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President Obama, addressing the Ebola outbreak September 16, 2014 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States. In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. We’re working to help flight crews identify people who are sick, and more labs across our country now have the capacity to quickly test for the virus. We’re working with hospitals to make sure that they are prepared, and to ensure that our doctors, our nurses and our medical staff are trained, are ready, and are able to deal with a possible case safely.
Hopefully this is the only person to get through but I don't think it will be.

 
President Obama, addressing the Ebola outbreak September 16, 2014 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States. In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. We’re working to help flight crews identify people who are sick, and more labs across our country now have the capacity to quickly test for the virus. We’re working with hospitals to make sure that they are prepared, and to ensure that our doctors, our nurses and our medical staff are trained, are ready, and are able to deal with a possible case safely.
Hopefully this is the only person to get through but I don't think it will be.
Like I said earlier, on the news they showed a guy walking down the line of people waiting to board hitting them with a laser that measures temperatures. The kind you buy at Home Depot. That's the "screening" they are using. Well, that and asking people "Do you have Ebola or touched someone with Ebola?" And the good news with that is that people never lie.

If you knew you might have Ebola, would you want to be treated in the United States or in Nigeria?

 
President Obama in 2005:

Obama rips Bush on flu response http://po.st/hBEHjI 'Nation must not be caught off-guard when faced with a pandemic.

In words that have come back to haunt him, Barack Obama as a U.S. senator in 2005 complained that President George W. Bush was not doing enough to fight a potential epidemic of Avian Flu.

“This nation must NOT be caught off guard when faced with a pandemic,” he said at the time. “The question is will we be ready…”

He called on his fellow senators to “push this administration to take action needed to prevent a catastrophe the likes of which we have not seen during our lifetimes.”

Yet, in a major address regarding the Ebola outbreak Obama gave at the CDC in Atlanta on Sept. 16, he downplayed the risk of Ebola coming to U.S. shores.

He said:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.
 
President Obama in 2005:

Obama rips Bush on flu response http://po.st/hBEHjI 'Nation must not be caught off-guard when faced with a pandemic.

In words that have come back to haunt him, Barack Obama as a U.S. senator in 2005 complained that President George W. Bush was not doing enough to fight a potential epidemic of Avian Flu.

“This nation must NOT be caught off guard when faced with a pandemic,” he said at the time. “The question is will we be ready…”

He called on his fellow senators to “push this administration to take action needed to prevent a catastrophe the likes of which we have not seen during our lifetimes.”

Yet, in a major address regarding the Ebola outbreak Obama gave at the CDC in Atlanta on Sept. 16, he downplayed the risk of Ebola coming to U.S. shores.

He said:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.
Someone already cut and paste this story. You are slipping big time.

 
President Obama in 2005:

Obama rips Bush on flu response http://po.st/hBEHjI 'Nation must not be caught off-guard when faced with a pandemic.

In words that have come back to haunt him, Barack Obama as a U.S. senator in 2005 complained that President George W. Bush was not doing enough to fight a potential epidemic of Avian Flu.

“This nation must NOT be caught off guard when faced with a pandemic,” he said at the time. “The question is will we be ready…”

He called on his fellow senators to “push this administration to take action needed to prevent a catastrophe the likes of which we have not seen during our lifetimes.”

Yet, in a major address regarding the Ebola outbreak Obama gave at the CDC in Atlanta on Sept. 16, he downplayed the risk of Ebola coming to U.S. shores.

He said:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.
Someone already cut and paste this story. You are slipping big time.
That's what happens when you get old. Nicely done by whomever, then...Obama usually gets a pass on this site.

 
President Obama, addressing the Ebola outbreak September 16, 2014 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States. In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. We’re working to help flight crews identify people who are sick, and more labs across our country now have the capacity to quickly test for the virus. We’re working with hospitals to make sure that they are prepared, and to ensure that our doctors, our nurses and our medical staff are trained, are ready, and are able to deal with a possible case safely.
Hopefully this is the only person to get through but I don't think it will be.
Someone should tell the nurses -

http://news.yahoo.com/u-nurses-unprepared-handle-ebola-patients-140327416.html

 
Duncan timeline:

Sept. 15: Duncan takes his friend and neighbor Nathaline Williams, 19 and seven months pregnant, in a cab to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, believing that she is having a miscarriage, according to an interview with the cabdriver. The cabdriver later tells Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News that Duncan carried Williams back to her apartment after four hospitals would not take her. Williams later dies from Ebola. The driver later says Duncan appeared to be well.

