Ebola :O!!!

[BabyHeadCrab]

Vivid Ebola Discription

here is a small passage from the book i'm currently reading for biology "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston.. which I suggest you all read.

the following passge explains the process millitary biohazard specialists call "bleeding out" or more politely "going down" (WARNING: contains vivid depiction of a body eating itself)

"He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The room is turning around and around. He is going into shock. He leans over, head on his knees, and brings and brings up an incredible quantity of blood from his stomache and spills it onto the floor with a gasping groan. He loses consciousness and pitches forward onto the floor. The only sound is a choking in his throat as he continues to vomit blood and black matterwhile unconscious. Then comes the soun dof his bowels opening and venting blood from the anus. The blood is mixed with instestinal lining. He has sloughed his gut. The linings of his intestines have come off and are being expelled along with huge amounts of blood. Monet has crashed and is bleeding out."


Sorry if you just ate, anyways what do you guys know about this class of virus? And do you fear this kind of thing ever breaking out around you?

and if it wasn't already obvious enough, he was suffering from Ebola.

 

[LittleB]

You are right, that is pretty gross.

I'm not scared. He was unconscious way before the real pain started.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

You are right, that is pretty gross.

I'm not scared. He was unconscious way before the real pain started.

well you didn't read pages 1-20..you basically become a zombie that is in constant pain but lost all personality through brain damage. Your skin turns a sick yellow from ruptured blood vessles and your kidneys and stomache begin to melt. Your vision blurs because the vessles in your eyes begin to pop makeing your eyes a devilish red.

 

[Tr0n]

That's some ****ed up shit.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

That's some ****ed up shit.

the worst part is how contagious it is.

 

[LittleB]

well you didn't read pages 1-20..you basically become a zombie that is in constant pain but lost all personality through brain damage. Your skin turns a sick yellow from ruptured blood vessles and your kidneys and stomache begin to melt. Your vision blurs because the vessles in your eyes begin to pop makeing your eyes a devilish red.

Sooo, you lose your mind before anything else? So you actually do become unconscious before the pain starts?

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Sooo, you lose your mind before anything else? So you actually do become unconscious before the pain starts?

incorrect.. you ache everywhere unbearably, bleed alot and eventually loose the "personalized" section of your brain.. in other words you know how to walk and do basic functions, but not where you are or the day of the week. Charles Monet finds his way into a cab.. to the airport.. onto a plane (oof) and to a hostpital all after his symptoms have started. That particular scene is in the hospital waiting room.

 

[Qwert93]

the worst part is how contagious it is.

So... death awaits you at every possible moment. Ouch.

 

[evil^milk]

the dude you describe in your first post, is he Charles Monet? Did he survive or did he not?

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

the dude you describe in your first post, is he Charles Monet? Did he survive or did he not?

yes that's Charles Monet and he did die.


btw I hope this happens

 

[MarcoPollo]

I've read the hot zone...scary stuff. The use that itty bitty diamond knife.

 

[evil^milk]

yes that's Charles Monet and he did die.

wow, and he could still fight long enough to get into a hospital... scary...

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

spoiler tags from now on guys, I haven't finished the book

 

[MarcoPollo]

awww. i wanted that itty bitty diamond knife bit to be sigd.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola

good reading

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

i'm currently reading this book for biology class, cant wait for class discussion tomorrow, that's a first

 

[Neutrino]

Ya, that would be pretty horrible to die from ebola. I also wouldn't want to get Necrotizing fasciitis. *shivers*

 

[No-live 2]

Euhm, did that need to freak me out or disgust me?

I think it was rather funny

 

[CREMATOR666]

Hmmm....my teacher talked about ebola in his science class too. Unfortunately, he gave us a "demonstration" which is so damn funny instead of terrifying. (i.e. gripping his thraot and making choking noises)

 

[15357]

Euhm, did that need to freak me out or disgust me?

I think it was rather funny

/me calls mental hospital

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[bvasgm]

Ya know what that reminds me of...the virus the terrorists in Rainbow Six develop. The description is much more...uh..detailed, but the idea's the same. Pretty nasty stuff.

 

[15357]

Ya know what that reminds me of...the virus the terrorists in Rainbow Six develop. The description is much more...uh..detailed, but the idea's the same. Pretty nasty stuff.

please elaborate.

edit: actually, don't. i just ate dinner.

 

[bvasgm]

Damn...typo. I meant to type 'This', not 'The'. What's in this book is more detailed than anything in Rainbow Six. I think it's supposed to be a mutated strain of this virus, Ebola hæmorrhagic fever. In R6 they just say things like, the test subject's liver is failing..or, now there's internal bleeding...stuff like that. Not even the same ballpark as this.

