Ebola (2 Viewers)

[Hot Diggity Dog]

This person contracted it even though he/she was wearing full protective gear?

No. I'm pretty sure the only way to contact it is to slice into an infected person's carotid artery with a rusty pocket knife, chug at least a full pint of their blood straight from the artery, then chase it with a quart of the infected person's vomit while a 2nd infected person sneezes in your face at least 5 times within 60 seconds.

No idea how healthcare workers keep contracting a disease that's virtually impossible to contract though.

Maybe it is just the vampires that are catching it?

 

[ntz08]

I thought you meant that the post - "So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world...." was an ignorant perspective. Racist & xenophobic as well, apparently. Since I'm not well versed in what African nations DO have to offer, I'd thought maybe you could enlighten me...and others here as well. Some people probably think that Africa is a 3rd world continent, aside from Egypt & S. Africa perhaps.

Let me get this straight...aside from Egypt and S. Africa, the rest of the continent is 3rd world area that has little to offer the rest of the globe except for infectious diseases?

Congrats, you're perspective is even more ignorant than his.

 

[Psychopav]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

 

[cstu]

This person contracted it even though he/she was wearing full protective gear?

No. I'm pretty sure the only way to contact it is to slice into an infected person's carotid artery with a rusty pocket knife, chug at least a full pint of their blood straight from the artery, then chase it with a quart of the infected person's vomit while a 2nd infected person sneezes in your face at least 5 times within 60 seconds.

No idea how healthcare workers keep contracting a disease that's virtually impossible to contract though.

Stay away from people with ebola and you won't get it. You start touching their bodily fluids of someone who has it then you are at serious risk.

 

[Sinn Fein]

The outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in West Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the most serious HIV and AIDS epidemic in the world. In 2012, roughly 25 million people were living with HIV, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the global total. In the same year, there were an estimated 1.6 million new HIV infections and 1.2 million AIDS-related deaths. 1 - See more at: http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-sub-saharan-africa.htm#sthash.mrhUPy3E.dpuf

More people die in Africa from AIDS in two days than the total number of people who have died from ebola.

So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world....

this is a phenomenally ignorant perspective. well done

So what's the correct answer?

i responded to the idiotic view that the "African Nations" only have aids and ebola to contribute to the world. was there a legitimate question in that incredibly ignorant, racist, xenophobic statement that I missed?

I thought you meant that the post - "So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world...." was an ignorant perspective. Racist & xenophobic as well, apparently. Since I'm not well versed in what African nations DO have to offer, I'd thought maybe you could enlighten me...and others here as well. Some people probably think that Africa is a 3rd world continent, aside from Egypt & S. Africa perhaps.

Well there are blood diamonds, and where would the civil rights movement be if not for african immigrants to the US in the early 1800s. Also pretty sure Africa keeps arms dealers in business, and with the whole trickle down theory, I'm sure that's enough to support several economies. Then you have cottage industries like missionary work, where dogooders have a target audience to spread their religious beliefs, and what would celebrities do, if not work tirelessly to feed Africans?

 

[Fennis]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

 

[Fennis]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

 

[jamny]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Perhaps they should rethink procedures on this thing and stop handling it like the flu.

The standard gown, gloves, mask, and shield that this nurse was wearing is obviously not going to cut it.

She was NOT in a full suit.

But it doesn't contract as easily as the flu. You have to download the Ebola app onto your iPhone and agree to the terms of service to catch it.

Apparently Thomas E Duncan's nurse downloaded this app.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/us/texas-health-worker-tests-positive-for-ebola.html

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

Kent Brantly donated convalescent blood to Dr Sacra and NBC Cameraman Mukpo, but did not have a match with Duncan. I was wondering about the blood types of these four people.We need to line up a army of O negative donors ASAP.... Obama is working on this to save us.

