Ebola outbreak in Uganda "under control", World Health Organization says - Polidicks

[url]http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57486233-10391704/ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-under-control-world-health-organization-says/[/url] [quote=CBS News]An ongoing outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda is under control, a World Health Organization official said Friday. Joaquim Saweka, the WHO representative in Uganda, told reporters in Kampala - the country's capital - that everyone known to have had contact with Ebola victims have been isolated for monitoring to halt the spread of the deadly disease. Ugandan health officials have created an "Ebola contact list" with 176 names of people who had even the slightest contact with those who contracted Ebola. "The structure put in place is more than adequate," Saweka said. "We are isolating the suspected or confirmed cases." Ebola was confirmed in Uganda on July 28, several days after villagers were dying in a remote corner of western Uganda. Ugandan officials were slow to investigate possible Ebola because the victims did not show the usual symptoms, such as coughing blood. At least 16 Ugandans have died of the disease. Delays in confirming Ebola allowed the disease to spread to more villages deep in the western district of Kibaale, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said. "The doctors in Kibaale say the symptoms were a bit atypical of Ebola," Museveni said in a national address Monday. "They were not clearly like Ebola symptoms. Because of that delay, the sickness spread to another village." Reports also began to surface that an Ebola patient may have traveled from Kibaale towards the capital, stoking fears in Kampala that led to radio announcements and warning posters. Saweka said that organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are helping Ugandan officials to control the spread of Ebola. This is Uganda's fourth outbreak of Ebola since 2000, when the disease killed 224 people and left hundreds more traumatized in northern Uganda. Ebola is highly infectious and kills quickly, spread through direct contact with the bloods or bodily fluids of infected persons. The disease was first reported in 1976 in Congo and is named for the river where it was recognized, according to the CDC. Symptoms include intense headache, weakness, muscle pain and sore throat which may progress to vomiting, diarrhea, rash, impaired kidney and liver function and in some cases, both internal and external bleeding. Burial ceremonies in which people have contact with the recently deceased who may have been infected with Ebola could raise risk for disease transmission. The aid group Doctors Without Borders said in a statement on Wednesday that the first victim of the Ebola outbreak was a 3-month-old girl and that of the 65 people who attended her funeral, 15 later contracted the deadly disease. At least 11 people who attended the funeral died from Ebola. Funerals in Uganda are typically elaborate affairs that draw huge crowds. Health officials have now taken on the task of safely burying the bodies of Ebola victims, Saweka said. [url=http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/index.html]The World Health Organization has more on Ebola.[/url][/quote]

I would hope it was under control, though isn't burning the bodies usually a safer way to prevent spreading the disease? Honestly though, Ebola is scary as fuck, but at least it kills relatively quickly. Prevents it from spreading very well.

[QUOTE=Loriborn;37070410]I would hope it was under control, though isn't burning the bodies usually a safer way to prevent spreading the disease? Honestly though, Ebola is scary as fuck, but at least it kills relatively quickly. Prevents it from spreading very well.[/QUOTE] uh ebola can incubate for up to 21 days and it's still infectious during that period moron

[QUOTE=gaylord;37070527]uh ebola can incubate for up to 21 days and it's still infectious during that period moron[/QUOTE] geez who peed in your cheerios

[QUOTE=gaylord;37070527]uh ebola can incubate for up to 21 days and it's still infectious during that period moron[/QUOTE] Why call him a moron? That was uncalled for.

[QUOTE=Loriborn;37070410]I would hope it was under control, though isn't burning the bodies usually a safer way to prevent spreading the disease? Honestly though, Ebola is scary as fuck, but at least it kills [b]relatively quickly.[/b] Prevents it from spreading very well.[/QUOTE] What? Alright, by comparison to other things it is fast, but imagine the feeling of bleeding out of all of your orifices because a virus is destroying your cells walls and making you liquify basically.

Unless you drink the blood of someone infected, or eat their diarrhea, I'm pretty sure you won't get infected. It's only transmittable through body fluids.

[QUOTE=jakedog;37071015]Unless you drink the blood of someone infected, or eat their diarrhea, I'm pretty sure you won't get infected. It's only transmittable through body fluids.[/QUOTE] It can enter through cuts as well. The amount of virus you need to enter you is very low also. Being around someone who has Ebola when they die is a very bad situation, because death usually involves there blood spilling out everywhere.

[QUOTE=jakedog;37071015]Unless you drink the blood of someone infected, or eat their diarrhea, I'm pretty sure you won't get infected. It's only transmittable through body fluids.[/QUOTE] And in a Christian nation like Uganda, the lack of condoms is going to lead to a higher spread of the disease.

[QUOTE=jakedog;37071015]Unless you drink the blood of someone infected, or eat their diarrhea, I'm pretty sure you won't get infected. It's only transmittable through body fluids.[/QUOTE] Last time I checked, saliva was a bodily fluid, so coughing or sneezing without covering it is an easy way to transmit it.

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;37071624]Last time I checked, saliva was a bodily fluid, so coughing or sneezing without covering it is an easy way to transmit it.[/QUOTE] Some people also can't talk without getting spit everywhere.

[QUOTE=gaylord;37070527]uh ebola can incubate for up to 21 days and it's still infectious during that period moron[/QUOTE] That's why I said "relatively" because if you compare it to a lot of other diseases, Ebola kills incredibly quickly in comparison. The incubation period for Ebola is between 2 and 21 days, that doesn't mean the majority of the incubation period lasts 21 days, it just means the longest ever recorded is 21 days. To further iterate, Ebola still has a lower incubation period compared to a lot of other diseases. Kuru has an incubation period of up 13 years. HIV has an incubation period of months. Ebola would be much more dangerous, hell, it would wipe us out as a species, if it had an incubation period of 13 years or even just a few months. [editline]3rd August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=purvisdavid1;37070618]What? Alright, by comparison to other things it is fast, but imagine the feeling of bleeding out of all of your orifices because a virus is destroying your cells walls and making you liquify basically.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying it isn't awful, it is, but in terms of spreading, Ebola sucks at it. It kills too quickly, whereas diseases like HIV, Chickenpox, and so on, kill very, very slowly so they have a very long time to spread.

[QUOTE=gaylord;37070527]uh ebola can incubate for up to 21 days and it's still infectious during that period moron[/QUOTE] Great first post welcome to the community moron

If we can get a vaccine on this thing, we'd eradicate it pretty damn quick, but no. Because Africa.

[QUOTE=Garik;37072340]If we can get a vaccine on this thing, we'd eradicate it pretty damn quick, but no. Because Africa.[/QUOTE] how does a continent prevent a vaccine from being created and distributed.

[QUOTE=Garik;37072340]If we can get a vaccine on this thing, we'd eradicate it pretty damn quick, but no. Because Africa.[/QUOTE] my brain is hurting trying to make sense of this. "because africa"?

[QUOTE=Garik;37072340]If we can get a vaccine on this thing, we'd eradicate it pretty damn quick, but no. Because Africa.[/QUOTE] We've been researching it for several decades, and still have no outright vaccine. If it's so easy, why don't you become a pathologist and fix it for us?