Ebola (3 Viewers)

[Henry Ford]

Gesundheit!...Manute Bol... would you like a kleenex

Here, use my sleeve.

 

[Henry Ford]

ok... I've been hearing different things-

Is this transmitted only while symptomatic, or even pre-symptomatic? Can it be transferred during the incubation period?

Only during symptoms according to the WHO.

 

[Fennis]

Gesundheit!...Manute Bol... would you like a kleenex

Here, use my sleeve.

of course Manute Bol has worse problems than Ebola.

 

[El Floppo]

Gesundheit!...Manute Bol... would you like a kleenex

Here, use my sleeve.

of course Manute Bol has worse problems than Ebola.

So friends of mine in college used to wear suits, carry a clip board with name tags and bs their way into everywhere- usually sporting events.

They talked their way into a Knicks vs Warriors game with fake press-passes, even calling us from their spot on half-court while waving one time the ball got dribbled by. They were HUGE Chris Mullin fans from his days at St Johns and HS, so really wanted to meet him... faking an interview in the locker room.

My gb described asking him idiotic questions one second, and then turning around to be face-to-smiling-face with Manut's ****, which filled his entire viewing area- giant sized.

ok.

back to ebola.

 

[Josie Maran]

and you will never catch Ebola.

"You'll never have to worry about catching the plague, Thomas. Now help me pick up these dead rats."

If I were a medieval grain merchant, I'd be very nervous.

 

[El Floppo]

ok... I've been hearing different things-

Is this transmitted only while symptomatic, or even pre-symptomatic? Can it be transferred during the incubation period?

Only during symptoms according to the WHO.

thanks Henry.

that's what I thought... but the wife- who's usually on top of these things- threw out that it was contagious throughout the incubation period. that would put every person that guy travelled with or around into harm's way.

 

[TheIronSheik]

and you will never catch Ebola.

"You'll never have to worry about catching the plague, Thomas. Now help me pick up these dead rats."

If I were a medieval grain merchant, I'd be very nervous.

And well you should be. I don't see much of a market for that these days.

 

[TheIronSheik]

ok... I've been hearing different things-

Is this transmitted only while symptomatic, or even pre-symptomatic? Can it be transferred during the incubation period?

Only during symptoms according to the WHO.

thanks Henry.

that's what I thought... but the wife- who's usually on top of these things- threw out that it was contagious throughout the incubation period. that would put every person that guy travelled with or around into harm's way.

Diseases have a tendency to morph. Plus, how do we know when he started feeling sick? Did he go to the hospital right when he was sick? Doubtful. Considering he's a dude, I'm guessing he had to be pretty close to feeling like death before he finally got nagged by his wife to go to the doctor.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

ok... I've been hearing different things-

Is this transmitted only while symptomatic, or even pre-symptomatic? Can it be transferred during the incubation period?

Only during symptoms according to the WHO.

thanks Henry.

that's what I thought... but the wife- who's usually on top of these things- threw out that it was contagious throughout the incubation period. that would put every person that guy travelled with or around into harm's way.

If the CDC were smart they would treat it that way.....The plane should have been isolated and the people aboard the plane should be tested/monitored.....

 

[fantasycurse42]

ok... I've been hearing different things-

Is this transmitted only while symptomatic, or even pre-symptomatic? Can it be transferred during the incubation period?

Only during symptoms according to the WHO.

thanks Henry.

that's what I thought... but the wife- who's usually on top of these things- threw out that it was contagious throughout the incubation period. that would put every person that guy travelled with or around into harm's way.

Diseases have a tendency to morph. Plus, how do we know when he started feeling sick? Did he go to the hospital right when he was sick? Doubtful. Considering he's a dude, I'm guessing he had to be pretty close to feeling like death before he finally got nagged by his wife to go to the doctor.

Guy sounds like a moron, so who knows what his schedule was.

 

[Parrothead]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

 

[fantasycurse42]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

I'll set the line at 27 by the end of November...

Awesome that us and 4 countries in Western Africa are the only ones with cases... Way to go America!

 

[Fennis]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

2.5 million

 

[TheIronSheik]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

2.5 million

Seems low.

 

[Fennis]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

2.5 million

Seems low.

 

[culdeus]

I don't see what the big deal is. They let me make out with the guy and everything.

 

[El Floppo]

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas was the first person to be diagnosed in the United States with the Ebola virus.

The patient left Liberia on Sept. 19 and arrived in Dallas the following day. On Sept. 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.

So... you come in from Liberia, and start feeling sick enough to go to the hospital- but I assume don't feel the need to tell them that you've just come back from LIBERIA!? wtf. And that's making the assumption that he didn't tell them... if he told them and they didn't keep him under observation?

not so fast...

At a press conference Wednesday, hospital officials said that a triage nurse performed the recommended screening -- asking about both his symptoms and his travel history -- but her report wasn't communicated to the rest of his healthcare team.

nice work, health care providers.

 

[Parrothead]

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas was the first person to be diagnosed in the United States with the Ebola virus.

