Fear mounts that ebola outbreak will make nation turn to science

[Black]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-...rn-science

[Z]

nooooooooooo

[Grateful11]

Theoretically there is no "outbreak" of Ebola in the US. We have 2 nurses that contracted Ebola from a guy
that is now dead. They contracted it most liked because someone screwed on procedures of handling bodily fluids.

[Black]

Grateful11 wrote:
They contracted it most liked because someone screwed on procedures of handling bodily fluids.

Old info. Most procedures are held on with tape or elastic in hospitals these days.

[Racer X]

Grateful11 wrote:
Theoretically there is no "outbreak" of Ebola in the US. We have 2 nurses that contracted Ebola from a guy
that is now dead. They contracted it most liked because someone screwed on procedures of handling bodily fluids.

Sweet jeebus! Will people quit parroting the idiot news outlets!!!!!!!

The first case WAS NOT A NURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

she is a nurses aid, which is basically a janitor for humans. I'm not demeaning her, but there are 6 registered nurses in my family, with a total of over 200 years experience combined. Mom worked as an RN for 53 years.

I really doubt she knew the risks, nor was she likely trained in contaminated bodily fluid handling.

[eustacetilley]

There is a lot of Money to be made in this.
I'm not talking about Real Science, I'm talking about all that other Crap.

Dr. Dean, Oprah, Frijof Capra, "Quantum Anything", Homeopathy, Chiropracty, Osteopathy, Phrenology, Holistic Medicine, "Free Energy", Velikovsky, Acupuncture, Chi, "Tantric Anything", Krishnamurti, Goat Glands, Objectivism, Audio Subjectivism, Christian Science, https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/image...X_PSuTiaeG, E Meters, Crystal Energy, Rolfing, Copper Bands, Silver Bands, Magnetic Bands, Marching Bands, and Little Liver Pills.
I, unfortunately, have a lot more.

All of these, um, Beliefs, have at one time or another, claimed to be derived from Science or Technology, or have claimed that Science and Technology have since proven them correct.
Well, I'm not really sure about Marching Bands, but just consider the Sousaphone.

Science is hard. It's perhaps the hardest hard that we have. But any Crackpot can grab some scrap of justification from "Popular Science", or Fox, to make a Prophet.

¬Eustace

[decay]

Passing along from a friend who works in health care:

A little nursing education about viruses and the panic instilled by the media regarding Ebola: In 2012-2013 influenza (the flu) and pneumonia activity exceeded the epidemic threshold for 13 weeks. 9.9% of all deaths were attributed to pneumonia and influenza in 2012-2013. 149 pediatric deaths were attributed to pneumonia and influenza during that same year. Influenza has no cure and it kills people. It's also spread much more easily than Ebola.

In 2010 there were an estimated 15,529 deaths caused by AIDS in the U.S. In that same year there were approximately 1,155,792 people living with a diagnosis of AIDS in the U.S. AIDS is caused by HIV, which has no cure and kills people.

There are 3 confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States. It has no cure and kills people.

How about we put things into perspective and do a little research? I'm sorry to be the one that lets you in on this little secret, but there will always be a non-curable virus threatening the existence of man. Get over it.

All of this information was gathered from the CDC.

[Black]

eustacetilley wrote:
There is a lot of Money to be made in this.
I'm not talking about Real Science, I'm talking about all that other Crap.

Dr. Dean, Oprah, Frijof Capra, "Quantum Anything", Homeopathy, Chiropracty, Osteopathy, Phrenology, Holistic Medicine, "Free Energy", Velikovsky, Acupuncture, Chi, "Tantric Anything", Krishnamurti, Goat Glands, Objectivism, Audio Subjectivism, Christian Science, https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/image...X_PSuTiaeG, E Meters, Crystal Energy, Rolfing, Copper Bands, Silver Bands, Magnetic Bands, Marching Bands, and Little Liver Pills.
I, unfortunately, have a lot more.

All of these, um, Beliefs, have at one time or another, claimed to be derived from Science or Technology, or have claimed that Science and Technology have since proven them correct.
Well, I'm not really sure about Marching Bands, but just consider the Sousaphone.

Science is hard. It's perhaps the hardest hard that we have. But any Crackpot can grab some scrap of justification from "Popular Science", or Fox, to make a Prophet.

¬Eustace

Rumor has it that your posts may be moving to a paid subscription model soon?

[OWC Jamie]

Black wrote:
[quote=eustacetilley]
There is a lot of Money to be made in this.
I'm not talking about Real Science, I'm talking about all that other Crap.

Dr. Dean, Oprah, Frijof Capra, "Quantum Anything", Homeopathy, Chiropracty, Osteopathy, Phrenology, Holistic Medicine, "Free Energy", Velikovsky, Acupuncture, Chi, "Tantric Anything", Krishnamurti, Goat Glands, Objectivism, Audio Subjectivism, Christian Science, https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/image...X_PSuTiaeG, E Meters, Crystal Energy, Rolfing, Copper Bands, Silver Bands, Magnetic Bands, Marching Bands, and Little Liver Pills.
I, unfortunately, have a lot more.

All of these, um, Beliefs, have at one time or another, claimed to be derived from Science or Technology, or have claimed that Science and Technology have since proven them correct.
Well, I'm not really sure about Marching Bands, but just consider the Sousaphone.

Science is hard. It's perhaps the hardest hard that we have. But any Crackpot can grab some scrap of justification from "Popular Science", or Fox, to make a Prophet.

¬Eustace

Rumor has it that your posts may be moving to a paid subscription model soon? Before or after the cease and desist order ?

[wowzer]

Influenza has medications. They work, to a degree. The mortality rate of Ebola is what scares people. 50-90% fatality is scary. It is similar to AIDS in the 1980's...but much, much faster. Ebola is easier to catch than HIV...