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Originally Posted by MKSixer
This.
When I worked in the IV Antibiotic world we had weekly briefings on the last outbreak. We can't continue to depend on current treatment and luck to battle this and other deadly IDs. We need better tools, equipment, and protocols.
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Yeah, and smarter people.
The cheapest and easiest way to cut these short would be to teach our kids not to touch absolutely everything, and there is something to say about the respect the Asians show to other people and wear masks when they're sick.
I hate it when I hear adults bragging about them sending their kids to school to see if they can make through the day when they know in the morning the kid is coming down with something. If a common cold or a flu fucks up half the world every year, I'm absolutely sure we'll do epically with an Ebola outbreak.