According to a news clip today on CNN, your Mr John Kerry has a
diametrically opposite view opposite view on the issue.
Remember the abestos workers in Quebec in the 1960s through to the late
1980s who were assured that mining asbestos was "no problem" for their
health ? As it turns out, mesotheloima and other asbestos related
diseases are amongst the most serious industrial afflictions of the
modern age and their afflictions are almost 100%
On 10/17/2014 5:50 PM, Moose wrote:
On 10/17/2014 8:30 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
But take your clip board with you :-)
*http://tinyurl.com/phanbt7*
News services and commentators everywhere are screaming FOUL!
over that.
But that's their job in contemporary America, to create FUD, whether
justified or not.
It's the very sort of inconcern that is going to turn this into a
major global health crisis.
Has anyone considered that the clip board guy knew more that most of
us do? From an email about the subject from our City:
"Ebola is not easy to contract. The virus is not airborne, like
measles or the flu. Travel history to the West African countries of
Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea remains the leading risk factor. A
person would have to come into contact with an infected person's
bodily fluids while that person is exhibiting the symptoms of
infection, such as high fever, vomiting, or diarrhea."
It appears, from what little I've heard about it, that the health care
workers who contracted it may have been inappropriately casual in
caring for a recently West African patient with a with an undiagnosed
disease. Sloppy procedures and technique by health care providers
should not necessarily be cause for widespread panic.
I recently went to the funeral of a friend. He died of liver failure
from an accidental stick with a needle used on a Hep C patient during
his nursing work. It's very sad, but I was not afraid I was going to
catch it.
I had an employee and friend many years ago who contracted AIDS early
on. I did my research and determined he was simply no danger to those
working around him. But I knew how fearful the general public were
becoming and how he would be shunned, scapegoated and quite likely
fired if his condition became public knowledge. He worked, damn well,
doing what he enjoyed, until near the end, about five years, as I
recall. And guess what? No one at that workplace caught AIDS or
'Gayness' from him. I miss him, but know I made his last years far
better than they would otherwise have been.
Fear mongering has a long and inglorious history, remains alive and
well, and no more useful that ever for any good. "is going to turn
this into a major global health crisis." sounds to me suspiciously
like uninformed fear mongering.
I don't follow the news in general, but a quick search shows even the
major outlets have caught up with the facts.
<http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-fear-factor-why-america-needs-viral-reality-check-n228331>
I find it generally useful to keep things in perspective and gather
information when in doubt.
Remain Calm Moose
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