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Message Subject If You Had To Teach A Crash Course Pandemic (Ebola) Course To Newbies ......
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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What would you teach?

I know it's Friday night...BUT if the viruses being spewed at us from every direction kicks off and you have to teach your community, friends, children, family and stragglers....


If you had to post an anonymous flyer in town ....whatever

What would be your KEY POINTS to make?
 Quoting: run away slave


To frequently wash hands using proper hand washing technique, at least 30 seconds with soap and water, interlocking fingers. If possible use paper towel or your arm to turn taps off.

Cough and sneeze into your elbow.

Avoid touching your face, etc in public.

Proper use of PPE or 'universal precautions'. How to put on and take offmasks and gloves without contaminating yourself. Also double gloving techniques.

To avoid close contact with people who appear sick if you aren't wearing proper PPE

To take off your shoes at the threshold of your house. (and clothes, then shower if it is really bad)

Basic techniques of stress management, and how to keep it together.

The above things are the proven best defense against infection from most things. I could elaborate into the paranoid depending on the proposed level of infection in the environment lol.
 Quoting: Medic 25033107


Thank you for that, great post.

The conclusion I've to is that if you're surrounded by Ebola, you're going to get infected no matter what.

For example, your Ebola-infected neighbor knocks on your door, you open the door and he immediately sneezes.

Or your mailman has Ebola. Or Ebola is on your money. Or somebody preparing food at the cafeteria at work has Ebola...

If it goes pandemic, it's going to be everywhere. I don't see any way to escape it.

Your thoughts on that?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 61769842


If you escalate your level of caution with the outbreak, it should be avoidable to a point. Why are you opening your door without a mask? Is there anything your mail man is going to bring you that is worth your life?

It really depends on how bad it actually gets. Self isolation/social distancing added to the precautions I have listed would go a long way. This is assuming things like civil unrest and famine didn't get you.

If the infection is that wide spread locally... I would suggest shelter in place, no contact outside the house... Of course that would mean having months of food... and this is where the secondary issues/killers come in, as we will likely see in Africa.
 Quoting: Medic 25033107


Great words of wisdom. Thank you!

Any thoughts on the above post?

I'm going the vitamin C route such as is described below.

Thread: Anonymous doctor reveals Ebola treatment

IMHO, if Ebola becomes a worldwide pandemic, it's better to just assume you're going to get it and approach everything that way (see my post earlier as to why I think that's the best approach).
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 61769842
 
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