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Thread #154975   Message #3669077
Posted By: Bettynh
14-Oct-14 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Anybody else watching Ebola break out?
Subject: RE: BS: Anybody else watching Ebola break out?
OK, time for some questions we might be able to answer with internet sleuthing.

Who will profit from this epidemic? I'm sure the factories that manufacture personal protective gear (suits, masks, boots) are working overtime and churning out full capacity. Where are those factories? Are they well run? Are they run for the profit of a small group (family, for example) or anonymous shareholders? Who is responsible for quality control? Maybe a few emails letting whoever they are know they are being watched could make a difference.

What are the side effects of ramping up production? I know chlorine is very toxic and yet it's the only stuff I've heard mentioned for decontamination. Who makes it? What are the consequences to ramping up production? Who's watching that? Perhaps the same could be said for the plastics in the suits.

When setting up ebola isolation compounds, what could be the unexpected consequences? Perhaps the hardest question of all. Remember, hospitals set up in Haiti that treated successfully many broken bones and crush injuries were directly responsible for a cholera epidemic that killed hundreds (or thousands, I'm not sure) because they neglected their latrines.

Perhaps we all could take some time to think about the ebola epidemic, not just watch it unfold.