On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote:
> The ambulance used to transport the ebola patient on Sunday was only > taken out of service THIS MORNING (Wed.). > They clean them between runs, I'm sure, so this is probably out of "an > abundance of caution" but it still shows that people are not thinking > things through in a timely manner. > > Just say (tm): > Ebola: Let's hope that not EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas. > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> > wrote: >> shush, no politicis on the list. Apparently speaking about the incompetence >> and perfidy of the government is now partisan politics. Listening to the >> head of the CDC this afternoon certainly allayed my fears. They have top >> men* on it. Top men*. >> >> * Generic reference, includes individuals who, could be who could be >> classified as women as well... >> >> >> On 9/30/2014 10:28 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>> >>> I'm sure this is on everyone's radar now, but there is so much >>> sunshine being blown up American's skirts in the news tonight. We have >>> no worries, because this is the U.S. medical system? It was a U.S. >>> medical doctor that saw this guy in his office and sent him home on >>> the 26th so he could be in the public, symptomatic with what we now >>> know was Ebola, for a total of nearly 5 days (and is now in critical >>> condition). There are probably another handful of people he infected >>> in those 5 days, including (possibly) people at that medical facility >>> that sent him home. We just don't know it yet. And we'll have to wait >>> 21-42 days to know for sure. When more is known, can we count on you to pass on the information? I know I don’t see a reason to spend much of my time following all of this so it is good to have someone else constantly on the alert for updates. stan >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Your top (U.S.) news story of the day? >>>> >>>> http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140929-dallas-county-health-officials-cdc-team-headed-to-dallas.ece?hootPostID=b260717dd73ff15c9eaa34b0cb970876 >>>> >>>> and here's a live traffic shot of roads leading out of Dallas: >>>> http://goo.gl/hb3ffA >>>> >>>> (Not really. That last part is my dark humor showing.) >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Well, here is your top news story of the day which probably won't be >>>>> mentioned on any news program. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola >>>>> >>>>> This story pretty much commits the journalistic sin of "burying the >>>>> lead" which in my opinion is THIS: >>>>> CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Treatment and Policy) declares >>>>> that "Being at first skeptical that Ebola virus could be an >>>>> aerosol-transmissible disease, we are now persuaded by a review of >>>>> experimental and epidemiologic data that this might be an important >>>>> feature of disease transmission, particularly in healthcare settings." >>>>> Earlier in the article they said, 'We recommend using "aerosol >>>>> transmissible" rather than the outmoded terms "droplet" or "airborne" >>>>> to describe pathogens that can transmit disease via infectious >>>>> particles suspended in air.' >>>>> >>>>> Holy crap. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I think it is somewhat amusing (but not) when we think that mankind >>>>>> has everything under control and is at the height of their >>>>>> technological and scientific prowess. >>>>>> >>>>>> 9/11 was one of those slackjawed days, as we watched two of the >>>>>> tallest architectural achievements of mankind collapse to the ground >>>>>> under a pretty low-tech attack, with so many innocent people inside >>>>>> them. Another slackjaw day for me was watching on radar as Category >>>>>> Katrina took dead aim at New Orleans and realizing that we were >>>>>> looking at the real possibility of the destruction of an American >>>>>> metro area. Yep. More or less. >>>>>> >>>>>> And now, I'm slackjawed at the Ebola outbreak in Africa. The game is >>>>>> over, people. This is going to kill hundreds of thousands of people >>>>>> (at a minimum) before it is all said and done. And, if either of the >>>>>> two strains currently going at it in Africa, mutates to be >>>>>> air-transmissible we are looking at a world wide pandemic. Mankind has >>>>>> no central authority to manage resources to fight a disaster like this >>>>>> one. Ebola is currently killing at a rate of 80-85%. Male SURVIVORS of >>>>>> Ebola are spreading the contagion through their semen for AT LEAST 7 >>>>>> weeks after the date of their infection. It is hitting in the area of >>>>>> the world least able to deal with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> This guy is right on: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/what-were-afraid-to-say-about-ebola.html?_r=0 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>>>> look like photographs. >>>>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>>> look like photographs. >>>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>> look like photographs. >>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >> immortality through not dying. >> -- Woody Allen >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
