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My understanding is Ebola is incurable but sometimes treatable, so while there is no medicine you can give that will stop it, you can care for the patient in wa
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
My understanding is Ebola is incurable but sometimes treatable, so while there is no medicine you can give that will stop it, you can care for the patient in ways that increase the chances of them surviving.
edit - and if you want to know why this is being taken so seriously as a threat, have a look at this graph - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak#mediaviewer/File:Diseased_Ebola_2014.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak... - it is chilling.
- sytelus 12y agoThat is chilling. As wise people have said, be always on look out for any exponential trends because that's what would change the world. In this graph, although data is limited, it appears the number of cases are doubling every month. At this rate we can easily hit 10,000 by end of year. And THE 10,000 is almost always a magic number where tipping point occurs and power laws becomes unstoppable then on. It is a chilling graph. I'll keep an eye on this every month now.
- glogla 12y agoThis one [1] however looks more optimistic. While the disease is still spreading, how fast is is spreading is slowing. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak#mediaviewer/File:Deseased_per_day_Ebola_2014.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_outbreak...