 

[Fennis]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

Kent Brantly donated convalescent blood to Dr Sacra and NBC Cameraman Mukpo, but did not have a match with Duncan. I was wondering about the blood types of these four people.We need to line up a army of O negative donors ASAP.... Obama is working on this to save us.

what are you worried is going to happen?

 

[cstu]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

Kent Brantly donated convalescent blood to Dr Sacra and NBC Cameraman Mukpo, but did not have a match with Duncan. I was wondering about the blood types of these four people.We need to line up a army of O negative donors ASAP.... Obama is working on this to save us.

That reminds me - Convalescent Blood is opening up for Type O Negative on their summer tour.

 

[Fennis]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

[SIZE=9.5pt]medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it. [/SIZE]

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

Kent Brantly donated convalescent blood to Dr Sacra and NBC Cameraman Mukpo, but did not have a match with Duncan. I was wondering about the blood types of these four people.We need to line up a army of O negative donors ASAP.... Obama is working on this to save us.

That reminds me - Convalescent Blood is opening up for Type O Negative on their summer tour.

That is my blood type - universal donor but can only accept blood from another O negative.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it.

They will be as dependable as the first guy who catches it. This is not high a paying job and it will take a lot more for most people to risk their own lives for others.

 

[Psychopav]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

 

[Fennis]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it.

They will be as dependable as the first guy who catches it. This is not high a paying job and it will take a lot more for most people to risk their own lives for others.

infectious units deal with deadly infectious diseases every single day.

 

[Fennis]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

you’re worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Bad news for Sierra Leone - there have been three Donald Sutherland sightings in the last week.

 

[cstu]

Bad news for Sierra Leone - there have been three Donald Sutherland sightings in the last week.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it.

They will be as dependable as the first guy who catches it. This is not high a paying job and it will take a lot more for most people to risk their own lives for others.

infectious units deal with deadly infectious diseases every single day.

K. We're good on the screening http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-screenings-begin-at-jfk-airport-1413036019

 

[Parrothead]

how many confirmed cases will we have in the US by Halloween?

I say 8.

6 more to go..

 

[Fennis]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it.

They will be as dependable as the first guy who catches it. This is not high a paying job and it will take a lot more for most people to risk their own lives for others.

infectious units deal with deadly infectious diseases every single day.

K. We're good on the screening http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-screenings-begin-at-jfk-airport-1413036019

oh I thought you were commenting on medial professionals.

The screenings are fine. They are a layer of mitigation.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Thanks Duncan.

And his family has the temerity to complain... a complete pack of idiots... I suppose this was inevitable but he will be the face of ignominy associated with this stateside... what a legacy depending on which way this turns.

the hospital sent him home after his temp spilked to 103 degrees after he told he was here from Africa. We should all be complaining, especially his family.

I like how medical professionals can't get it right and we are now depending on airport personnel to stop it.

medical professionals will do better. We aren’t depending on airport personnel to stop it, we are depending on them to screen for it.

They will be as dependable as the first guy who catches it. This is not high a paying job and it will take a lot more for most people to risk their own lives for others.

infectious units deal with deadly infectious diseases every single day.

K. We're good on the screening http://online.wsj.com/articles/ebola-screenings-begin-at-jfk-airport-1413036019

oh I thought you were commenting on medial professionals.

The screenings are fine. They are a layer of mitigation.

Now I'm confused.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

I have another question.

Duncan did not have health insurance but got the "best hospital care". Will the same apply to anyone who gets infected with Ebola?

 

[Rohn Jambo]

The outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in West Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the most serious HIV and AIDS epidemic in the world. In 2012, roughly 25 million people were living with HIV, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the global total. In the same year, there were an estimated 1.6 million new HIV infections and 1.2 million AIDS-related deaths. 1 - See more at: http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-sub-saharan-africa.htm#sthash.mrhUPy3E.dpuf

More people die in Africa from AIDS in two days than the total number of people who have died from ebola.

