Conan Spoofs the Ebola Coverage.....Very Funny! - Page 3

focksie · ‎03-04-2012

On 10/20/2014 Free2be said:
That was funny. I was disgusted this morning when the TV news person questioned whether the quarantine time that has ended for some people. ""But is it enough?"" Ridiculous.

Actually it's not ""ridiculous"". It's a discussion in light of W.H.O.'s guidelines for quarantine. I believe it has been established that there is still a 12% chance of an exposed person coming down with ebola after the 21-day quarantine period.

I think because we don't know as much as we think we do about this disease that it's important to continue the discussion. JMO.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

I thought it was funny. I think it was Joan Rivers who said that sometimes you've got to laugh at the horrible things in order to get through them.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Free2be · ‎03-10-2010

The study that came up with this new statistic, which is .1 - 10% was determined by a PhD professor of environmental engineering who looked at some numbers and came up with his own.

No one knows if he is right or wrong. The CDC medical professionals won't comment on his statistic because it would be professionally unethical. They stand by their own research.

The fact is that no one knows down to the microbial level in every person's body all over the globe. The CDC has been involved in this long enough to give the best quarantine time, imo lay person, knowing and having to trust someone other than this professor, smart as he may be, or a TV news person whose job is to keep people tuned in by making them nervous with the question.

All of the Ebola quarantinees in America will most certainly have people staying at arm's length for quite awhile and those who do get close will be aware of any symptoms they may feel.

focksie · ‎03-04-2012

On 10/20/2014 Free2be said:
The study that came up with this new statistic, which is .1 - 10% was determined by a PhD professor of environmental engineering who looked at some numbers and came up with his own.

No one knows if he is right or wrong. The CDC medical professionals won't comment on his statistic because it would be professionally unethical. They stand by their own research.

The fact is that no one knows down to the microbial level in every person's body all over the globe. The CDC has been involved in this long enough to give the best quarantine time, imo lay person, knowing and having to trust someone other than this professor, smart as he may be, or a TV news person whose job is to keep people tuned in by making them nervous with the question.

All of the Ebola quarantinees in America will most certainly have people staying at arm's length for quite awhile and those who do get close will be aware of any symptoms they may feel.

Free, I'm assuming this is in response to my post...

You agreed with my point that no one really knows who is right or who is wrong. That's why I said it's not ridiculous to continue the discussion. Whether the W.H.O. is right or the CDC is right or the Drexel guy is right, or all are wrong and someone else is right, is the whole reason IMO the discussion should continue. But, no problem if you feel differently. Smile

Free2be · ‎03-10-2010

focksie, no problem from me on discussing it -- to a point. It's the media's hyping that I object to -- the asking if it is enough in the form of an unanswered, perhaps unanswerable question to keep everyone on edge. It isn't helpful, imo.

I'd rather she started it by reiterating the CDC's medical opinion then offered the professor's statistics instead of an introduction of fear, that's all.

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

We discussed this in the forum quite a bit yesterday. 3% of the population in Africa came down with ebola after the 21 day period.

Here's the link to a recent WHO report, which restates that the protocol is still 21 day quarantine and talks about the 3%:

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/ebola/14-october-2014/en/

DREAMON · ‎03-09-2010

Funny is in the eye/ear of the beholder. As they say...WHAT TOO SOON?....maybe it is in this case.

Sushismom · ‎03-09-2010

It's not 3% of the population but 3% of confirmed cases. That's a huge difference, especially since only .25% of the population contracts Ebola. So it's 3% of the .25%.

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

Thank you Sushismom. I guess I shouldn't assume that everyone is aware we're discussing the ebola population and not the population in general. Important distinction.

ahoymate · ‎05-30-2010

On 10/20/2014 focksie said:
I know that no subject is sacred to a lot of comedians but I hold late night talk show hosts, especially those who have been around a while, a little more responsible. I didn't watch this. IMO it's not a joking topic on any level even if the focus is spoofing the media rather than ebola. The media can be spoofed with other subjects.

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Chill lady, chill. Humor is healthy - have U not heard it's the best medicine!