A superb article for those looking for "straight poop" and particularly those that enjoy competent writing: The Atlantic "21 Days" http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/21-days/381901/?single_page=true
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The ambulance used to transport the ebola patient on Sunday was only >> taken out of service THIS MORNING (Wed.). >> They clean them between runs, I'm sure, so this is probably out of "an >> abundance of caution" but it still shows that people are not thinking >> things through in a timely manner. >> >> Just say (tm): >> Ebola: Let's hope that not EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas. >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> shush, no politicis on the list. Apparently speaking about the incompetence >>> and perfidy of the government is now partisan politics. Listening to the >>> head of the CDC this afternoon certainly allayed my fears. They have top >>> men* on it. Top men*. >>> >>> * Generic reference, includes individuals who, could be who could be >>> classified as women as well... >>> >>> >>> On 9/30/2014 10:28 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm sure this is on everyone's radar now, but there is so much >>>> sunshine being blown up American's skirts in the news tonight. We have >>>> no worries, because this is the U.S. medical system? It was a U.S. >>>> medical doctor that saw this guy in his office and sent him home on >>>> the 26th so he could be in the public, symptomatic with what we now >>>> know was Ebola, for a total of nearly 5 days (and is now in critical >>>> condition). There are probably another handful of people he infected >>>> in those 5 days, including (possibly) people at that medical facility >>>> that sent him home. We just don't know it yet. And we'll have to wait >>>> 21-42 days to know for sure. > > When more is known, can we count on you to pass on the information? I know I > don’t see a reason to spend much of my time following all of this so it is > good to have someone else constantly on the alert for updates. > > stan > >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Your top (U.S.) news story of the day? >>>>> >>>>> http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140929-dallas-county-health-officials-cdc-team-headed-to-dallas.ece?hootPostID=b260717dd73ff15c9eaa34b0cb970876 >>>>> >>>>> and here's a live traffic shot of roads leading out of Dallas: >>>>> http://goo.gl/hb3ffA >>>>> >>>>> (Not really. That last part is my dark humor showing.) >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Well, here is your top news story of the day which probably won't be >>>>>> mentioned on any news program. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola >>>>>> >>>>>> This story pretty much commits the journalistic sin of "burying the >>>>>> lead" which in my opinion is THIS: >>>>>> CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Treatment and Policy) declares >>>>>> that "Being at first skeptical that Ebola virus could be an >>>>>> aerosol-transmissible disease, we are now persuaded by a review of >>>>>> experimental and epidemiologic data that this might be an important >>>>>> feature of disease transmission, particularly in healthcare settings." >>>>>> Earlier in the article they said, 'We recommend using "aerosol >>>>>> transmissible" rather than the outmoded terms "droplet" or "airborne" >>>>>> to describe pathogens that can transmit disease via infectious >>>>>> particles suspended in air.' >>>>>> >>>>>> Holy crap. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think it is somewhat amusing (but not) when we think that mankind >>>>>>> has everything under control and is at the height of their >>>>>>> technological and scientific prowess. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 9/11 was one of those slackjawed days, as we watched two of the >>>>>>> tallest architectural achievements of mankind collapse to the ground >>>>>>> under a pretty low-tech attack, with so many innocent people inside >>>>>>> them. Another slackjaw day for me was watching on radar as Category >>>>>>> Katrina took dead aim at New Orleans and realizing that we were >>>>>>> looking at the real possibility of the destruction of an American >>>>>>> metro area. Yep. More or less. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And now, I'm slackjawed at the Ebola outbreak in Africa. The game is >>>>>>> over, people. This is going to kill hundreds of thousands of people >>>>>>> (at a minimum) before it is all said and done. And, if either of the >>>>>>> two strains currently going at it in Africa, mutates to be >>>>>>> air-transmissible we are looking at a world wide pandemic. Mankind has >>>>>>> no central authority to manage resources to fight a disaster like this >>>>>>> one. Ebola is currently killing at a rate of 80-85%. Male SURVIVORS of >>>>>>> Ebola are spreading the contagion through their semen for AT LEAST 7 >>>>>>> weeks after the date of their infection. It is hitting in the area of >>>>>>> the world least able to deal with it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This guy is right on: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/opinion/what-were-afraid-to-say-about-ebola.html?_r=0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>>>>> look like photographs. >>>>>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>>>> look like photographs. >>>>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >>>>> look like photographs. >>>>> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve >>> immortality through not dying. >>> -- Woody Allen >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs >> look like photographs. >> ~ Alfred Stieglitz >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