So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world....

this is a phenomenally ignorant perspective. well done

So what's the correct answer?

i responded to the idiotic view that the "African Nations" only have aids and ebola to contribute to the world. was there a legitimate question in that incredibly ignorant, racist, xenophobic statement that I missed?

I thought you meant that the post - "So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world...." was an ignorant perspective. Racist & xenophobic as well, apparently. Since I'm not well versed in what African nations DO have to offer, I'd thought maybe you could enlighten me...and others here as well. Some people probably think that Africa is a 3rd world continent, aside from Egypt & S. Africa perhaps.

Well there are blood diamonds, and where would the civil rights movement be if not for african immigrants to the US in the early 1800s. Also pretty sure Africa keeps arms dealers in business, and with the whole trickle down theory, I'm sure that's enough to support several economies. Then you have cottage industries like missionary work, where dogooders have a target audience to spread their religious beliefs, and what would celebrities do, if not work tirelessly to feed Africans?

Okay, I found the correct answer:http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitter-sweets-could-ebola-affect-global-chocolate-supplies/

 

[Guest]

Quarantine for the family would end on the 19th. Find it hard to fathom that a nurse in protective gear would get it, and no one in the family will come down with it. I can only imagine how stressful it must be to be one of those people looking at the clock and knowing that you're out of the woods in a week, but - do I feel a little warm? Man.

 

[HellToupee]

BRAINTREE (CBS) – Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree is reportedly being evacuated on Sunday afternoon as doctors assess a possible case of Ebola.

Braintree fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 that the hospital is being evacuated after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

A man who recently traveled to West Africa is being isolated outside the hospital, fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio.

Terrific

 

[HellToupee]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

you’re worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

Everything is hunky dory

 

[Psychopav]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

cracks me up that people are being so cavalier about this...its that attitude that would be our undoing if everyone felt that way

 

[Sinn Fein]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

cracks me up that people are being so cavalier about this...its that attitude that would be our undoing if everyone felt that way

There are far more dangerous things in our country that are getting less attention - on a per death basis.

 

[Tom Skerritt]

Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas has closed its ER.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Quarantine for the family would end on the 19th. Find it hard to fathom that a nurse in protective gear would get it, and no one in the family will come down with it. I can only imagine how stressful it must be to be one of those people looking at the clock and knowing that you're out of the woods in a week, but - do I feel a little warm? Man.

It's a game of Ebola Roulette.

 

[TxBuckeye]

Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas has closed its ER.

They obviously haven't seen this thread or they'd understand how badly they are over-reacting.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

BRAINTREE (CBS) Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree is reportedly being evacuated on Sunday afternoon as doctors assess a possible case of Ebola.

Braintree fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 that the hospital is being evacuated after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

A man who recently traveled to West Africa is being isolated outside the hospital, fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio.

Terrific

That is a HMO clinic. You can bet they do not have a hazmat suit on site.http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/12/man-with-ebola-like-symptoms-isolated-at-braintree-hospital/

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas has closed its ER.

They obviously haven't seen this thread or they'd understand how badly they are over-reacting.

Obviously someone in Spain read this thread because they put down the dog. Poor Excalibur, forgive me.http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=709624&p=17185575

The folks in Texas said the Duncan family pets "do not look sick". I don't think they have heard of Typhoid Mary.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

cracks me up that people are being so cavalier about this...its that attitude that would be our undoing if everyone felt that way

There are far more dangerous things in our country that are getting less attention - on a per death basis.

thats the spirit

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Did the Dallas nurse have contact with Thomas Duncan during his first visit (before they knew he had ebola) or his return visit? Or both?

 

[HellToupee]

BRAINTREE (CBS) Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree is reportedly being evacuated on Sunday afternoon as doctors assess a possible case of Ebola.

Braintree fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 that the hospital is being evacuated after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

A man who recently traveled to West Africa is being isolated outside the hospital, fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio.

