Anyone who has been in the DRC affected areas in the last 21 days and who is already home should monitor symptoms. As with ANY possible hemorrhagic fever, do not just go to a walk in facility. Call your clinic or the CDC hotline for guidance.
So there RantWoman was filtering long X / Twitter posts for connection to reality. Consider Leonhard Euler (umlaut needed). Besides being one of the most prolific mathematicians ever. Euler popped up on RantWoman's mind as someone who experienced progressive vision loss, seems to have had people he could rely on and definitely did not let a thing like Vision loss slow him down. First the X post and then a Wikipedia page, with references, for readers who might want to delve further.
Why should a mathematician keep a mistress as well as a wife?
because when the wife thinks you’re with the mistress, and the mistress thinks you’re with the wife, you have time to get on with your mathematics.
A couple notes beyond a health Trust but verify reflex about many things on the interwebs these days
It took RantWoman a couple tries and hits at suggested links to hit the right orthography.
The Wikipedia entry is a virtual Who's who of scientists, mathmaticians, and political figures in Euler's era. All of this definitely invites more inquiry which RantWoman may or may not get to.
spillover event (animal to human transmission) vs crossover event (human to human)
I keep sitting with two questions:
Where are the mining companies that operate in the DRC? Surely Ebola is bad for business and I naively think it would be EXCELLENT if they can pitch in for supplies and education. I find it disgusting to see lots of comments basically throwing up people's hands because public health is hard because of mining. If mining contracts are worth anything, shouldn't there be parallel investment in local public health?
Also, why send people from the US to Kenya rather than home to all the supposedly top notch facilities there are in te US? I saw one report that the President has ordered the US military to build a facility able to handle 50 people and to build it within 7 days. What's that about? Are there people doing covert ops that need protection? and why Kenya? What does Kenya get out of the deal?
Just to advertise RantWoman's transportation and sustainability cred, a cool sounding event that RantWoman will miss because of a conflict.
Apologies for the formatting peculiarities. One of these days RantWoman will either learn how to fix herself or get monetized enough to hire someone to help.
In the meantime, this excursion is Saturday and should be informative
Join us this weekend for a Transit Corridors Ride-Along!
Howdy
BEEP BEEP! The Complete Communities Coalition is bussing around Seattle with City Leadership and we’re coming to a neighborhood center near you. On Saturday, May 30th, the CCC will be heading to every district in the City where we’ll chat about transit corridors, our comprehensive plan, and more. Starting at 9:30am in West Seattle and ending in Queen Anne at 6pm, we’re excited to tour around Seattle and dream big for a more affordable, transit friendly, and vibrant city.
Join us at your district’s stop and learn about how we can help move our city into brighter direction!
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