Sept. 19: Duncan leaves Monrovia on Brussels Airlines Flight 1247 to Brussels, Belgium, the first step of a trip to the U.S. to visit family. He takes United Airlines Flight 951 from Brussels to Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C.

Sept. 20: Duncan takes United Flight 822 from Dulles to Dallas. Health officials later say Duncan was not showing symptoms while he was traveling. Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected patient who is symptomatic.

Sept. 24: Duncan begins to show symptoms.

Sept. 26: Duncan goes to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. He is examined and sent home with antibiotics. He tells hospital staff that he recently traveled from Liberia, but that information is not passed along.


Sept. 28: Dallas fire and rescue is called to the apartment complex in Dallas where Duncan is staying. He is taken to the same hospital and admitted.

So it would seem that since he didn't show symptoms until he landed, the people on the plane are probably safe. It was 9 days after helping the pregnant woman that he showed symptoms. Nine days after that would be today, 10/3. We'll see if any relatives contracted it and possibly this weekend. If no one caught it from him, it'll go a long way in alleviating fears.

 
Duncan timeline:

Sept. 15: Duncan takes his friend and neighbor Nathaline Williams, 19 and seven months pregnant, in a cab to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, believing that she is having a miscarriage, according to an interview with the cabdriver. The cabdriver later tells Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News that Duncan carried Williams back to her apartment after four hospitals would not take her. Williams later dies from Ebola. The driver later says Duncan appeared to be well.

Sept. 19: Duncan leaves Monrovia on Brussels Airlines Flight 1247 to Brussels, Belgium, the first step of a trip to the U.S. to visit family. He takes United Airlines Flight 951 from Brussels to Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C.

Sept. 20: Duncan takes United Flight 822 from Dulles to Dallas. Health officials later say Duncan was not showing symptoms while he was traveling. Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected patient who is symptomatic.

Sept. 24: Duncan begins to show symptoms.

Sept. 26: Duncan goes to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. He is examined and sent home with antibiotics. He tells hospital staff that he recently traveled from Liberia, but that information is not passed along.


Sept. 28: Dallas fire and rescue is called to the apartment complex in Dallas where Duncan is staying. He is taken to the same hospital and admitted.
So it would seem that since he didn't show symptoms until he landed, the people on the plane are probably safe. It was 9 days after helping the pregnant woman that he showed symptoms. Nine days after that would be today, 10/3. We'll see if any relatives contracted it and possibly this weekend. If no one caught it from him, it'll go a long way in alleviating fears.
Shouldn't his family be showing symptoms by now then?

ETA: I guess we'd have to wait another few days to see if anyone at the hospital from his original visit comes down with it as well.

 
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Duncan timeline:

Sept. 15: Duncan takes his friend and neighbor Nathaline Williams, 19 and seven months pregnant, in a cab to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia, believing that she is having a miscarriage, according to an interview with the cabdriver. The cabdriver later tells Dr. Nancy Snyderman of NBC News that Duncan carried Williams back to her apartment after four hospitals would not take her. Williams later dies from Ebola. The driver later says Duncan appeared to be well.

Sept. 19: Duncan leaves Monrovia on Brussels Airlines Flight 1247 to Brussels, Belgium, the first step of a trip to the U.S. to visit family. He takes United Airlines Flight 951 from Brussels to Dulles airport outside Washington, D.C.

Sept. 20: Duncan takes United Flight 822 from Dulles to Dallas. Health officials later say Duncan was not showing symptoms while he was traveling. Ebola is spread only through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected patient who is symptomatic.

Sept. 24: Duncan begins to show symptoms.

Sept. 26: Duncan goes to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. He is examined and sent home with antibiotics. He tells hospital staff that he recently traveled from Liberia, but that information is not passed along.


Sept. 28: Dallas fire and rescue is called to the apartment complex in Dallas where Duncan is staying. He is taken to the same hospital and admitted.
So it would seem that since he didn't show symptoms until he landed, the people on the plane are probably safe. It was 9 days after helping the pregnant woman that he showed symptoms. Nine days after that would be today, 10/3. We'll see if any relatives contracted it and possibly this weekend. If no one caught it from him, it'll go a long way in alleviating fears.
Shouldn't his family be showing symptoms by now then?

