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[Cakers1]

Missed it. Went out for flu shots after eating.

[pitdakota]

Thank you mystryion 1 and SoftRaindrops. I don't know how calm I am though.

[scotttie]

On 10/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

Missed it. Went out for flu shots after eating.

Cakers! Please go back to your crock pot thread. I want the recipe.

I'm getting my shot some time this month. My dear friend always makes the appt. for both of us!

[pitdakota]

On 10/3/2014 Lila Belle said:

On 10/3/2014 pitdakota said:

I just got home so I missed it. However, I do think it is very sad that someone like Dr. Fauci has to take the time out from an extremely busy schedule at this time to address this from a public platform. Goodness only knows this man is busy with his normal schedule and responsibilities, let alone now dealing with ebola and entervirus 68. So now he has to take the time to "reassure" the pubic. Geez.

I would wager that what he said is no different than what has been posted on the credible professional websites for days now. And no different than what other public health officials have said as well.

And a major part of this is that people don't know what they don't know but all of the sudden they become experts on something to point the finger and claim all kinds of things. It is sad really.

Even posts here illustrate that. People don't understand the difference between isolation and quarantine. Some posters here are outraged or questioning why the high probability contacts aren't in isolation? Well, if you understood the difference one would know why. It is no big secret and it is the same for all infectious diseases, including ebola.

Then we have a post about speaking with a "friend" that is a md specializing in infectious disease and he said......viruses mutate rapidly and a vaccine won't work. Well, either there was quite a bit lost in translation of that conversation or the doc is questionable himself. News break....there are different types of viruses. There are RNA, DNA, single-strand, double-strand, viruses. The list goes on and on. Some viruses mutate quickly, others not so much. Another news flash....influenza viruses mutate very quickly. Long story, short.....they know that, they adjust the vaccine. I am by far not an expert in virology, but that is even basic public health information.

The amount of misinformation on these types of threads is hard to even quantify. In my opinion, this far exceeds what we saw when HIV/AIDS came on the scene. Maybe because of the internet and social media? I don't know.

Thank you. He has been saying the same things for weeks but now he's being listened to.

Exactly.

[scotttie]

Weeks???? There wasn't an ebola victim here who arrived on an airplane weeks ago. An ebola victim who showed up at a hospital and was sent home.

I have said all I care to. I am truly surprised that you, Pitdakota, don't have more sympathy and empathy for the common individual out there. Not me, not anyone else on this board.

A small news conference to try to once again allay fears is part of their job.

Surprised you don't see it that way. I truly am surprised. I thought you would be much more compassionate than that for people in the general public who don't see everything you see and don't have your education. I'm disappointed and that's all I have to say.

ETA: Thank goodness these professionals don't see it the way you do/

[Cakers1]

On 10/3/2014 scotttie said:

On 10/3/2014 Cakers1 said:

Missed it. Went out for flu shots after eating.

Cakers! Please go back to your crock pot thread. I want the recipe.

I'm getting my shot some time this month. My dear friend always makes the appt. for both of us!

DH got the high dose vaccine. Tough to get old.

I'll look for the thread - I posted it because we were shut down from ""other"" discussions.

[Lila Belle]

These experts have been speaking and giving interviews for months, saying the same things said today.

[GrettaGarbled]

The person they were talking about in Georgia has tested negative. All the family members in Texas quarantine are asymptomatic. Things look like they are under control.

[GrettaGarbled]

Press conference in Dallas in a few moments.

[biancardi]

On 10/3/2014 pitdakota said:

I just got home so I missed it. However, I do think it is very sad that someone like Dr. Fauci has to take the time out from an extremely busy schedule at this time to address this from a public platform. Goodness only knows this man is busy with his normal schedule and responsibilities, let alone now dealing with ebola and entervirus 68. So now he has to take the time to "reassure" the pubic. Geez.

I would wager that what he said is no different than what has been posted on the credible professional websites for days now. And no different than what other public health officials have said as well.

And a major part of this is that people don't know what they don't know but all of the sudden they become experts on something to point the finger and claim all kinds of things. It is sad really.

Even posts here illustrate that. People don't understand the difference between isolation and quarantine. Some posters here are outraged or questioning why the high probability contacts aren't in isolation? Well, if you understood the difference one would know why. It is no big secret and it is the same for all infectious diseases, including ebola.

Then we have a post about speaking with a "friend" that is a md specializing in infectious disease and he said......viruses mutate rapidly and a vaccine won't work. Well, either there was quite a bit lost in translation of that conversation or the doc is questionable himself. News break....there are different types of viruses. There are RNA, DNA, single-strand, double-strand, viruses. The list goes on and on. Some viruses mutate quickly, others not so much. Another news flash....influenza viruses mutate very quickly. Long story, short.....they know that, they adjust the vaccine. I am by far not an expert in virology, but that is even basic public health information.

The amount of misinformation on these types of threads is hard to even quantify. In my opinion, this far exceeds what we saw when HIV/AIDS came on the scene. Maybe because of the internet and social media? I don't know.

you hit that nail squarely on the head. I don't know if it is a generational gap, but Social Media is a major force in this country and around the globe. And how does that saying go?

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Mark Twain.