Ebola In The Media

Discussion in 'The Media' started by Aerianne, Aug 4, 2014.

  1. Aerianne

    Aerianne Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    What do you think of the way the topic of the Ebola virus is/isn't being portrayed in the media?
     
  2. secret_thinker

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    I try not to watch it. Is it really that much worse than other international health scares over the years? I'm not sure, but the media is all about sensationalism which is about as horrible as any disease.
     
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    There are other viruses that kill more people, while maybe not as ugly ebola .. i dont worry..
     
  4. Aerianne

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    Maybe because it's here in the Atlanta area, I've seen media that tries to downplay it, but at the same time I am seeing the usual fear-mongerers really trying to stir people into a panic.
     
  5. Ranger

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    Remain in your homes. Do not panic!.....This is a recording......
     
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  6. TheGhost

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  7. Dude111

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    I think they want this crap to spread AND ITS QUITE SCARY!!!!
     
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  8. Meliai

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    Its a really terrible disease and therefore easy to sensationalize, but I don't think the threat of the disease is much to worry about. I also think an outbreak in America or any first world country would be easier to contain.
     
  9. Aerianne

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    On social media, people have shown me a meme: [​IMG]





    Then, I've also been shown this on social media:

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  10. secret_thinker

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    That flow chart accurately sums up my feelings about it all.
     
  11. Aerianne

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    I read something yesterday that talked about Ebola in lab studies of the past. It mentioned two different species of animals being in cages on different sides of the lab. The Ebola virus traveled across the lab to infect.

    The article was talking about Ebola not being "airborne" as one might first think, but about droplets traveling in air.
     
  12. sunfighter

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    Ebola's Frightening Symptoms
    From infoplease.com

     
  13. Karen_J

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    Quarantine has always been used by governments to fight epidemics, but when you get sick overseas, your home country has to take you back. You can't lose your legal rights as a citizen by getting sick.

    So, none of this is anything new or different.
     
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  14. Aerianne

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    Without going back through my history and searching for it, Karen, I believe what is being referenced is a new update that speaks of detaining people with fever and lung symptoms.

    ...oh yeah, now I remember...It was something someone on FB had linked to from good ol' Alex Jones.

    At any rate, here is an example of some social media handling of the discussion:
    http://www.infowars.com/obama-brings-ebola-into-america-after-signing-executive-order-to-detain-sick-americans/
     
  15. AmericanTerrorist

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    Well CDC has changed the alert to the highest level.

    Also Aeri, I actually read about that study (with the cages) just today.

    In any case, as of right now I'm not sure which it is but I do have the feeling that one of two things is happening. Either the media is hyping this up for ratings and/or to detract from elsewhere OR that the media is downplaying the risk of the current ebola outbreak. There are a lot of strange things about this ebola outbreak if you search for them. The thing that gets to me the most I think is... they keep saying okay it's not airborne so you'd have to come into contact w bodily fluids to get ... okay, got it. But first of all surfaces-someone with ebola wipes nose, touches doorknob, then someone else touches doorknob, can you get? Yes, no? Also I believe at least 100 health care workers have contracted ebola while caring for patients. Healthcare workers use precautions not to get things so if it was really that hard to catch why would that many have contracted it?
     
  16. Karen_J

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    While some of the regulations, orders, and laws being currently discussed may be recent, the practice of forced quarantine goes back quite a few generations. My grandparents remembered it being done for TB. Probably, many of the old laws governing this were repealed or allowed to expire simply because the need for them seemed to have passed. People who see this as an over-reach of government need to read up on the old plagues of Europe. Without taking firm action that was not pleasant at the time, millions more would have died.
     
  17. secret_thinker

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    It's probably easily transmitted via bodily fluids like gastroenteritis is without being airborne.
     
  18. Aerianne

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    I've been wondering the same thing. It's probably just a false flag.
     
  19. SpacemanSpiff

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    I always wonder if each outbreak is the beginning of the end.
     
  20. I'minmyunderwear

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    i don't think i've seen anything about it outside of hipforums. and it doesn't seem to be too big of a deal here.

    i have to point out, when looking through the "view new content" section, this thread appears as "ebola in the media in the media."
     

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