Ebola in Texas.

[HoneyBadger]

Don't. It was a bullshit story.

Well, that's good.

[davsel]

It appears (could be mistaken) that the only way people are being cured is through blood transfusions from people who have been previously cured.
Could the govt be bringing in infected people in order to cure them and increase the supply of "good blood" in the U.S.?

If there were a huge breakout in the U.S., there would obviously not be enough "good blood" to go around, but they may be able to stockpile enough for the elite.

[Sawin]

It appears (could be mistaken) that the only way people are being cured is through blood transfusions from people who have been previously cured.
Could the govt be bringing in infected people in order to cure them and increase the supply of "good blood" in the U.S.?

If there were a huge breakout in the U.S., there would obviously not be enough "good blood" to go around, but they may be able to stockpile enough for the elite.

Where did you hear/read about transfusions?

[davsel]

Where did you hear/read about transfusions?

It appears all over the news sites.
Here's one that speaks of both nurses and others receiving transfusions:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ents/18061203/


ETA:
I also found this from 03 Oct:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/04/he...dule=Promotron

With no proven drugs to treat Ebola and experimental ones in short supply, the health authorities are planning to turn instead to a treatment that is walking around in the outbreak zone in West Africa.

That would be the blood of people who have been sickened by the Ebola virus but have since recovered. Their blood should contain antibodies that might help other patients fight off the infection.

The World Health Organization is making it a priority to try such convalescent blood or plasma, as it is called, and is talking with the affected countries about how to do it.

WHO PDF on how to do it:
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/1...8_eng.pdf?ua=1

[RblDiver]

I just started to wonder, with that Kasi whatserface up in Maine refusing to abide by a quarantine, would a CCW be legally protected if they stopped the threat as she approached them? (I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but it does make you wonder...)

[roberth]

I just started to wonder, with that Kasi whatserface up in Maine refusing to abide by a quarantine, would a CCW be legally protected if they stopped the threat as she approached them? (I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but it does make you wonder...)

Excellent question, especially if they're projectile vomiting while they're approaching you.

[trlcavscout]

Excellent question, especially if they're projectile vomiting while they're approaching you.

Treat as zombie at that point

[rbeau30]

"Woah, I guess that guy still had Ebola and wasn't all the way cured yet before we gave you that transfusion! Our bad!"

[HoneyBadger]

Treat as zombie at that point

I would sure hate to kill someone because they ate some bad eggs benedict before going for their morning jog...


That's a crappy situation and I think the rules of fighting still apply:
1. De-escalate the situation
2. Escape the situation
3. If 1 and/or 2 is not possible, neutralize the threat(s).

[Bailey Guns]

Excellent question, especially if they're projectile vomiting while they're approaching you.

Now wait just a gosh darn minute. Maybe SHE thinks you're the threat and she's doing what she's been told to protect herself. Or was that pee on your attacker? All these bodily fluids have me confused.