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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA new article on Ebola by Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/27/ebola-wars?intcid=mod-most-popularmnhtnbb
(31,370 posts)engrossed in it.
Looking forward to reading the article. Thanks for posting!
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)which is very much based on facts, about bio-terrorism.
mnhtnbb
(31,370 posts)and the Search for the Virus That Caused It by Gina Kolata.
And there on the same shelf --about half a dozen books over--was The Hot Zone.
One of my Hospital Administration classmates--Class of 1975 at UCLA--and I have been chatting on-line
about the Ebola situation. We were reminiscing about our Epidemiology class, taught by
Roger Detels http://chipts.ucla.edu/people/roger-detels/
My friend--who was a Navy medic during the Vietnam War-- recommended the Flu book, and having heard about The Hot Zone, decided to bring it home
and start with it.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I mention it because he is a really good writer and his book on the 1927 Mississippi Flood, Rising Tide, is marvelous.
He encompasses a lot of history into his subjects, really sets the stage for the what is going on in the country during the main events of his topic.
Sienna86
(2,148 posts)These medical workers are heroes and it shows the promise of Zmapp. Now if they could just produce more...
City Lights
(25,171 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)He focuses on bleeding causing death, not a mention of organ failure from little blood clots or cytokine storm (body's immune system over reacts) causing shock by blood pressure dropping. At least he quit with the organ liquifying stuff.
Other than that, interesting article, covering a range of people and topics. I hope that a vaccine is made soon as there will continue to be outbreaks and deaths, destruction of too many communities.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...and drop in blood pressure.
TYY
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)It was kind of hidden in that paragraph. I had to read it twice to make sure.
TYY
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Happy to rec.
superpatriotman
(6,246 posts)Read this paragraph:
Shake hands with someone, rub your eyes. Boom! Possible transmission.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)with blood, vomit or feces......or else has just rubbed their hand up and down the sweaty body of an Ebola victim.
superpatriotman
(6,246 posts)Sweat. Contact with infected sweat. That is not ambiguous. I have not heard about sweat transmission from an infected person.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)I don't think you'd be shaking hands.