naddanadda ([info]naddanadda) wrote,
2005-10-13 19:05:00
so we got a letter from this new little boy that we are sponsering in india. and it was really amazing. they live in a really secluded part of india, next to a jungle with wild elephants! it says "it's areally peaceful place to live but life is hard." its all translated into english and there is really sweet squigly swirly indian writing on the back. it made my day. those letters always make my day. i just like um! its a nice little warm fuzzy. kiki you can pet it if you want to.

and we watched a movie about the plague today in euro. and it was okay, but the part that interested me was the last part. about a really serious disease nowadays that could easily become the next plague. and it is in africa.(i think?) all those poor skinny people. all those poor skinny children. and it made me sad, like all things like that do.

and tommorow im getting my passport. exciting! actually im pretty sure it will be really boring. but i dunno, the idea is exciting.

and yah, thats right, i took a nap today. it was glorious.


aaaaaaaaand now im off to do exciting things. i guess.

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[info]xevaporatedx

October 14 2005, 02:39:42 UTC 6 years ago

yeah, i remember that video...the ebola virus is insane. part of me wants to say that the outbreak died down, though (i remember berka saying the video was from the 90s...so who knows).

and this entry reminds me about passports....i have to get that done sometime soon too.

[info]internaldiscord

October 14 2005, 02:53:52 UTC 6 years ago

GAH
that movie with the warning about the ebola virus scared me senseless!!! I have like.. THE WORST immune system.. so... i'm NOT making any trips to Africa EVER... O_O"

and .. getting passports are boring :-P

[info]imchipwood

October 14 2005, 05:54:52 UTC 6 years ago

ebola is deadly, you die from excessive loss of blood. and eli, the outbreaks happen randomly. they haven't been able to predict where it will strike, and they don't even know why it does what it does.

[info]xevaporatedx

October 14 2005, 06:48:37 UTC 6 years ago

yes, it is deadly. and i'll admit that my first comment was off, i was thinking of something else. and that was my mistake.

the thing with ebola is that they know ways to stop the spread of the virus (or at the very least, contain the spreading):
" So far all epidemics of Ebola have occurred in sub-optimal hospital conditions, where practices of basic hygiene and sanitation are often either luxuries or unknown to caretakers and where disposable needles and autoclaves are unavailable or too expensive. In modern hospitals with disposable needles and knowledge of basic hygiene and barrier nursing techniques (mask, gown, gloves), Ebola rarely spreads on such a large scale."

the only problem is that it would cost billions upon billions of dollars to solve this issue, and the world as a whole usually does not like to do things like that.

(and, just as a sidenote, where did this back and forth on the ebola virus come from? haha)

[info]imchipwood

October 14 2005, 20:55:39 UTC 6 years ago

yeah. only problem with that is that african countries are so poor that they can't really help the fact that their hospitals are about as sanitary as a mens room here in the US. if it got into the US, we couldn't contain it either because of the mass amounts of travelling people do. someone would get it and before they knew that they had contracted it, they would travel somewhere else, or come in contact with someone that does travel. then on the plane, that one person will infect everyone. it's great knowing that basically the only way to survive it if it ever comes to the US is to stay in your house.

that reminded me of playing starcraft. crazy zerg people infecting them crazy terran people.

[info]xevaporatedx

October 14 2005, 21:45:21 UTC 6 years ago

see, but thats the sole reason the UN was created. we're supposed to be stopping stuff like this.

and honestly, us going back and forth on livejournal does nothing.

also, i like how you equate ebola to starcraft somehow.

[info]naddanadda

October 15 2005, 04:46:06 UTC 6 years ago

naahaha you guys are funny.
i am truly enlightened now. about ebloa.
and crazy zerg people? tight.

[info]imchipwood

October 16 2005, 20:51:22 UTC 6 years ago

it comes from years of playing the game.

haha. w00t.

[info]imchipwood

October 16 2005, 20:55:08 UTC 6 years ago

oh and my email thing says you replied in another comment. but i can't find it. did you delete it? maybe.

in response to it: our smartypants answers are probably cuz we both think we know more when probably neither of us know enough to be talking about it like this. haha.

[info]kiki_cienfuegos

October 14 2005, 18:10:56 UTC 6 years ago

i think i just might!
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