ETA: I guess we'd have to wait another few days to see if anyone at the hospital from his original visit comes down with it as well.
I've heard that it's anywhere from 2-21 days. So it varies. His took 9 days. 9 days from that is today. The quarantine goes to October 19th.

 
President Obama in 2005:

Obama rips Bush on flu response http://po.st/hBEHjI 'Nation must not be caught off-guard when faced with a pandemic.

In words that have come back to haunt him, Barack Obama as a U.S. senator in 2005 complained that President George W. Bush was not doing enough to fight a potential epidemic of Avian Flu.

“This nation must NOT be caught off guard when faced with a pandemic,” he said at the time. “The question is will we be ready…”

He called on his fellow senators to “push this administration to take action needed to prevent a catastrophe the likes of which we have not seen during our lifetimes.”

Yet, in a major address regarding the Ebola outbreak Obama gave at the CDC in Atlanta on Sept. 16, he downplayed the risk of Ebola coming to U.S. shores.

He said:

First and foremost, I want the American people to know that our experts, here at the CDC and across our government, agree that the chances of an Ebola outbreak here in the United States are extremely low. We’ve been taking the necessary precautions, including working with countries in West Africa to increase screening at airports so that someone with the virus doesn’t get on a plane for the United States.
Someone already cut and paste this story. You are slipping big time.
That's what happens when you get old. Nicely done by whomever, then...Obama usually gets a pass on this site.
:bowtie:
 
CDC Officials to Meet Newark Plane Carrying Sick Passenger: Authorities

Health officials were called to Newark Liberty International Airport to meet a plane on the runway Saturday, after a passenger began vomiting while en route from Brussels, officials said.

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were on their way to meet the plane Saturday afternoon after it landed at Gate 54, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The plane, United Airlines Flight 998, was carrying 255 people, according to the Port Authority.

Medical personnel had instructed everyone on the plane to stay onboard while they assisted a sick passenger, United Airlines said, adding that it was working with authorities and would accomodate passengers as quickly as possible.

The incident comes amid concerns that the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa could be spread by international travelers. The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States went to a Dallas hospital last week but was mistakenly sent home, despite revealing he was visiting from Liberia. U.S. health care officials have said the American health system is equipped to prevent an outbreak in the U.S.

The CDC did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
 
If people worried half this much about keeping their vaccinations current and having an annual flu shot we could get something productive done.

 
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If it turns out the passenger has Ebola, do they round up the other 255 passengers? I'm guessing several had connecting to flights to other destinations.

 
Have the nut-jobs come to their senses yet or do you guys still think we're going to be living in a Walking Dead episode next week?

Still cracking up at the dude who said the janitor MOST LIKELY has Ebola now because he was spraying 4 day old vomit with a hose from 5 feet away. :lmao: :lmao:

 
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic State’s growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:




the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors


The statement from ISIS also said:




the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.






 
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic States growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:



the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:


the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
I think that idea was stolen from a Glenn Beck fever nightmare.

 
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic States growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:

the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:
the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
I think that idea was stolen from a Glenn Beck fever nightmare.
Pretty sure Glen Beck stole the idea from me in one of these threads...

 
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic States growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:

the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:
the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
I think that idea was stolen from a Glenn Beck fever nightmare.
Pretty sure Glen Beck stole the idea from me in one of these threads...
jon stewart has a pretty good bit that the GOP wants to save you from ISIS and Ebola, but not heart disease or guns or climate change.

"America is under attack from Ebola and militants and porous borders. And the number of deaths from those can be counted on two Simpson hands"

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ysfr9u/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-u-s-

 
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Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic States growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:

the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:
the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
I think that idea was stolen from a Glenn Beck fever nightmare.
Pretty sure Glen Beck stole the idea from me in one of these threads...
jon stewart has a pretty good bit that the GOP wants to save you from ISIS and Ebola, but not heart disease or guns or climate change.

"America is under attack from Ebola and militants and porous borders. And the number of deaths from those can be counted on two Simpson hands"

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/ysfr9u/a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-u-s-
Jon is the bomb

 
If people worried half this much about keeping their vaccinations current and having an annual flu shot we could get something productive done.
Wut? I get a flu shot every year. Haven't noticed it making me more productive or less fearful of ebola a few hours down the road from me.

