Thread: Ebola Nightmare

Originally Posted by Harlan

You are beyond ignorant and sound like a self-absorbed tool.

How so? Because I don't give a shit about random societal trends over diseases? Nobody actually cares about Ebola, people just want something to talk about.

Originally Posted by Thakiller

How so? Because I don't give a shit about random societal trends over diseases? Nobody actually cares about Ebola, people just want something to talk about.

I'm sure the people dying from it and losing their friends and family from it care about it? It's not a social trend it's a crisis going on in the world..

That being said I don't think there should be a hysteria about it in regards to an outbreak in the west.

Originally Posted by Harlan

I'm sure the people dying from it and losing their friends and family from it care about it? It's not a social trend it's a crisis going on in the world..

That being said I don't think there should be a hysteria about it in regards to an outbreak in the west.

It's definitely a societal trend.

People aren't going in a craze about AIDS/HIV (which is a bigger epidemic, has killed more people, and spreads the exact same way as Ebola does) as much as they are with Ebola.

Why is this? Because Ebola is something relatively new, and something dangerous that is impacting heavily the same places AIDS/HIV are impacting heavily. People are all over Ebola for this exact reason.

Originally Posted by Thakiller

It's definitely a societal trend.

People aren't going in a craze about AIDS/HIV (which is a bigger epidemic, has killed more people, and spreads the exact same way as Ebola does) as much as they are with Ebola.

Why is this? Because Ebola is something relatively new, and something dangerous that is impacting heavily the same places AIDS/HIV are impacting heavily. People are all over Ebola for this exact reason.

They're completely different diseases, you can live a relatively healthy life with AIDS and there's no reason to fear it in the west as it's easily avoided with access to information in schools and better sexual health.

Ebola on the other hand has no cure or (effective) mitigation and has a high fatality rate, as well as being highly contagious.

Originally Posted by Harlan

They're completely different diseases, you can live a relatively healthy life with AIDS and there's no reason to fear it in the west as it's easily avoided with access to information in schools and better sexual health.

Ebola on the other hand has no cure or (effective) mitigation and has a high fatality rate, as well as being highly contagious.

Aids is incurable and spreads the same way, what's your point?

Originally Posted by RuneHub

I'm not saying this is not a serious issue at all. Any time a virus is starting to become significant, there is definitely a problem. However, I have to agree with ThaKiller for the fact that it is a social trend.

1. There have been so many jokes about Ebola at least in the colleges. If you know what 'Yik Yak' is and are involved in it you will see so many posts that are being funny like "Ebola can't get in here because it can't afford tuition." Just like Kony, and just like a lot of other events that happen in 3rd World Countries.

2. Ebola has caused 3,300 reported deaths. That really isn't that much if you think about the amount of people that in those third world countries die of Hunger/Dehydration and many of other diseases that they have to worry about. There are so many other topics that we could talk about with those countries and about helping them out, but we really don't because it doesn't affect us. Which brings me to my next point.

3. Ebola has been around for a while now. I am not sure how I heard of it, but I remember being in 5th grade and hearing about Ebola being a disease that causes internal bleeding and all that. While, I didn't know the specifics, I still knew about it. However, it has never been blown up this much until someone got infected that lives int he United States. We don't look at issues unless they actually effect our lives.

Frankly, there are plenty of other diseases out there that can be affecting us, and if we have the people who do go in those third world countires take the extra precaution to NOT get infected by Ebola while we work on a vaccination then we are fine. We still have so many other viruses and other diseases out there that are fatal that we don't pay attention to. Let's not get carried away with Ebola now.

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This is basically exactly what I've been trying to say the whole time.

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Originally Posted by Austin_

Ebola is transmitted through animals too...People in third world countries eat unsafe-for-consumption meat and then Americans/Europeans etc. go to help take care of them, then get sick, and come back to America and spread it unknowingly. There is no cure for Ebola. Some people just like to help others..Can't hold it against someone who wanted to save another human being and they got infected, can you?

You're right, I can't hold it against someone for doing that. I wasn't talking about the people who are actually spreading the disease themselves, e.g in Africa.

This is exactly why I'm not in a full fledged panic about the 1 case in the USA worried about some epidemic outbreak in NA. Most people have no logical thinking skills whatsoever anymore, that's the main problem these days.

Originally Posted by Paramvir

Well the way you brought that point out was very ignorant and rude.

I'd rather be honest and have people be upset with my opinion than lie for social acceptance, sorry.