#notthatscary

[yuzu-koneko-tesshi]

#It #Pennywise # #itchapter2 #notthatscary (en Cinepolis Gran Patio Texcoco) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2IEevfg3Os/?igshid=1npmpx1uofvj0

[whiskyinmind]

Still unsure of the water... #MrAlfie #jackrussell #rescuedog #adoptdontshop #notthatscary

[scottkeenan27]

Ashley filming me showing her how the #Occulus isn't that scary. #notthatscary #itsfine

[foodbysung]

When your pilot asks you to be his co-pilot, the answer is always YES. Apparently, flying in midair doesn't require much concentration..? 🤔😱 #travelbysung #firsttimeinthecockpit #airplaneselfie #omg #propellerplane #notthatscary #smoothride #puertoescondido #oaxaca #mexico #mexicotravel (at Oaxaca International Airport)

[selfishsteam]

Pretty much all the Halloweening I'm gonna get to this year. I ain't mad. #Halloween #spooky #smoothjazz #masteredataverylowvolume #notthatscary (at Spin Laundry Lounge)

[suzannerico]

Freaky fun for a fifty year old! #Maine #zipline #notthatscary #justdoit #funatfifty (at Monkey C Monkey Do, Wiscasset, Maine)

[quantumpsychologydoesntexist]

So basically, Drag Me To Hell is about an American woman who is cursed by an eastern European gypsy, who goes to see a Hispanic psychic that only speaks Spanish, who treats her for a demon from Greek mythology, with a consulting Indian psychic who speaks Spanish, all in Pasadena, CA.

[jazzykitten13-blog]

Ebola is Not That Different

On Friday, February 20th 2015 I attended a seminar on the Ebola virus. It was an amazing seminar that featured three math and science professors, one person from Liberia, and one person from Tarrant County Disease Control. The seminar was moderated by the biology club from my college and gave a complete overview of the virus itself, how we handle infected patients, and what we can do to prevent its occurrence. There are two types of viruses, Marburg and Filo viruses. Ebola is a type of Filo virus with an RNA genome. There are five known species of the Ebola virus. Each species vary in severity and the most severe strains have been known to have high mortality rates in countries without a good medical system. The Ebola virus has caused a massive scare due to the severe strain’s high mortality rate, but the virus itself only has a phospholipid covering that does not give it any significant advantage when living outside of a host. Due to this weak covering, the virus can be killed with simple household cleaners such as bleach. Once the virus is in the host, the host must wait out its course. The virus specifically attacks parts of the immune system and breaks down blood vessel walls. That is what makes it so deadly. We did not know much about Ebola before the most recent outbreak in 2014, but we do not have to be afraid of it and can handle patients better with the knowledge we have gathered. The first documented outbreak of Ebola was in Zaire. Many people died during that outbreak, but the one in 2014 had the highest number of casualties. One of the reasons it was so severe was because of the traditions of the African people, specifically the people of Liberia. When a person would die in Liberia, the dead person’s body would be washed. The water from the washing would be collected and poured over the closest members of the family. Due to Ebola only being transmitted from bodily fluids, this dangerous practice could have been a major reason for the spread of this disease in that country. People in that country have slowly reformed some of their customs to combat this disease, but many lives were lost in the process. To combat this disease, people began covering as much of their bodies as they could with rubber equipment and oxygenated masks if they were available. In the United States, the Ebola patient’s trash was incinerated. Dialysis, electrolyte balancing, IV fluids, high oxygen levels, and other forms of supportive care were the only things doctors could offer patients. There was nothing else that could be offered at the time, but there may be a vaccine in the future. The best way to prevent the spread of Ebola currently is to avoid getting the virus on any living body cells because it could enter the body through those cells. There are two vaccines that are in the process of being approved by the FDA, but the process of being approved may take up to seventeen years. One of the focuses of the vaccines is on the protein of the Ebola virus. In addition to the virus not having an extra virulent coating, it also enters the host by a negative sense method. The virus does not only need to insert its RNA into the host cell, but it also needs to insert a protein as well. After the host cell dies, thousands of new viruses are released. The virus can survive in a dead body for a few days and thrives in cold, dark environments. With all of this information, the virus itself does not seem as frightening and it seems relatively easily to keep at bay. During the presentation one of the professors talked about two shipments of monkeys that died from a strain of the Ebola virus here in the United States. The people who worked with these monkeys were tested and found to be carrying antibodies to the virus. I could not help but think that this sounded similar to the situation with Dr. Jenner and the milk maids. Milk maids never got sick with smallpox because they would contract a cowpox rash on their hands when they were younger. Inoculating people with pus from a cowpox caused those people to never get sick with smallpox. Dr. Jenner’s inoculation experiments brought about the smallpox vaccine and saved many people from this horrible disease. Having one strain of a virus must make a person immune to all of the strains. If making the smallpox vaccine was that easy, why can’t the Ebola vaccine be just as easy? We should keep up the research and inoculate people with the strains that do not cause severe illness. Ebola is not that different from any other virus. It can only be more deadly when proper care is not given to patients.