| Lassa Fever 16:27 - Feb 11 with 1868 views | hype313 |
Whilst this is clearly an unpleasant virus, it's not something that should worry people too much, but why the emphasis on one death? How many people have died of Cancer or Heart Attacks today?
Why don't these get the same attention? |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 16:31 - Feb 11 with 1824 views | noggin |
I know nothing about this virus but heart attacks and cancer are not usually contagious. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 16:34 - Feb 11 with 1811 views | DanTheMan |
Cancer and heart attacks are common and are not transmissible, so not headline news. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 16:34 - Feb 11 with 1805 views | hype313 |
| Lassa Fever on 16:31 - Feb 11 by noggin |
I know nothing about this virus but heart attacks and cancer are not usually contagious. |
Usually? when are they contagious? | |
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| Lassa Fever on 16:37 - Feb 11 with 1792 views | noggin |
| Lassa Fever on 16:34 - Feb 11 by hype313 |
Usually? when are they contagious? |
Exactly. | |
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| Lassa Fever on 16:39 - Feb 11 with 1779 views | Parky |
| Lassa Fever on 16:34 - Feb 11 by hype313 |
Usually? when are they contagious? |
What about inhaling second-hand smoke that causes lung cancer?
Sorry, I’m just being a dick. |  | | |
| Lassa Fever on 16:58 - Feb 11 with 1727 views | eireblue |
Well if people, have a laissez faire attitude, we could end up in the Gazpacho. |  | | |
| Lassa Fever on 17:01 - Feb 11 with 1714 views | giant_stow |
| Lassa Fever on 16:58 - Feb 11 by eireblue |
Well if people, have a laissez faire attitude, we could end up in the Gazpacho. |
I don't know whether to boor or cheer that one. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 17:19 - Feb 11 with 1662 views | kpblues |
Simple answer is that this has the dramatic impact and fear factor that the media cries out for.
To the media heart attacks etc are a bit boring and don't scare people.
Sad really how fear headlines have become the media's new goal. | |
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| Lassa Fever on 20:17 - Feb 11 with 1503 views | Eireannach_gorm |
'Approximately 15%-20% of patients hospitalised for Lassa fever die from the illness. However, only 1% of all Lassa virus infections result in death.'
'Lassa fever is also associated with occasional epidemics, during which the case-fatality rate can reach 50% in hospitalised patients.'
Unpleasant/deadly disease it seems.
https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/lassa/pdf/factsheet.pdf |  | | |
| Lassa Fever on 20:47 - Feb 11 with 1449 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Lassa Fever on 17:19 - Feb 11 by kpblues |
Simple answer is that this has the dramatic impact and fear factor that the media cries out for.
To the media heart attacks etc are a bit boring and don't scare people.
Sad really how fear headlines have become the media's new goal. |
It’s probably just because it’s rare, relevant due to covid and here. I don’t remember fear factor being a decisive factor in what makes something newsworthy from the courses I’ve had to endure in the past. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 21:48 - Feb 11 with 1390 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Lassa Fever on 20:47 - Feb 11 by Swansea_Blue |
It’s probably just because it’s rare, relevant due to covid and here. I don’t remember fear factor being a decisive factor in what makes something newsworthy from the courses I’ve had to endure in the past. |
I think whenever one of the highly contagious and dangerous diseases escapes its current region of quarantine it has always been newsworthy. British nationals who go and work in the places in Africa and develop Ebola have tended to make the news. There is the UK national part, the slight potential risk of the virus becoming no longer contained and the fact that it is notable that some UK nationals care enough to go and put themselves at risk in order to help others. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 08:12 - Feb 12 with 1278 views | onceablue |
| Lassa Fever on 21:48 - Feb 11 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I think whenever one of the highly contagious and dangerous diseases escapes its current region of quarantine it has always been newsworthy. British nationals who go and work in the places in Africa and develop Ebola have tended to make the news. There is the UK national part, the slight potential risk of the virus becoming no longer contained and the fact that it is notable that some UK nationals care enough to go and put themselves at risk in order to help others. |
Does anyone remember Rabbies now that was scary
Remember the TV adverts for that one
Does it still exist? | | | |
| Lassa Fever on 08:43 - Feb 12 with 1239 views | eastangliaisblue |
| Lassa Fever on 08:12 - Feb 12 by onceablue |
Does anyone remember Rabbies now that was scary
Remember the TV adverts for that one
Does it still exist? |
It's still endemic in a lot of the developing world. I had the vaccine about 15 years ago for travelling around Asia. For some reason the needle was the size of a fookin chopstick. |  | | |
| Lassa Fever on 09:05 - Feb 12 with 1212 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Erm to make the news an event has to be newsworthy. A fatal African disease rarely seen in the UK indeed newsworthy for a number of reasons.
A bit like a sunny day doesn’t usually make the news. But a VERY sunny day - wow, that’s unusual- and dangerous | |
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| Lassa Fever on 13:16 - Feb 12 with 1144 views | GeoffSentence |
Because if she dies who will alert us when Timmy falls down the well. |  |
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| Lassa Fever on 13:34 - Feb 12 with 1123 views | Skip_Intro |
| Lassa Fever on 08:12 - Feb 12 by onceablue |
Does anyone remember Rabbies now that was scary
Remember the TV adverts for that one
Does it still exist? |
was that the terrifying alcoholic ginger beer? |  | | |
| Lassa Fever on 14:38 - Feb 12 with 1084 views | GeoffSentence |
| Lassa Fever on 08:12 - Feb 12 by onceablue |
Does anyone remember Rabbies now that was scary
Remember the TV adverts for that one
Does it still exist? |
Scared the bejesus out of me as a child. The warnings were everywhere. I determined never to go to France from fear of getting rabies. | |
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