tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post4548828110019828555..comments2024-03-18T22:35:50.713-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Here It Goes AgainAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-68849304210020410682017-05-19T12:54:10.939-07:002017-05-19T12:54:10.939-07:00Yes, but.
Look how well (NOT!) U.S. healthcare far...Yes, but.<br />Look how well (NOT!) U.S. healthcare fared when it came to dealing with Ebola in Dallas.<br />If there hadn't been two BL-IV beds for the two American ICU nurses infected, it would have gone on and on here, just like it was doing in West Africa.<br />Worse, actually, because we don't build our hospitals out of tarps so we can burn them to the ground when the pandemic is over.<br /><br />The other thing is the point TPTB were toying with every day they let potential infected people fly out of W. Africa last time, and in nearly every instance, it cost them.<br /><br />All that prevented worldwide disaster, at the end of the day, was the poverty of most Africans, and their inability to afford a plane ticket.<br /><br />As noted, that won't be the case in any number of other metropolii.<br />And the virus only has to get lucky once.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-51941655288041912602017-05-19T06:01:43.253-07:002017-05-19T06:01:43.253-07:00The problem isn't the infected guy flying on a...The problem isn't the infected guy flying on a jet to the US. There's a good chance of recovering from that, albeit with a bunch of casualties.<br /><br />The problem is the infected guy flying on a jet to one of the giant third world shitholes with relatively poor hygiene like New Delhi, or Bangkok or Mexico City. Then within a few days you might have tens of thousands infected who get on jets to the US and elsewhere, which would simply overwhelm even the best western health services.<br /><br />This little bug is gonna escape West Africa one day and make it to the rest of the world on a large scale, and we'll all really be in the hurt locker.LSWCHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757522731624996768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-78827006620144600052017-05-18T09:45:20.171-07:002017-05-18T09:45:20.171-07:00As a refresher, Emory (and the other 3 BL-IV treat...As a refresher, Emory (and the other 3 BL-IV treatment centers) aren't a problem.<br />The local international airport is.<br /><br />I'm not worried about the people we get shipped here inside a sealed bio-bubble.<br />It's the ones who come with nothing but a hot towel before landing to wash up with that you need to worry about.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-20708456564776512282017-05-18T09:37:34.320-07:002017-05-18T09:37:34.320-07:00Sigh. I'm 30-40 miles from Emory. Not sure i...Sigh. I'm 30-40 miles from Emory. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe I'll move to Minnesota for some measles. Diversity is our strength ya know. Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-69226466096079523172017-05-17T21:06:06.995-07:002017-05-17T21:06:06.995-07:00First, we have to find Hillary's missing shoe ...First, we have to find Hillary's missing shoe and figure out which Russian spy put sugar in the White House salt shaker. Then, there's the whole impeachment thing to deal with, and finding something else for Comey to do, once he gets too tiresome (he's getting there). Plus, a full-blown investigation of Maxine Water's wig.<br /><br />Only then can we turn our attention to flesh-eating viruses and global epidemics. <br />Bill Robbinshttp://www.convergentmanagement.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-75991276136887231242017-05-17T19:36:35.146-07:002017-05-17T19:36:35.146-07:00Having two more beds at the four BL-IV treatment f...Having two more beds at the four BL-IV treatment facilities than we had active Ebola patients.<br /><br />To see how trying to cobble regular US hospitals into Ebola treatment facilities (still the current plan from the CDC) works in practice, Google Dallas Presbyterian Hospital and the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Dallas.<br />cf.:<i>Luftzeppelin Hindenburg</i>Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-41326216572039680432017-05-17T18:28:49.517-07:002017-05-17T18:28:49.517-07:00Boss, what saved us a few years ago? Was it just...Boss, what saved us a few years ago? Was it just the general level of cleanliness in the population? I know that seems funny with all the pj pants and crocs walking around wal mart, but as a whole we are much cleaner than the equatorial places. at the same time ease and speed of travel here definitely work against us. What saved us?LFMayornoreply@blogger.com