Dave D
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Oct 7, 2006
- Location
- Vancouver, B.C.
Way OT.
I thought that maybe the resident brains could shed some more light on the Ebola outbreak. What I'm not understanding is if it so hard to get (unless you come in contact with bodily fluids), if you take precautions why have a number of medical staff become infected. I understand that some of the cases in Africa may be due to minimal resources but the latest one in the USA is reported to have used full protective gear.
This is beginning to remind me of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto (also in San Francisco etc.). During the epidemic just after a news story of a public health official in Toronto stating that everything was under control, Dr. Don Low (an epidemiologist) was interviewed looking very worried and said something along the lines that we were on the verge of an epidemic unless things went well.
Given the world economies are tied to some degree if the outbreak continues to go the way it has gone, there is going to be a ripple effect. World currency already appears to have been affected by this.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Thanks,
Dave
I thought that maybe the resident brains could shed some more light on the Ebola outbreak. What I'm not understanding is if it so hard to get (unless you come in contact with bodily fluids), if you take precautions why have a number of medical staff become infected. I understand that some of the cases in Africa may be due to minimal resources but the latest one in the USA is reported to have used full protective gear.
This is beginning to remind me of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto (also in San Francisco etc.). During the epidemic just after a news story of a public health official in Toronto stating that everything was under control, Dr. Don Low (an epidemiologist) was interviewed looking very worried and said something along the lines that we were on the verge of an epidemic unless things went well.
Given the world economies are tied to some degree if the outbreak continues to go the way it has gone, there is going to be a ripple effect. World currency already appears to have been affected by this.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Thanks,
Dave