Ebola in Texas..

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

If the mass media were actually concerned with the greatest threat to our long-term survival, climate change would be the lead story every night. But people have the attention spans of fleas. Yesterday, ISIS, today, Ebola, tomorrow, some guy and a chicken.

or heart disease, the number one killer of people. than there are the thousands that would be saved be expanding medicaid, or how about car accidents-the number one killer of 18-24 year olds.

but no, let's focus on ebola, that has killed exactly zero people in this country.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Danzig

or heart disease, the number one killer of people. .

Or the number one attributing factor leading to heart disease, OBESITY!

Then again only a small minority of women, 1 in 3 get an abortion.

If the whole world thought like you, breast cancer, affecting 1 in 6 women and breast cancer deaths 1 in 36 women would be an afterthought.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Or the number one attributing factor leading to heart disease, OBESITY!

Then again only a small minority of women, 1 in 3 get an abortion.

If the whole world thought like you, breast cancer, affecting 1 in 6 women and breast cancer deaths 1 in 36 women would be an afterthought.

Heredity is the leading indicator of whether a person will develop heart disease, not obesity (all obesities are not created equal, for that matter).

Breast cancer has been turned into an incredible money-making enterprise for some not-very-ethical groups, who have persuaded the general public it's a much bigger health crisis than it actually is (full disclosure: my mom died of breast cancer at age 35; I'm well aware of the devastation cancer can bring on a young family. But you're not going to catch me wearing pink ribbons in October).

I wish it were more common knowledge how many women have had an abortion, or how the majority of women seeking abortion already have at least one child. But until the restrictions start affecting rich and middle class women (which will probably be the Fourth of Never), it's This Common Secret, to borrow from the name of a very good book on the subject.

In fact, your post just reaffirms the media's propensity for not addressing actual issues in favor of attention-grabbing ones. Which is not a criticism of you; the media makes it's money by persuading us of what we should be paying attention to. Hey, I fell for the goddamn injured-kid-kicked-out-of-KFC story earlier this summer.

[Danzig]

the dallas patient has died.

[Benny]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the dallas patient has died.

And now one of his caregivers at the Dallas hospital has contracted Ebola from him. Not to worry, they know what thry are doing, nothing to worry about
http://news.yahoo.com/state-health-o...102955708.html

Dr. Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, says the worker was in full protective gear when they provided care to Thomas Eric Duncan during his second visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Varga did not identify the worker and says the family of the worker has "requested total privacy."

If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Benny

And now one of his caregivers at the Dallas hospital has contracted Ebola from him. Not to worry, they know what thry are doing, nothing to worry about
http://news.yahoo.com/state-health-o...102955708.html

Dr. Daniel Varga, of the Texas Health Resource, says the worker was in full protective gear when they provided care to Thomas Eric Duncan during his second visit to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Varga did not identify the worker and says the family of the worker has "requested total privacy."

If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.

Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the diagnosis shows there was a clear breach of safety protocol and all those who treated Thomas Eric Duncan are now considered potentially exposed.

and all the people they come in contact with?

[Benny]

LONDON (AP) — West Africa could see up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also confirming the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 percent.......
........Health care workers have also been hit hard by the virus. International aid organization Doctors Without Borders said that 16 of its staff members have been infected with Ebola and nine of them have died.


http://news.yahoo.com/10-000-ebola-c...124410379.html

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Heredity is the leading indicator of whether a person will develop heart disease, not obesity (all obesities are not created equal, for that matter).

Breast cancer has been turned into an incredible money-making enterprise for some not-very-ethical groups, who have persuaded the general public it's a much bigger health crisis than it actually is (full disclosure: my mom died of breast cancer at age 35; I'm well aware of the devastation cancer can bring on a young family. But you're not going to catch me wearing pink ribbons in October).

I wish it were more common knowledge how many women have had an abortion, or how the majority of women seeking abortion already have at least one child. But until the restrictions start affecting rich and middle class women (which will probably be the Fourth of Never), it's This Common Secret, to borrow from the name of a very good book on the subject.

In fact, your post just reaffirms the media's propensity for not addressing actual issues in favor of attention-grabbing ones. Which is not a criticism of you; the media makes it's money by persuading us of what we should be paying attention to. Hey, I fell for the goddamn injured-kid-kicked-out-of-KFC story earlier this summer.

breast cancer groups have certainly shown how to get the word out. but heart disease actually kills more people than all cancers combined, and then some.
as for abortions-the average is one in three women, which tells me it's more widespread than many think-and it's a myth that it's a few women having them over and over.
and yes, a good bit of those women have one or more kds.