Terrific

That is a HMO clinic. You can bet they do not have a hazmat suit on site.http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/12/man-with-ebola-like-symptoms-isolated-at-braintree-hospital/

A man who turned up at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates urgent-care offices in Braintree this afternoon complaining of a headache and other Ebola-like systems has been quarantined as a precaution, according to the Braintree Fire Department.

Firefighter Joe Zanca said the man was isolated “based on his travel history.”

Zanca said the patient showed up at the Grossman Drive facility shortly after 1:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and the patient was isolated at the scene.

A Brewster ambulance left with the patient just before 4 p.m., with a police escort. The ambulance driver was wearing a hazmat suit and a facemask. The convoy’s destination could not be immediately confirmed. A second person was later brought out on a stratcher in a hazmat suit and placed in a second ambulance.

Bystander Susan Marini of Quincy said her husband Lareto — who is not the suspected Ebola case — came to Harvard Vanguard seeking treatment of a sore throat shortly before the emergency response began, and then was told he couldn’t leave.

“They just told him this is going to be a long process, be prepared, you might stay overnight,” said Marini, who’d run into a nearby Kmart to get him a drink, only to find the clinic swarmed by emergency responders when she returned.

“I was gone about 10 minutes,” Marini said, adding a police officer told her, “There’s an Ebola scare. Nobody can go in. He’s scared, but he’s OK,” she said of her husband.

Department of Public Health spokeswoman Anne Roach, when asked about the Braintree case, told the Herald, “There are no cases of ebola in Massachusetts,” while adding, “DPH is only reporting on confirmed cases.”

Roach said, “DPH has worked closely with area hospitals on possible cases of ebola and they’ve all been quickly ruled out.”

John Monahan of Fox 25 reports that the patient had recently traveled to Liberia, and came to the facility to refill a prescription. He then reportedly returned to his car before clinic staff ran out after him to prevent him from leaving.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Did the Dallas nurse have contact with Thomas Duncan during his first visit (before they knew he had ebola) or his return visit? Or both?

The second visit.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

BRAINTREE (CBS) Harvard Vanguard Medical Center in Braintree is reportedly being evacuated on Sunday afternoon as doctors assess a possible case of Ebola.

Braintree fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 that the hospital is being evacuated after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

A man who recently traveled to West Africa is being isolated outside the hospital, fire officials told WBZ NewsRadio.

Terrific

That is a HMO clinic. You can bet they do not have a hazmat suit on site.http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/12/man-with-ebola-like-symptoms-isolated-at-braintree-hospital/

A man who turned up at the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates urgent-care offices in Braintree this afternoon complaining of a headache and other Ebola-like systems has been quarantined as a precaution, according to the Braintree Fire Department.

Firefighter Joe Zanca said the man was isolated “based on his travel history.”

Zanca said the patient showed up at the Grossman Drive facility shortly after 1:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and the patient was isolated at the scene.

A Brewster ambulance left with the patient just before 4 p.m., with a police escort. The ambulance driver was wearing a hazmat suit and a facemask. The convoy’s destination could not be immediately confirmed. A second person was later brought out on a stratcher in a hazmat suit and placed in a second ambulance.

Bystander Susan Marini of Quincy said her husband Lareto — who is not the suspected Ebola case — came to Harvard Vanguard seeking treatment of a sore throat shortly before the emergency response began, and then was told he couldn’t leave.

“They just told him this is going to be a long process, be prepared, you might stay overnight,” said Marini, who’d run into a nearby Kmart to get him a drink, only to find the clinic swarmed by emergency responders when she returned.

“I was gone about 10 minutes,” Marini said, adding a police officer told her, “There’s an Ebola scare. Nobody can go in. He’s scared, but he’s OK,” she said of her husband.

Department of Public Health spokeswoman Anne Roach, when asked about the Braintree case, told the Herald, “There are no cases of ebola in Massachusetts,” while adding, “DPH is only reporting on confirmed cases.”