 
Ebola patient transferred to Emory University for treatment.

A patient who was infected with the virus in Africa is expected to be treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta within several days, the university said in a statement Thursday. The patient, his or her identity undisclosed, will be treated at a special containment unit set up in collaboration with the CDC to treat people exposed to serious infectious diseases.
You know, the same CDC that had a containment breach earlier this year.

We're safe. <_<
Just coming in to post this... I'd imagine a lot of Atlanta residents are not happy about this.
Again Ebola is not suited to cause an epidemic in a first world country. We won't be sending these guys to a church to pray it away. Simple precautions prevent the spread. As long as you know what you are dealing with basic medical protocols are pretty much enough as long as they are observed. And again it takes exchange of bodily fluids to infect. If you aren't making out with, getting bled on or having sex with the patient you are good.
Ever get sneezed on ?

 
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic State’s growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:


the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:



the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
I said these cockroaches would entertain this idea months ago. We need to beat them to it by capturing some ISIS losers, inject them with ebola and drop them in their nest.

 
Haha jokes on ISIS. Ebola is a virus not bacteria!
This us actually a pretty good point as the only hosts known are humans and fruit bats. I suppose you could collect up a bunch of blood and put it into some drinking fountains or food, but it probably wouldn't with in the water supply as the viruses can't multiply outside the hosts.
 
Haha jokes on ISIS. Ebola is a virus not bacteria!
This us actually a pretty good point as the only hosts known are humans and fruit bats. I suppose you could collect up a bunch of blood and put it into some drinking fountains or food, but it probably wouldn't with in the water supply as the viruses can't multiply outside the hosts.
Hey ISIS:

During the 2001-2002 Ebola outbreak in Gabon, the CDC conducted a study and published an article entitled,“Ebola Virus Antibody Prevalence in Dogs and Human Risk”. They observed that several dogs were highly exposed to Ebola virus by eating infected dead animals. To examine whether the dogs became infected with Ebola virus, they samples 439 dogs from epidemic areas in Africa and a control area in France and screened them for the virus. Not surprisingly, many of the dogs from the virus-epidemic area screened positive for Ebola.

What’s surprising about dogs, though, is that they do not appear to be affected by the Ebola virus. Dogs do not get sick or die from Ebola infections.

We also wondered, can humans contract Ebola from dogs? From the CDC study, it appears that they can:

Although dogs can be asymptomatically infected, they may excrete infectious viral particles in urine, feces, and saliva for a short period before virus clearance, as observed experimentally in other animals. Given the frequency of contact between humans and domestic dogs, canine Ebola infection must be considered as a potential risk factor for human infection and virus spread. Human infection could occur through licking, biting, or grooming. Asymptomatically infected dogs could be a potential source of human Ebola outbreaks and of virus spread during human outbreaks, which could explain some epidemiologically unrelated human cases. Dogs might also be a source of human Ebola outbreaks.
 
A volunteer provided a place for the Dallas family. Does this mean there is no federal, state or city facility to quarantine people?

 
Haha jokes on ISIS. Ebola is a virus not bacteria!
This us actually a pretty good point as the only hosts known are humans and fruit bats. I suppose you could collect up a bunch of blood and put it into some drinking fountains or food, but it probably wouldn't with in the water supply as the viruses can't multiply outside the hosts.
To be fair, it's likely that less than 1% of ISIS are aware that the world isn't flat soooooo....

 
BustedKnuckles said:
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic State’s growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:


the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:



the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
Nuke 'em then. Erase the threat.

 
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BustedKnuckles said:
Allegedly, ISIS will try to send Muslims infected with Ebola into America to infect and kill Americans. ISIS threatened the United States, and its allies to spread the Ebola virus, within those states, if they continue to wage war on the Islamic State’s growing caliphate inside Syria and Iraq.

The statement from ISIS said that:


the process of spreading disease is not difficult, it is easily transported in a bottle in your bag and take them from Africa to America and open in a air-conditioning duct or put it in the public drinking water by elevator doors
The statement from ISIS also said:



the process of cultivating bacteria can be done by any student in the Faculty of Science or Department of Biology. They do not need complex laboratories and even a makeshift laboratory can be made in a small apartment in which we can farm millions of germs and viruses.
Nuke 'em then. Erase the threat.
you'll need tiny, little, baby nukes to get Ebola

 

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