The patient left Liberia on Sept. 19 and arrived in Dallas the following day. On Sept. 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.

So... you come in from Liberia, and start feeling sick enough to go to the hospital- but I assume don't feel the need to tell them that you've just come back from LIBERIA!? wtf. And that's making the assumption that he didn't tell them... if he told them and they didn't keep him under observation?

not so fast...

At a press conference Wednesday, hospital officials said that a triage nurse performed the recommended screening -- asking about both his symptoms and his travel history -- but her report wasn't communicated to the rest of his healthcare team.

nice work, health care providers.

sounds like ISIS is sneakier than we thought

 

[Ditka Butkus]

what is the over /under on Ebola cases in the US by next month?

I'll set the line at 27 by the end of November...

Awesome that us and 4 countries in Western Africa are the only ones with cases... Way to go America!

Hey we can't take our eye off the ball...ISIS is the biggest threat to our country.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Unpopular opinion, we should send this guy back to Liberia.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Unpopular opinion, we should send this guy back to Liberia.

Popular opinion, we should send this guy to northern Iraq/Syria.

 

[Gary Coal Man]

US Ebola Patient Exposed School Age Children, Governor Said

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-ebola-patient-exposed-school-age-children-governor/story?id=25885934

Five school-aged children in Texas may have been exposed to Ebola by the first patient diagnosed with the virus in the United States, officials said today.

The children had contact with the patient and are being monitored at home, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said today in a press conference. "Let me assure you, these children have been identified and are being monitored," the governor said. "This is all hands on deck," Perry said.

The country's top medical official who has vowed to stop Ebola "in its tracks" in the U.S., conceded today that it's "not impossible" that others will contract the disease. The five students who were in contact with the patient went to four different schools earlier in the week, but had no symptoms, officials said. Extra health workers and custodians will be on hand at those schools plus another nearby school that none of the children attended. The schools include three elementary schools, a middle school and a high school, officials said.

"The students didn’t have any symptoms so the odds of them passing on any sort of virus is very low," said Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles, adding that he learned of the students’ possible exposure Wednesday morning. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said an extensive tracking process is underway in the wake of the first Ebola diagnosis in the United States, with special focus on the patient’s family and health staff. “We have a seven-person team in Dallas working with the local health department and the hospital, and we will be identifying everyone who may have come in contact with him and then monitoring them for 21 days,” Frieden said.

The city of Dallas, which has activated its Emergency Operations Center on "Level 2: High Readiness," said, "We are currently evaluating 12-18 people that the patient confirmed to have the Ebola virus was in contact with." In addition, the three ambulance crew members that brought the patient to the hospital were tested for Ebola. The tests were negative, but the crew members were sent home and will be monitored for the next three weeks, the city said in a statement.

Frieden believes the disease will be “stopped in its tracks” in this country.

The unidentified man’s safety, along with the well-being of the medical people treating him, is a primary focus, Frieden said.

“What we need to do first in this particular instance is do everything possible to help this individual who’s really fighting for their life, and then make sure that we’re doing that, that we don’t have other people exposed in the hospital, identify all those contacts and monitor them for 21 days. It’s not impossible that one or two of them would develop symptoms and then they would need to be isolated,” he said.

Frieden said he’s confident that passengers who flew on the same plane as the patient did not contract the disease. “That was four or five days before he had his first symptoms and with Ebola, you’re not contagious until you have symptoms,” he said.

Although American Ebola patients have been treated in the United States prior to this diagnosis, they all contracted Ebola in West Africa. Ebola has killed 2,917 people and infected 3,346 others since the outbreak began in March.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

The Federal Government should issue and mandate that we all wear one of these until the threat is eliminated.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QWWeO2zft3I/UCjwApxqgtI/AAAAAAAABoo/QZ8F0pAH2HI/s1600/Ebola.jpg

 

[Battersbox]

If they can lock it down there, I see little reason to worry here.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29436851

Edited to add: The fact that CNN isn't pushing this headlines makes me vomit in my mouth a bit. It's amazing to me how sensational that news outlet has become.

 

[fantasycurse42]

The Federal Government should issue and mandate that we all wear one of these until the threat is eliminated.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QWWeO2zft3I/UCjwApxqgtI/AAAAAAAABoo/QZ8F0pAH2HI/s1600/Ebola.jpg

EVERYONE IN THE WORLD SHOULD WEAR A HAZMAT SUIT 24/7/365

 

[TheIronSheik]

If they can lock it down there, I see little reason to worry here.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29436851

Edited to add: The fact that CNN isn't pushing this headlines makes me vomit in my mouth a bit. It's amazing to me how sensational that news outlet has become.

You know where it's not contained? The United States.

 

[moleculo]

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas was the first person to be diagnosed in the United States with the Ebola virus.

The patient left Liberia on Sept. 19 and arrived in Dallas the following day. On Sept. 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.

So... you come in from Liberia, and start feeling sick enough to go to the hospital- but I assume don't feel the need to tell them that you've just come back from LIBERIA!? wtf. And that's making the assumption that he didn't tell them... if he told them and they didn't keep him under observation?

not so fast...

