UK Ebola Cases Expected In Next Three Months

[MalteseFalcon]

To prevent it spreading to this country, yes they should be refused. Might sound callous to other people, but I would rather any and all measures are taken to make sure that Ebola doesn't make it to this country. If you are stupid enough to volunteer in a place like that, then you deserve everything you get.

Like I say, might sound callous but I value my life more than other people's, especially if they have the potential to spread a life threatening disease around.

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

To prevent it spreading to this country, yes they should be refused. Might sound callous to other people, but I would rather any and all measures are taken to make sure that Ebola doesn't make it to this country. If you are stupid enough to volunteer in a place like that, then you deserve everything you get.

Like I say, might sound callous but I value my life more than other people's, especially if they have the potential to spread a life threatening disease around.

The army hasn't volunteered as far as I am aware. Yes it does sound callous, they are there to stop it spreading around the world, I take it you would rather them die there, rather than come home and get the fantastic medical care that Londons specialists can offer?

Your comment "if you are stupid enough to volunteer in a place like that, then you deserve everything you get" thankfully not everyone thinks like you or we would be deep in the mire.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

If you are stupid enough to volunteer in a place like that, then you deserve everything you get.

Wow. Winner of most compassionate person 2015 right here.

I suppose we should set up air defences, concrete up the channel tunnel and deploy the Sharks with laser cannons to stop ships just to make sure no diseases get into the country.

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

To prevent it spreading to this country, yes they should be refused. Might sound callous to other people, but I would rather any and all measures are taken to make sure that Ebola doesn't make it to this country. If you are stupid enough to volunteer in a place like that, then you deserve everything you get.

Like I say, might sound callous but I value my life more than other people's, especially if they have the potential to spread a life threatening disease around.

Well, let's hope when you catch something infectious, the medical staff don't refuse to treat you because they value their life more than yours........

[Russ]

Or even from a road accident? After all if you're stupid enough to drive at 70mph in a vehicle weighing over a ton you deserve any accident injuries right?

[Derek]

Uh oh. Mark isn't going to be happy, they should have been taken out back and shot rather than flying them back to try and help them.

UK military healthcare worker flown back to London following "likely exposure" to Ebola virus in Sierra Leone

http://bbc.in/1z5fr7W

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Derek

Uh oh. Mark isn't going to be happy, they should have been taken out back and shot rather than flying them back to try and help them.



http://bbc.in/1z5fr7W

Shooting would've been a bad idea. The nasties would've been sprayed all over!

[MalteseFalcon]

Nope, not happy. Why should this country be put at risk of catching this thing? Whether ordered to be there or volunteering, if you go to a place rife with infectious disease then you should not be allowed back.

I don't give a toss if I am a callous cold human being, but forgive me for not wanting to catch Ebola or any other infectious disease.

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

Nope, not happy. Why should this country be put at risk of catching this thing? Whether ordered to be there or volunteering, if you go to a place rife with infectious disease then you should not be allowed back.

I don't give a toss if I am a callous cold human being, but forgive me for not wanting to catch Ebola or any other infectious disease.

You remind me of that bloke who left his wife because she caught a cold last winter

[Derek]

UK military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola, Ministry of Defence announces

http://bbc.in/1MttmOD

[MalteseFalcon]

Sigh. I suppose that they will expect that people put their health at risk to bring them home, risk infecting people in the UK and then go back out to Sierra Leone after recovering. Just great.

[richard s]

Why on earth don't they put the specialist unit and staff from London on board HMS Argus.

[alanbjames]

I was attending a hospital appointment here in Swansea yesterday and there was a poster on the entrance of the hospital advising people if they have travelled from certain parts of Africa and have a fever on what to do.....

Now i was under the impression that Ebola was not only contracted by touch but also airbourne.

The instructions on the poster where either to go inside of the hospital and tell a member of staff without touching anyone or phone your G.P for advice.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by alanbjames

I was attending a hospital appointment here in Swansea yesterday and there was a poster on the entrance of the hospital advising people if they have travelled from certain parts of Africa and have a fever on what to do.....

Now i was under the impression that Ebola was not only contracted by touch but also airbourne.

The instructions on the poster where either to go inside of the hospital and tell a member of staff without touching anyone or phone your G.P for advice.

Spread by physical contact with bodily fluids. Only airborn as in splashing about.

[Russ]

Airbourne in the sense it would need to travel from bodily fluid to bodily fluid, for example if a carrier sneezed in to someone's eye etc