tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post5815848507188521279..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Maine Nurse Refuses To Comply With Quarantine Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-57970906171346429432014-11-01T11:44:42.933-04:002014-11-01T11:44:42.933-04:00Risk assessment is determined by assigning a value...Risk assessment is determined by assigning a value to an outcome and the probability of that outcome. The outcome of an Ebola epidemic in the US would be very, very bad. So, taking measures to lower the risk of that happening to almost zero is not an unreasonable precaution. The main issue here is the trade-off between personal liberty and public safety. Ebola is such a terrible disease that the DMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-59422409762922105202014-10-31T22:17:27.895-04:002014-10-31T22:17:27.895-04:00Dark Avenger needs a theme song. Maybe like "...Dark Avenger needs a theme song. Maybe like "Batman" but instead of "Batman," using the words "quotin'" and "D.A."<br /><br />Quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin'... D.A.!!!<br /><br />Quotin' quotin' quotin' quotin'...The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-62359201586286665302014-10-31T12:30:59.695-04:002014-10-31T12:30:59.695-04:00in (IIRC) 1993, Public Health war games used a mut...<i>in (IIRC) 1993, Public Health war games used a mutated airborne Ebola to test the Resistance of the world-wide ability to deal with a pandemic</i><br /><br />Well, Michelle, that's 20 years old. We understand a lot more about <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/scientists-say-ebolas-transmission-route-unlikely-to-have-changed-1413475957" rel="nofollow">Ebola</a> than we did then:<br /Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-27689125392499147632014-10-31T07:25:09.076-04:002014-10-31T07:25:09.076-04:00The possibility of Ebola becoming an airborne cont...The possibility of Ebola becoming an airborne contagion isn't that remote: in (IIRC) 1993, Public Health war games used a mutated airborne Ebola to test the Resistance of the world-wide ability to deal with a pandemic. So it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Ebola could mutate.<br /><br />The point isn't that she's currently shedding virus and a threat to public health, Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-70408187991298714182014-10-31T02:30:29.515-04:002014-10-31T02:30:29.515-04:00No. There is no evidence of infectiousness prior t...No. There is no evidence of infectiousness prior to the onset of fever. So long as she tests herself every day for fever, she is perfectly safe. Also, Ebola requires fairly close contact to spread. A bike ride will not do it. It's a bit of a stunt, but she's making a valid political point.Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-84905468613711089212014-10-30T23:04:04.139-04:002014-10-30T23:04:04.139-04:00She tested negative for the Ebola virus, Winston, ...She tested negative for the Ebola virus, Winston, so she's about as infectious as you or I. And she could only be shedding virus if she was symptomatic, would make her very unlikely to want to do anything but obtain medical treatment, instead of doing a bike ride.<br /><br />This is what Anthony Fauci had to say about it:<br /><br /><b>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute ofDark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-13128207065535432382014-10-30T21:37:12.065-04:002014-10-30T21:37:12.065-04:00Oh. Right. The tests are NOT extremely good. Ebola...Oh. Right. The tests are NOT extremely good. Ebola incubates in the tissues, not the blood. So you don't get a positive blood test until you're already contagious.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-4758391568086301572014-10-30T21:36:08.968-04:002014-10-30T21:36:08.968-04:00The stupidity of that nurse makes me want to throt...The stupidity of that nurse makes me want to throttle her.<br /><br />Yes, it is true that Ebola can only be transmitted when the victim is actually sick, and requires an exchange of bodily fluids.<br /><br />However, the incubation period is such that you can be perfectly health and not at all contagious and testing negative for the disease until... you're suddenly sick and contagious and Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.com