Ebola Outbreak here in the US? No not yet. Honestly probably never will. Keep calm and continue to prep. Did you come to Survivalpunk today worried about the Ebola outbreak in Texas. By Ebola outbreak I mean 1 confirmed and 1 suspected case at this time. I have not looked but I’m sure there are people trying to make a buck off this already. I’m here today to calm people down. I’ll share some Ebola facts with you.
I’m not even worried about an Ebola Outbreak. Not in the current state of the virus. If it mutates into a worse strain then maybe. Why am I so calm about Ebola. Why am I not running around buying N95 respirator masks? I went and got the facts about Ebola. I talked with an expert in the field. You can check out that interview with Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy Here. Let’s dig into a few reasons to be not scared.
Ebola Outbreak
I do not see a major Ebola outbreak in the US. The countries where it has hit the hardest have poor medical facilities. Sanitation at these facilities is terrible. They are lacking in infection precautions. They don’t understand the concept of effective quarantine. They have limited supplies . In the current Ebola outbreak the medical staff in these facilities become infected themselves. With the medical staff dying facilities close. This leaves many without access to medical treatment. You can see how this all compounds.
Another key reason in the Ebola outbreak is health. The state of health of many in those countries is poor to begin with. They people there suffer from malnutrition They consume contaminated water daily. They are not healthy in the first place. In this weakened state of health Ebola devastates them. Where the virus infects healthy people survival is more likely.
Treatment
There is no cure yet for Ebola. The method of treatment is supportive care. Treat it like you would a bad case of the flu. It would be a good time for rehydration solutions. If you have access to IV bags use them. Treat the symptoms with otc meds. You need to keep yourself healthy and strong to fight the virus. You will be out so hopefully you have help in this. If there is an Ebola outbreak in the US the hospitals will fill up. Making a quarantine room in your home would be better.
Keep Calm And Prep On
I’m not worried about this at all. My plan is to stay the course. Keep prepping. Keep improving my overall health. Minimize exposure. Stay at home if things That’s all you can do. Running around freaking out will not help you. It will only cause more panic and fear. Be a responsible prepper. Spread knowledge to your neighbors in this scary time. We are all in this together.
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DEAR GOD THANK YOU!!!! I live in the DFW area, and the paranoia is absolutely off the charts ridiculous! I even had a lady who was scared she was going to get it from her DOG. My sister is a nurse. She says the people who are scared are uninformed about the nature of the disease transmission. Unless you are working directly with an ebola patient (as a caregiver), or a family member with intimate contact, or planning to travel to the affected area, don’t give in to the hype!
YES! I am not a caregiver and will be avoiding sick people as much as possible.
Thank you for posting this. I’m sick and tired of seeing memes on FB about Obama “allowing” Ebola into the country when these aid workers have been brought HOME to be treated. Here’s an easy way to avoid ever getting Ebola: don’t go to west Africa and attempt to treat Ebola patients. Pretty simple!
The news is clearly trying to fuel the hysteria on this one. They keep saying the outbreak is OUT OF CONTROL! While that may be factually correct in that they do not have it contained/controlled, yet, but at the end of the day only a few thousand people out of MILLIONS in a handful of countries have even been infected let alone died. It’s so much hype over nothing.
Lastly, people saying it’s “gone airborne” are such freakin’ morons it makes my brain hurt. Sure, if you take a deep breath and then sneeze or projectile vomit with all your might, you could, in theory, infect someone else a few feet away from you, but the infection is still occuring through direct contact with bodily fluids (that you’ve thrown through the air). This, however, does not make the virus an “airborne virus”. You’re exactly right: Keep Calm and Prep On.
Yup so much hysteria and misinformation. I’m more worried about sheeple loosing their heads and rioting than Ebola
Famous last words.
Nope I’ll be fine.
Part of the issue with the spread of this virus is due the belief systems of the people in the affected countries. First of all, in these countries people are led by superstition and science doesn’t hold much ground. Also, as reported by Berlin based Kai Kupferschmidt about vaccine distribution,
“You already have people who don’t trust the West coming in, people who are hiding because they believe that the westerners are bringing the virus in,” he added. “If you add medications (experimental vaccines) that actually injure someone, that would be extremely difficult.”
I’d hope that we westerners better understand how viruses are spread and would better help contain any outbreaks, as is already being done. As this is not an airborne virus (yet), I feel it’s still very controllable.
“DON’T PANIC”
The west shoould first try it on monkeys
Bats.dogs.and the ebola. River.where they ve lieing that’s the origin.meanwhile
Africa n president s got no spine t shut down their Ebola labs in their country. And
Kick them out.. then sue them and bankrupt
Them. The havent made a change of mind
Imean who.msf.unicef usdod.uscd .about
Killing ing off 90% Africa ns. With their evil
Creation .and then blame the vic tims or
Nature. Who cant speak for themselves.
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