 

[vetebulle]

As one of my biology teachers put it;

"We're in an evolutionary struggle with the viruses, and us humans are not guaranteed to come out on top."


Considering how easily some viruses, particularly HIV, mutate and become resistant to treatment, this is becoming quite a reality.

 

[kirovman]

Damn...typo. I meant to type 'This', not 'The'. What's in this book is more detailed than anything in Rainbow Six. I think it's supposed to be a mutated strain of this virus, Ebola hæmorrhagic fever. In R6 they just say things like, the test subject's liver is failing..or, now there's internal bleeding...stuff like that. Not even the same ballpark as this.

Yeah I was about to post that.

Ebola tends to break out in poor areas of Africa, like Congo regions, Zaire etc.

I guess it's pretty much in rainforest conditions, maybe.

You're not likely to find it in any other place.

It's very contagious to touch blood or fluids of an infected person, but since it quickly devastates the victim, it has not enough time to spread to other people in epidemic proportions, especially with modern health care.

One in 10 people survive it.

As one of my biology teachers put it;

"We're in an evolutionary struggle with the viruses, and us humans are not guaranteed to come out on top."

"We're in an evolutionary struggle with the viruses, and us humans are not guaranteed to come out on top."

There's always going to be a small percentage of people who can fight off any virus, including HIV and this.

 

[jondy]

Is there a cure? I ****ing hate thinking about stuff like this

 

[oldagerocker]

interesting...

The book Executive Orders by Tom Clancy describes an extensive bioterrorist attack on the United States via a newly discovered strain of Ebola that propagates by air.

I think he also used it in Rainbow six, i thought it was really really hard to make airborn though, it dies fast in the air. But water droplets?! scary shizz...

 

[Crushenator 500]

the following passge explains the process millitary biohazard specialists call "bleeding out" or more politely "going down" (WARNING: contains vivid depiction of a body eating itself)

"He becomes dizzy and utterly weak, and his spine goes limp and nerveless and he loses all sense of balance. The room is turning around and around. He is going into shock. He leans over, head on his knees, and brings and brings up an incredible quantity of blood from his stomache and spills it onto the floor with a gasping groan. He loses consciousness and pitches forward onto the floor. The only sound is a choking in his throat as he continues to vomit blood and black matterwhile unconscious. Then comes the soun dof his bowels opening and venting blood from the anus. The blood is mixed with instestinal lining. He has sloughed his gut. The linings of his intestines have come off and are being expelled along with huge amounts of blood. Monet has crashed and is bleeding out."

/me cries

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

* crushenator 500 cries

Hes got ebola! RUN!

 

[Maxi]

HES CRYING BLOOD!

It's EBOLA! RUN! Call the CDC!

 

[kirovman]

Ebola is nothing. Give my a real man's disease like ignorance.

 

[Crushenator 500]

/me squirts anal blood in the general direction of both Maxi and Farrow

If I have to suffer this and die, I'm taking you with me! :naughty:

 

[Fishlore]

Gee, I wonder why governments are paranoid about WMD? Ebola sounds pretty horrible. There are a lot of other viruses and bio agents that can mess you up equally well. Imagine a pound of Ebola detonated over a city center somewhere. Scary, scary thought.

 

[No-live 2]

* 15357 calls mental hospital


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It was funny, nothing disgusting about it, ive seen and heard worse

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

It was funny, nothing disgusting about it, ive seen and heard worse

you have a gigantic e-penis

:naughty:

 

[Pesmerga]

Lmao cushenator, that's probably the funniest yet most disgusting comedy I've seen.

But seriously, if this ebola shit happens in my neighborhood, I'm locking myself in a room with 3 things: alcohol (the cleaning kind), latex gloves, and a pistol.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Lmao cushenator, that's probably the funniest yet most disgusting comedy I've seen.

But seriously, if this ebola shit happens in my neighborhood, I'm locking myself in a room with 3 things: alcohol (the cleaning kind), latex gloves, and a pistol.

dont forget a mask and a fully equipted ICU / hostpital

 

[Raziaar]

Are you kidding? I've ready more disturbing things in childrends books!

 

[15357]

It was funny, nothing disgusting about it, ive seen and heard worse

the means that i was joking.

:cheese:

 

[AzzMan]

There's always going to be a small percentage of people who can fight off any virus, including HIV and this.

I know in one of my classes they said about 1% of the population has a genetic condition where they are immune to HIV. Correct me if I'm wrong, but with these people, dont the T-cells kill others that have been infected, where in a "normal" person, there is something that prevents them from doing so?