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[Dam Yankee]

I also said, several days ago, maybe longer, something along the lines of:

So, you're in the grocery store and someone sneezes all over a box of Froot Loops. You come along, a few minutes later, and put said box of Froot Loops in your shopping cart. The cashier rings you up, the bagger bags your stuff, you take it home, and your kids help you put the groceries away. How many people have potentially contracted ebola from that sorry box of Froot Loops?

[scotttie]

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

<br /> My pleasure.

"How do you save a lawyer from drowning..." I give, how?

Take your foot off his head.

That's baaaaaad!

[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

<br /> My pleasure.

"How do you save a lawyer from drowning..." I give, how?

Take your foot off his head.

That's baaaaaad!

I know. A lawyer told it to me... lol.

[scotttie]

On 10/29/2014 focksie said:

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

Quacker, Dam Yankee and all.

Well this was timely. My dd as some of you may know is a nursing student. She is doing her clinicals this year after 2 years of prep. Anyway, they were just assigned a required video on ebola. It was put out by the Univ. in connection with some state agency.

I found one of the statements to be of special interest:

"Ebola cannot be spread through air or water; although, sneezing or coughing can cause droplets containing ebola to be transmitted from person to person."

Exactly scottie. That's what I stated in my post #73.

I think a lot of people are confused when they hear that ebola is not airborne. They therefore assume it can't be transmitted through the air via a cough or sneeze. But this isn't so. Here's the difference:

Airborne spread happens when a germ floats through the air after a

person talks, coughs, or sneezes. Germs may land in the eyes, mouth, or nose of another person. If a germ is airborne, direct contact with the infected person is NOT needed for someone else to get sick.

Airborne spread diseases include: chickenpox, tuberculosis.

Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are

coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person. Droplets travel short distances, less than 3 feet (1 meter) from one person to another. A person might also get infected by touching a surface or object that has germs on it and then touching their mouth or nose.

Droplet spread diseases include: plague, Ebola.

You explained it perfectly focksie.

[minkbunny]

I work for lawyers and they love these jokes. Our bulletin board is covered with them.

As they say, Nobody loves a lawyer until they need one

That said, an ebola question -

Is it possible for a person with a very strong immune system to get a milder form of ebola and the symptoms never magnify to the degree described? Or. would they still get very ill and just be more likely to survive and recover?

[scotttie]

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

<br /> My pleasure.

"How do you save a lawyer from drowning..." I give, how?

Take your foot off his head.

That's baaaaaad!

I know. A lawyer told it to me... lol.

I'm trying to remember the lawyer joke in the "Hook" movie with Robin Williams. I think the punch line was "there are some things even sharks won't do" but I can't remember the rest of the joke!

[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 minkbunny said:

I work for lawyers and they love these jokes. Our bulletin board is covered with them.

As they say, Nobody loves a lawyer until they need one

That said, an ebola question -

Is it possible for a person with a very strong immune system to get a milder form of ebola and the symptoms never magnify to the degree described? Or. would they still get very ill and just be more likely to survive and recover?

That is a very good question. I'm one of those with a very strong immune system, so I'm curious of this, as well. I was dumped off at many a chickenpox party and never did manage to get the chickenpox.

[betteb]

On 10/29/2014 Dam Yankee said:

On 10/29/2014 adelle38 said:

If she doesn't have support on the internet, she must be wrong. Just ignore the entire medical community that says these quarantines are harmful.

She's wrong because the 10th amendment guarantees states' rights. Each state has the right to quarantine, or not, however it sees fit.

Yes, she is wrong.

I have not read the whole thread, so this has been posted, I'm sorry.

From http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.html

Isolation and Quarantine

Isolation and quarantine help protect the public by preventing exposure to people who have or may have a contagious disease.

Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick.

Quarantine separates and restricts the movement of people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

In addition to serving as medical functions, isolation and quarantine also are “police power” functions, derived from the right of the state to take action affecting individuals for the benefit of society.

Federal Law

The federal government derives its authority for isolation and quarantine from the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Federal isolation and quarantine are authorized for these communicable diseases:

Cholera

Diphtheria

Infectious tuberculosis

Plague

Smallpox

Yellow fever

Viral hemorrhagic fevers

Severe acute respiratory syndromes

Flu that can cause a pandemic

Federal isolation and quarantine are authorized by Executive Order of the President. The President can revise this list by Executive Order.

Under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code § 264), the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to take measures to prevent the entry and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States and between states.

The authority for carrying out these functions on a daily basis has been delegated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[Dam Yankee]

On 10/29/2014 scotttie said:

I'm trying to remember the lawyer joke in the ""Hook"" movie with Robin Williams. I think the punch line was ""there are some things even sharks won't do"" but I can't remember the rest of the joke!

I did a google search on your punchline and came up with a whole page of lawyer jokes.

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/lawyers.html

[scotttie]

Thank you betteb. Very good.