No, it won't. Ebola has been around quite some time now and there are outbreaks all the time. This is nothing new. I'm guessing you watch Fox and CNN a lot. They love to sensationalize these things and scare people (their viewers) so they'll stay glued to their news shows. They'll get Ebola under control again before it starts killing white folks, don't worry.
Get it under control? Pffft, that's what they said about AIDS thirty years ago. With no vaccine or effective treatment, history is not working in your favor. At some point, this outbreak could hit critical mass, there will be too any cases to stop the exponential spread completely.
Do the math. Outbreaks of 20-30 cases in isolated areas are stopped easily. This outbreak has hit 700 people and it has spread to cities for the first time.
You are wrong... everything thegypsysailor said is right, we are able to control the Ebola virus since it's just a very small are in which it broke out and it won't spread around any further...
AIDS/HIV is something completely different since there already where millions infected before it was even discovered...
HIV is a bit different. Gays were not raping other men on the street to pass the disease. Condoms were the hoardable commodity. But, they passed them out for free in gay bars.
I'll do the math if you do a bit if reading. Outbreaks killing thousands have happened before.
Anyway, I don't care. It would probably be the best thing to happen to the human race for many millennia. Cutting the population by 2/3 would go a long way towards reversing climate change and pollution. Bring it on.
Killed thousands before? I beg to differ. Since you like to read, click this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
The CDC says it will be a marathon effort to stop the disease this time. You don't need to be worried on your boat with your 19 year old girlfriend, but DolphinAngel should be scared, really really SCARED. (Unless she is the 19 year old girlfriend.)
The CDC, like any other governmental entity, needs money to operate. Without a "marathon effort" they won't get the funds they want, so once again the scare tactics are employed. Relax, unless you are on your way to Africa, I doubt you are in much danger.
I am relaxed. The original question of this post was whether the epidemic will eventually go global. The other contributors have made contrary points using sound logic and causal arguments to that end. You simply ignore the question and use supposition to discredit any view contrary to yours.
You have already stuck your foot in your mouth by supposing that previous outbreaks have exceeded 1000 people. I'm afraid your performance on this post could scarcely get you a passing grade in high school English.
First of all its not cool to indicate that white people only care about white people getting this disease( theres a lot of WHITE doctors in Africa helping and a few of them have caught it.) Second, I am not convinced that its not being spread more easily than touching contaminated body fluids...were all these people who caught it wallowing in blood and urine? I don't think the doctors who caught it were careless, in fact they wear hazard suits when dealing with patients.
I wouldn't be surprised if some strains of ebola are contagious through coughing and sneezing. Maybe not everyone can get it this way but who knows? The CDC and government has certainly lied about things before.
I agree with the person who said most people are in denial because they don't want to imagine this really could be a big epidemic... and if they don't stop all planes and boats coming in and out of Africa it easily could.
Ebola has not mutated and most likely will not because it kills too quickly. It is transmitted through bodily fluids, which is why it's spread to people who are treating those infected. If the virus was airborne it would have infected many more people. Please read a book before you go around making ridiculous, panic based assertions.
IIN that the African Ebola epidemic will go global.
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Get it under control? Pffft, that's what they said about AIDS thirty years ago. With no vaccine or effective treatment, history is not working in your favor. At some point, this outbreak could hit critical mass, there will be too any cases to stop the exponential spread completely.
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You are wrong... everything thegypsysailor said is right, we are able to control the Ebola virus since it's just a very small are in which it broke out and it won't spread around any further...
AIDS/HIV is something completely different since there already where millions infected before it was even discovered...
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That's true. Airplanes have yet to be invented.
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Ever heard about quarantine?
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Yes, I have. But I'm not going to suggest we close all hospitals and stop researching all illnesses because you've come up with a cure for everything.
Ever heard about evolution?
Ok, but have you noticed that the situation with HIV hasn't necessitated stockpiling weapons or gold in most of the world?
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HIV is a bit different. Gays were not raping other men on the street to pass the disease. Condoms were the hoardable commodity. But, they passed them out for free in gay bars.
I'll do the math if you do a bit if reading. Outbreaks killing thousands have happened before.
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tell me that when youre left to bury the seeping dead bodies of the people you love (if you actually love anybody that is...
Killed thousands before? I beg to differ. Since you like to read, click this - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks
The CDC says it will be a marathon effort to stop the disease this time. You don't need to be worried on your boat with your 19 year old girlfriend, but DolphinAngel should be scared, really really SCARED. (Unless she is the 19 year old girlfriend.)
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The CDC, like any other governmental entity, needs money to operate. Without a "marathon effort" they won't get the funds they want, so once again the scare tactics are employed. Relax, unless you are on your way to Africa, I doubt you are in much danger.
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I am relaxed. The original question of this post was whether the epidemic will eventually go global. The other contributors have made contrary points using sound logic and causal arguments to that end. You simply ignore the question and use supposition to discredit any view contrary to yours.
You have already stuck your foot in your mouth by supposing that previous outbreaks have exceeded 1000 people. I'm afraid your performance on this post could scarcely get you a passing grade in high school English.
I can only shake my head, go back to school.
Hey, hey, 2/3 fatalities. Good to clean out the riff-raff every couple of centuries. Nice point there, old fellar.
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2/3 fatalities eh? Only if the fatalities are other people and not you right? HA!
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I would say my chances are one in three. Your chances are probably the same as mine. What do you think?
First of all its not cool to indicate that white people only care about white people getting this disease( theres a lot of WHITE doctors in Africa helping and a few of them have caught it.) Second, I am not convinced that its not being spread more easily than touching contaminated body fluids...were all these people who caught it wallowing in blood and urine? I don't think the doctors who caught it were careless, in fact they wear hazard suits when dealing with patients.
I wouldn't be surprised if some strains of ebola are contagious through coughing and sneezing. Maybe not everyone can get it this way but who knows? The CDC and government has certainly lied about things before.
I agree with the person who said most people are in denial because they don't want to imagine this really could be a big epidemic... and if they don't stop all planes and boats coming in and out of Africa it easily could.
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Ebola has not mutated and most likely will not because it kills too quickly. It is transmitted through bodily fluids, which is why it's spread to people who are treating those infected. If the virus was airborne it would have infected many more people. Please read a book before you go around making ridiculous, panic based assertions.