague. Will it Wipeout 7 Million People? 😉 Only time will tell.
Far as tiring of Doom, no I never do. I’m a Doom Addict.
Insofar as pandering to the audience to get more clicks, I’d never do anything like that. LOL.
RE