A sample drop quote: "You don't want to panic people, but people aren't stupid."
Yep. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > A superb article for those looking for "straight poop" and > particularly those that enjoy competent writing: The Atlantic "21 > Days" > http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/21-days/381901/?single_page=true > > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Stanley Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
