Ebola in TX

[ArcadiaGP]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-patient-thomas-duncan-may-have-spread-virus-nih-expert-says/

 

[ArcadiaGP]

As Ebola patient in Texas fights for his life, his family copes with stigma and isolation - The Washington Post

Please don't stigmatize & isolate possible blood-vomiting plague zombies.

 

[Expat]

As Ebola patient in Texas fights for his life, his family copes with stigma and isolation - The Washington Post

Please don't stigmatize & isolate possible blood-vomiting plague zombies.

Well that would be judging and we can't do that... how do you know why they are vomiting blood... it could be a diet program or something.

And what if one ethnic group, sexual preference, race, etc. would be more susceptible? That would make this bigoted.

 

[bradmedic04]

Vomiting blood is the new Atkins.

 

[Thor]

Vomiting blood is the new Atkins.

I can't wait for the new books to come out....

Lose 50lbs in 50 days!

I watched some government loon on Fox News Sunday yesterday. He was talking about all the steps they were taking to get those who are contagious to not fly out of Liberia...completely ignoring those already infected and carrying the virus except for those who volunteer the information.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Spanish nurse who treated Ebola victim in Madrid tests positive in initial tests for virus; authorities awaiting further results

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I watched some government loon on Fox News Sunday yesterday. He was talking about all the steps they were taking to get those who are contagious to not fly out of Liberia...completely ignoring those already infected and carrying the virus except for those who volunteer the information.

My favorite was that part of the screening process for travel out of Africa involves filling out a questionnaire:

1. Have you recently visited a locale where ebola is occurring?
2. Have you recently had close physical contact with a person who had ebola?
3. Are you currently bleeding from your eyes?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

CDC director: Health authorities learning from 'glitches' of Dallas Ebola case ? The Lead with Jake Tapper - CNN.com Blogs

 

[Thor]

I just saw the pick of them 'cleaning up' the sidewalk where apparently this guy puked his ebola out...with a steam cleaner, spraying it all over...with no protective gear. What could go wrong?

 

[Vigilant]

I just saw the pick of them 'cleaning up' the sidewalk where apparently this guy puked his ebola out...with a steam cleaner, spraying it all over...with no protective gear. What could go wrong?

Meh, probably can't get it that way, maybe, I think, well...

 

[pudly]

Meh, probably can't get it that way, maybe, I think, well...

Don't worry. The government has top men on the job. Top men.

 

[hd96heritage]

Somewhere in Senegal, there's a hospital staff shaking their heads, referring to the CDC as the JV team.

ha!!

 

[Expat]

Some Ebola experts worry virus may spread more easily than assumed - LA Times

huh, who could have seen this coming...

 

[hd96heritage]

it really just seems to me that there is still a lot more that is not known about this virus than 100% known. i wish the media and white house would just come out and say that in conjunction with tips to try to not contract it. i also think travel restrictions would be a no brainer from countries with infection. if you're in the affected country and want to come to usa, fine, but sit in quarantine for 10 (or whatever) day to make sure you don't have the virus before you hop on a plane and bring it here. that guy carried a sick pregnant woman to a taxi and contracted it that way. government says to trust them that they have this under control, well i really really hope they do but i still don't believe it

 

[cobber]

Some Ebola experts worry virus may spread more easily than assumed - LA Times

huh, who could have seen this coming...

And locally: Purdue researcher: Ebola virus could spread by air

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So when's a realistic time to lock up and stay home for a while? When it's in our state? City?

 

[T.Lex]

So when's a realistic time to lock up and stay home for a while? When it's in our state? City?

City, IMHO.

If Indy gets an outbreak, I think it will mean that it has spread to a bunch of other cities first. Of course, I would not have predicted Dallas as the location of the initial outbreak, either.

Realistically, though, I think we'll get this one confined. I think.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Ebola, step aside, it's time for Marburg UP IN THIS *****:

8 people develop Ebola-like Marburg disease in Uganda -

"Mother" Nature: kicking Man in his fragile little teeth since his inception upon the planet.

 

[T.Lex]

Oh snap.