At a press conference Wednesday, hospital officials said that a triage nurse performed the recommended screening -- asking about both his symptoms and his travel history -- but her report wasn't communicated to the rest of his healthcare team.

nice work, health care providers.

Thanks, Obama

 

[fourd]

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas was the first person to be diagnosed in the United States with the Ebola virus.

The patient left Liberia on Sept. 19 and arrived in Dallas the following day. On Sept. 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.

So... you come in from Liberia, and start feeling sick enough to go to the hospital- but I assume don't feel the need to tell them that you've just come back from LIBERIA!? wtf. And that's making the assumption that he didn't tell them... if he told them and they didn't keep him under observation?

not so fast...

At a press conference Wednesday, hospital officials said that a triage nurse performed the recommended screening -- asking about both his symptoms and his travel history -- but her report wasn't communicated to the rest of his healthcare team.

nice work, health care providers.

Nothing to worry about, there's no way this can spread in this country like it does in Africa. Our protocols are superior and we know what we're doing.

 

[Vike Me]

Is it time to cue the Blue Öyster Cult?

 

[T J]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

 

[Ned]

If they can lock it down there, I see little reason to worry here.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29436851

Edited to add: The fact that CNN isn't pushing this headlines makes me vomit in my mouth a bit. It's amazing to me how sensational that news outlet has become.

Make sure you keep that vomit to yourself.

 

[Guest]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

 

[T J]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

 

[moleculo]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

pretty sure it was fruit bat soup.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

Dude, you've been served... You need to respond:

http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=716052&page=9entry17300328

 

[El Floppo]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

pretty sure it was fruit bat soup.

seems unlikely.

a fruitbat ate some soup, and THEN pooped into somebody's mouth? c'mon.

 

[shader]

I can't figure out how all these health workers are getting it overseas. Can't we ship these health workers some grade A Hazmat suits so that this thing can get knocked out? Seriously, the CDC makes it sound like you practially have to voluntarily exchange bodily fluids to transfer the disease, yet health care workers are in suits and getting the disease.

I'm not worried about me or my family getting infected in the US. What worries me more is the fear-mongering that will happen if we get even 100 cases in this country.

Can you imagine something like the Spanish flu in today's society? People would completely freak out.

 

[Henry Ford]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

pretty sure it was fruit bat soup.

Fruit bat Joel McHale has some explaining to do.

 

[Henry Ford]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

Sweet, sweet love.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I can't figure out how all these health workers are getting it overseas. Can't we ship these health workers some grade A Hazmat suits so that this thing can get knocked out? Seriously, the CDC makes it sound like you practially have to voluntarily exchange bodily fluids to transfer the disease, yet health care workers are in suits and getting the disease.

I'm not worried about me or my family getting infected in the US. What worries me more is the fear-mongering that will happen if we get even 100 cases in this country.

Can you imagine something like the Spanish flu in today's society? People would completely freak out.

You mean the Spanish Flu that killed between 50 and 100 million people? Yeah. I guarantee that would "freak people out."

 

[ShamrockPride]

The situation we are seeing right now is what happens when you give common sense the middle finger. Travel incoming from that region should have been locked down a month ago.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

Sweet, sweet love.

How do you #### a fruit bat?

 

[fantasycurse42]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

Sweet, sweet love.

How do you #### a fruit bat?

In its genitals, I assume.

 

[El Floppo]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?

Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

Sweet, sweet love.

How do you #### a fruit bat?

In its genitals, I assume.

that would be in the butt, bob.

 

[cstu]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Monkey birds.

I blame the Wicked Witch of the West Africa.

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

So if you have unprotected secks with African animals you get Ebola? Come on MAN!

 

[ShamrockPride]

Do they know or have they said what the origin of this was in Africa? Monkeys? Birds? What ?

Fruit bats (seriously).

Interesting. Any idea how it got from a fruit bat to a human?Probably something like a bat crapped in the drinking source or on a food source and a human drank or ate after that, but I was curious if it was known specifically.

It's a common bacteria in bats who have pretty much grown immune to it. It's only when the genius human decides to roast & eat an infected bat for din din (as they do in Afrika), does it get into humans. Naturally, there is pretty much no way to tell if a bat is infected or not.

 

[Parrothead]

so this infected guy is a Liberian national.. flew from Monrovia to Brussels, then to Dulles, then DFW.. went to the hospital and was released with antibiotics, and later was rushed back to hospital by EMTs... was in contact with numerous people, including neighbors, the EMTs, and at least 5 kids who attended 4 different schools.. not to mention the people on the flights...

yeah, we got a handle on this

 

[lod01]

Dude on CNN just now 'They have to find everyone that he has had contact with.' That's just great.

Oh yeah. CNBC talking Ebola as a catalyst for a market meltdown.

 

[Bucky86]

The situation we are seeing right now is what happens when you give common sense the middle finger. Travel incoming from that region should have been locked down a month ago.

He flew in from Brussels...