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Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Ebola Outbreak
From: Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:10:39 -0700
What the Moose said. And what the Moose said about his friend with AIDS
goes double. I lost some coworkers and friends that way also, and remaining
a friend to them back then was the most important thing. Second most
important was countering all of the FUD.
On Oct 17, 2014 1:50 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> 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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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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