If Ebola reaches the Philippines, you'll know who to blame...

[monty_GTV]

sana naman hindi makarating ng Pinas maraming pasaway sa atin kaya ang tendency, mahirap ma-contain kung sakaling magkaroon ng cases.

it can also be transferred by simply shaking hands, kasi may pawis. usually ang agad nahahawa mga medical personnels at immediate family members nila, kasi sila ang expose sa may-sakit. very contagious ang infected person lalo na yung bangkay.

[lowslowbenz]

Ebola virus mutating fast - studies

[monty_GTV]

thanks sir, talagang ingat lang. wala pa naman worry ng mga kapwa pinoy dito at ibang foreign expats. so far nako-contained pa naman. may mga contingency plan din ang company kung in case lumala. ang mahirap kapag nag-declare ng outbreak at hindi na payagan bumiyahe ang mga eroplano. then worst is, baka mag-declare din ng ban sa atin

[chua_riwap]

And class C-D people tend to take mass transport more often -- e.g. jeeps, buses, MRT -- where you sit or stand very very close to other people.

Parang noong may SARS sa singapore. Pag bumahing ka or umubo ka sa MRT, it's like you commited a mortal sin.

Everybody is staring at you. As if sinasabi nila....."lumayo ka sa amin!

Eh dito pa sa atin, sobra siksikan sa MRT.

[chua_riwap]

^ aba e andyan ka pala sa africa. ingat ka dyan sir.

[170kphlang]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...e-rise-4320414

ilabas na mga shotgun at pambambo

[chronicle]

^
Totoo ba yan o satire news?
Malapit na ang season premiere nang walking dead.

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[nhel0719]

walking dead hehe...seriously dko sure kung gaano kaseryoso pinas sa mga sakit tulad ng ganito since ang lagi ko lang naman naririnig e quarantine pagdumating sa airport etc etc..never ko pa narinig kung may contingency plan kung makapasok na sa pinas..ebola is a very serious threat talaga pero dko sur kung kaya ba ng government natin ma prevent ang pagpasok sa bansa.thermal scanner lang at yung paper na binibigay sa eroplano ang basis with the later pwede dmo sagutin truthfully kaya nga nakalusot yung may mers sa pinas a few months ago.

[safeorigin]

hmmm... it seems the Ebola virus in the US is more infectious than anticipated. There's talk that some health workers are contracting the virus even with usual precautions(that worked in Africa).

I hope the information is wrong though.

[safeorigin]

what reporters have to say after the White house conference regarding Ebola

[funkeemunkee]

Pag may pumasok na ebola case sa Pinas ideretso na dun sa aircon piggery ni Binay.

[Monseratto]

Sheriif who first entered unprotected the home of the 1st US Ebola death are showing symptoms...

A sergeant with the Dallas County sheriff’s office who had been in the apartment where Mr. Duncan had been staying was rushed to the hospital and monitored for possible exposure to Ebola.

Virus could mutate to a more easily transmitted form ...

Experts fear Ebola virus COULD spread through the air | Daily Mail Online

[BratPAQ]

i caught Noli de Castro's show on DZMM's TV channel, and he was talking to an OFW who is working/worked at a mining company in Sierra Leone. The OFW bragged that the salary was so good, he had no trouble raising all his 7 kids. On top of that, he gets a vacation every 2 months so he can keep in touch with his family.

Then Noli replied that maybe the PH gov't shouldn't be banning OFWs from going to these countries -- i.e. politically unstable, with ongoing wars, or impending pandemics -- since the pay and leave benefits are good. So he's saying, go to a country with an Ebola outbreak right at its borders, risk spreading the pandemic here and let the ill-equipped government deal with the fallout. In the meantime the French government has asked Air France to suspend flights to Freetown, Sierra Leone's biggest city(link) Simply amazing.

Sigurado ako, this will make twisted sense to some of his listeners. And sigurado ako, pag tinamaan tayo ng Ebola, he'll be one of the first people who will go on air and blame the government for this.

Utang na loob, somebody please describe the Ebola threat to him before he goes on air again.

Hirap sa mga broadcaster, walang IQ test. Yang si Noli eh ang VP natin na nadenggoy ng mga nagbebenta ng over priced na cookware. Biro mo VP ka nadenggoy ka pa. Kaya wag ka masyado makikinig dyan kay Noli. Dami na rin ako narinig na nakaka rolleyes na pangangatwiran yang broadcaster na yan

[Yuki13]

Dallas health worker tests positive for Ebola

A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials said Sunday.
The hospital worker, a woman who was not identified by officials, wore protective gear while treating the Liberian patient, and she has been unable to point to how the breach might have occurred, said Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Duncan was the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with Ebola.

The CDC confirmed Sunday afternoon that the woman had tested positive for Ebola — the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/state-heal...102955708.html

[ZENMasterTYL]

it's just a matter of time daw before it reaches ph according to doh

[Yuki13]

it's just a matter of time daw before it reaches ph according to doh

Wow so ganun na lang, expected to reach our shore?

[ZENMasterTYL]

Wow so ganun na lang, expected to reach our shore?

di daw kasi kayang macontrol yung pagpasok. mitigate na lang pag nandito na

DOH’s Tayag: Just a matter of time before PHL reports 1st Ebola case

The country's chief epidemiologist said it was "just a matter of time when the Philippines reports its first Ebola case."

"Outbreak countermeasures that exist today are not enough to contain Ebola," Dr. Eric Tayag, head of the Department of Health's National Epidemiology Center, said on Twitter.

The DOH-NEC held a summit on the Ebola virus on Friday in Quezon City.

Organized by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, the summit aimed to spread awareness and information about EVD. Representatives from the government, the medical community, and the private and civil sector were present.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...1st-ebola-case

[frenchtower]

Pinoy medical professionals are everywhere around the world. It will only take one exposed balikbayan to be a potential carrier.

[badkuk]

Pinoy medical professionals are everywhere around the world. Only one exposed balikbayan can be a potential carrier.

That's just it, OFWs are everywhere. Who knows baka me OFW/pinoy medical professional diyan sa First Presbytarian.

What's more: the PNP has also mentioned the presence of West African drug cartels -- how they got here is what worries me. If via conventional means e.g. airplane then maybe we can do checks at NAIA(wishful thinking?)....but if they got here by other means, i.e. no detection, quarantine...

i read on the news that an NBC news crew violated a 21-day quarantine; the female reporter even went so far as to go to her favorite restaurant in disguise(caught on CCTV) so she can eat her favorite soup.

Hmm, there seems to be a pattern among TV anchors, eh?

[chua_riwap]

Our govt is planning to send a medical team/health workers to africa.

May pumayag kaya?