So this is the next in a long line of “latest and greatest” pandemics that are going to kill us off.
Close down the airports
Let me guess - this virus originate in Norway? Japan?
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Thanks for posting. (Never heard of “nipah”)
Health/Life BUMP!
if this virus had killed 200 million of India’s 1 billion+, I might be tempted to call it an epidemic.
it does not become global until it spreads outside of India and hit multiple continents.
I am so sick of this hysterical fear-mongering.
It sounds like we have very little time left to pass universal gun background checks and a new AWB.
How else could we stop this threat?
So if you catch it, you can still come back in through Tijuana, right? That’s gotta still be ok. So no big deal. It’s not like we have borders. That would be racist.
Infection with Nipah virus is associated with encephalitis (inflammation of the brain). After exposure and an incubation period of 5 to 14 days,illness presents with 3-14 days of fever and headache, followed by drowsiness, disorientation and mental confusion. These signs and symptoms can progress to coma within 24-48 hours. Some patients have a respiratory illness during the early part of their infections, and half of the patients showing severe neurological signs showed also pulmonary signs.
During the Nipah virus disease outbreak in 1998-99, 265 patients were infected with the virus. About 40% of those patients who entered hospitals with serious nervous disease died from the illness. Long-term sequelae following Nipah virus infection have been noted, including persistent convulsions and personality changes. Latent infections with subsequent reactivation of Nipah virus and death have also been reported months and even years after exposure.
What the? Death resulting YEARS after exposure?
C'mon FReepers, we can do something with this!
Odd that it’s happening in a shitzenhole.
Mass media promoting paranoia through exaggeration again! This is a form of fame news.
“brain-swelling condition known as encephalitis”
When you want to look smart, say it in latin.
Maybe we should eradicate all flying mammals, just to be safe?
Almost all diseases trumpeted as not survivable, or barely so, are cured by antibiotics, and IV fluids in the US. Clean streets, sewage treatment and the rarity of vermin also is what stops us from getting sick. Now that the borders are open without wellness checks, the homeless are defecating on the sidewalks, and rats are making a huge comeback, all bets are off for the future.
My buddy who drives a Train through Seattle/Tacoma area, tells me of herds of rats on the tracks to where grown men will not get off to perform their jobs. They are literally nose to nose and tail to tail for close to a mile after dark near the waterfronts of both cities. I imagine it is like this at the majority of waterfront places, maybe even inland. Can you say PLAGUE?
How many of them would be sent by plane to the US if Obama was still president?