Roach said, “DPH has worked closely with area hospitals on possible cases of ebola and they’ve all been quickly ruled out.”

John Monahan of Fox 25 reports that the patient had recently traveled to Liberia, and came to the facility to refill a prescription. He then reportedly returned to his car before clinic staff ran out after him to prevent him from leaving.

Boston University has a new $200 million Biosaftety Level 4 Lab, but I am not sure if it is for research only or can accommodate a few patients.http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/27/boston-university-biohazard-lab-classic-white-elephant-should-stay-that-way/JJjpKtpLe5N7GHjSGKLXML/story.html

 

[Rohn Jambo]

You have seen how Boston dealt with terrorists. We will take the same approach with Ebola.

No bozos like this:

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Dallas-County-Judge-Jenkins-Not-Ebola-Risk-Health-Officials-278461321.html

 

[Sinn Fein]

So Boston is overreacting again? Typical. Maybe they will shut down the city for a house-to-house search again. That was fun to watch.

 

[Rohn Jambo]

Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas has closed its ER.

They obviously haven't seen this thread or they'd understand how badly they are over-reacting.

Obviously someone in Spain read this thread because they put down the dog. Poor Excalibur, forgive me.http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=709624&p=17185575The folks in Texas said the Duncan family pets "do not look sick". I don't think they have heard of Typhoid Mary.

Joking aside, I would feel better if the CDC looks into asymptomatic carriers of Ebola. I remember reading about the study done in Gabon. This is not really that far fetched and may be a game changer.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/10/new-york-times-may-carry-ebola-without-showing-symptoms.html

 

[T Bell]

The outbreak has killed more than 3,860 people, mainly in West Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa has the most serious HIV and AIDS epidemic in the world. In 2012, roughly 25 million people were living with HIV, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the global total. In the same year, there were an estimated 1.6 million new HIV infections and 1.2 million AIDS-related deaths. 1 - See more at: http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-sub-saharan-africa.htm#sthash.mrhUPy3E.dpuf

More people die in Africa from AIDS in two days than the total number of people who have died from ebola.

So this is what the African Nations have to offer the rest of the world....

this is a phenomenally ignorant perspective. well done

So what's the correct answer?

Wayne Brady?

 

[Jim11]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

How is it the USA's fault that W. Africa is "in the position that it is currently in"? You think we can take care of all 7 billion on the planet?

 

[HellToupee]

So Boston is overreacting again? Typical. Maybe they will shut down the city for a house-to-house search again. That was fun to watch.

hope they are overreacting because the first responders from the Braintree FD weren't wearing protective gear

 

[Parrothead]

don't worry- we got this

 

[shader]

http://fusion.net/video/20107/dr-aileen-marty-tells-fusion-what-she-saw-fighting-ebola-in-nigeria/

Apparently if they're coming into the country somewhere other than the 5 airports where screening has been arranged, even doctors who have been working on ebola in the hot zone countries are free to waltz right in without so much as answering a question.

But it's ok, we got this. Amurica YEAH!

what are you worried is going to happen?

Probably the same thing that the people who set up screening at 5 international airports are worried about. That someone else will needlessly catch this disease which is fatal 70% of the time when we could have prevented it.

youre worried a single person will die from a disease brought in from outside this country. You should consider resetting your expectations. That boat sailed sometime in the 1700s.

I know you're feeling awful. Smug and superior, but yes if we have a communicable disease with a 70% fatality rate, I may be old fashioned but I do think we should take every precaution, particularly when we've failed so far to give it the respect it deserves both here and in the hot zone countries. Maybe if we had thrown some resources at this instead of being so smug, West Africa wouldn't be in the position that it is currently in.

cracks me up that people are being so cavalier about this...its that attitude that would be our undoing if everyone felt that way

There are far more dangerous things in our country that are getting less attention - on a per death basis.

The attention it's getting is what will keep it from killing tens of millions in this and other countries.