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

[badkuk]

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.

[remzam]

Pulitikong brodkaster at brodkaster na pulitiko. Maniniwala ka pa ba dyan? Ang problema maraming regular folks who follow and believe blindly lahat ng naririnig sa radyo at napapanood sa tv.


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[macsd]

If it reaches this country, majority of the casualties will be from class A-C. Why, cause those in class D & E have live their lives with all the microbes & bacterias that their resistance level are way too high to survive.

[oj88]

If it reaches this country, majority of the casualties will be from class A-C. Why, cause those in class D & E have live their lives with all the microbes & bacterias that their resistance level are way too high to survive.

You're joking, right?

[lowslowbenz]

Yes, sad to admit but we do have a lot of Filipino countrymen in Africa. Miners, loggers, plantation managers, cattlemen, etc. When I was in Kenya, I was be-friended by a small group of loggers in the airport, they were bound for a logging confine in Uganda.

In Ghana, I've come across Filipino miners working in the diamond and manganese mines.

The native people across the African continent are free to move around. It's like us booking and getting a flight to Bacolod or Cebu. Trade and goods cross borders with minimal or no checks at all. So to think that Ebola is confined to a specific country or two is really horrifying.

Bottomline, modesty aside, I've been to at least half of the countries in Africa, and Ebola is no laughing matter.

[lowslowbenz]

Another thing, Africans love their bushmeat.

See here: Bushmeat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bushmeat is one of the carriers of Ebola.

[Altis6453]

If it reaches this country, majority of the casualties will be from class A-C. Why, cause those in class D & E have live their lives with all the microbes & bacterias that their resistance level are way too high to survive.

Probably not. Those who belong to Class A -C are more conscious of proper hygiene and have access to information on how to prevent getting infected.

[badkuk]

Probably not. Those who belong to Class A -C are more conscious of proper hygiene and have access to information on how to prevent getting infected.

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.

[boybi]

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.

And you inhale the air other passengers exhaled.

[monty_GTV]

[Monseratto]

You rarely see newsreaders/politicians in other countries...except in the Philippines.

[Mguy]

In the meantime the French government has asked Air France to suspend flights to Freetown, Sierra Leone's biggest city(link) Simply amazing.

Its hard to compare the actions of the French Government and to ours. For one, we are mired in poverty and we all know that is the reason why the diaspora here is so high. The French go there probably for either as tourist, or for business and medical outreach. We on the other hand, need to go to provide for our families. Certainly there is are risks involved and we are just hoping that aside from the government agencies, those OFW themselves would be vigilant and considerate for the sake of our country, and their families as well.

[badkuk]

Its hard to compare the actions of the French Government and to ours. For one, we are mired in poverty and we all know that is the reason why the diaspora here is so high. The French go there probably for either as tourist, or for business and medical outreach. We on the other hand, need to go to provide for our families. Certainly there is are risks involved and we are just hoping that aside from the government agencies, those OFW themselves would be vigilant and considerate for the sake of our country, and their families as well.

Yes, they do need to earn for their families...but God forbid they bring Ebola back to their families...all the money in the world won't mean anything if you and all your loved ones are dead.

Granted, it isn't a simple matter as hundreds/thousands of OFWs are concerned...it's one thing to allow them to work there, it's another to get on the radio and downplay the Ebola threat and implicitly encouraging OFWs to go there.


Well, he's at it again, another interview with an OFW, still treating Ebola as the common cold. Really starting to run out of decent news channels to watch.

[badkuk]

Regarding Ebola transmission: bodily fluids also include saliva right, the type that gets airborne when someone coughs or sneezes?


What if someone routinely takes bites off his bola-bola and dips it back into the sarsa?

[Altis6453]

Regarding Ebola transmission: bodily fluids also include saliva right, the type that gets airborne when someone coughs or sneezes?


What if someone routinely takes bites off his bola-bola and dips it back into the sarsa?

AFAIK, the transmission by droplets (i.e. saliva or pulmonary) has not yet been proven in humans. Sa animals ata ganun.

[Mguy]

What if someone routinely takes bites off his bola-bola and dips it back into the sarsa?

Alam ko mahigpit na mga bola bola vendors sa double dip kaya benta nila may cardboard na plato at may kutsara na ang mga sauce.

[lowslowbenz]

West Africa Ebola outbreak could infect 20,000, spread further - WHO

This is a global health security issue.

[170kphlang]

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.

as usual, media mostly is manipulation..

[lowslowbenz]

Anyone of you been to African airports?

A sweltering, stinky, mass of Godknowswhat. Enough to make one retch.

[frenchtower]

The Philippines already have Ebola (well actually a mutated strain of the Ebola virus).We actually exported them thru wild monkeys. Google search Reston virus. So far, test show it is still not pathogenic to humans.