Quite angry about Ebola coverage

El Kabong · 10-07-2014 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by AdamGB

Swine flu hysteria part 2.

It's a horrific way to die, but honestly... It's not particularly good at spreading. It's a lot easier for it to spread in impoverished places in Africa, it isn't airborne which severely limits it's spread potential in advanced societies, flu viruses will kill more people this year. 250-500 thousand according to the WHO.

Swine flu, SARS, West Nile Virus....yeah all completely hyped up by the media wanting to creep people out and yes Influenza kills off a fair amount of the old and the young, but Ebola is something that is pretty bad especially considering the lack of a 100% proven and accepted cure though some steps have been positive in getting us to that point.

WHO | Ebola virus disease

"The average EVD case fatality rate is around 50%. Case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks."

That ain't a good sign...the aforementioned diseases didn't have a fatality rate close to that and the deaths happen rather quickly.

I hope that everything works out for the best and this is all a brief little moment of hysteria but an epidemic could happen with Ebola and it wouldn't be a good thing.

**AdamGB** · 10-07-2014 04:36 PM

Until it mutates and becomes airborne I wouldn't worry about it becoming a global epidemic, it's areas lacking any real sort of robust healthcare infrastructure that are at any serious risk.

It's not contagious incubating and the onset of symptoms are so quick that it's easily contained in developed societies.

Scary disease, poor contagion.

You're right to be suspicious of the pharmaceutical industry miles, it wants us sick. More money to be made in treating symptoms and prolonging 'life' than there is in curing and more importantly preventing illnesses, especially when the industry's bread and butter comes from illnesses that lifestyle alone can prevent.