Ebola case now confirmed in Dallas

[Cdnwolf]

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/healt...tion/16460629/

[Cdnwolf]

America’s first Ebola patient was around school-aged children before he was put into quarantine at Dallas hospital, officials said.

Health officials said five kids were in contact with the patient over the weekend — after he was discharged from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Friday because doctors failed to ask about his travel history,*sources told CNN.

The kids went to school earlier this week before the man diagnosed and isolated Tuesday, marking the first Ebola case diagnosed on U.S. soil.

[stormlion1]

apparently when they came to pick him up he was outside puking his guts up all over the sidewalk. I wonder if they just sprayed it into the gutter and walked away?

[mikeo80]

Now there is a possible case in Washington DC.

I have one very stupid question....

Why the F*** are we allowing anyone from that part of the world to enter the US?

The watch towers are manned, scouts are patrolling, The draw bridge is still down...for now. The moat monster is still in its' cage....for now.

My $0.02

Mike

[Cdnwolf]

How the government thinks.

[stormlion1]

Its very hard to actually restrict air travel from anywhere. Liberia is especially hard due to its ties to the US. And even if they did, something as simple as going to another country and getting on a airplane is all that's needed for it to spread. You would have to quarantine the entire African continent, no one in or out and everybody would have to do it to stop its spread. I don't see that happening anytime soon as the bleeding hearts bring people in, complain when they can't get in, and send people over to help them the let the infected helpers return to the US for treatment.

Proper response is anyone from that part of the world to be flown to a safe location and quarantined for a month like they were passing through Immigration from back in the day. An Island is best, someplace if it gets out can be firebombed and ignored afterwords.

[Cdnwolf]

Possible one in Brooklyn now. Slowly getting my survival gear updated. Looking at my country I predict Toronto will have the first case in Canada.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz3FqcgSyqL

[Cdnwolf]

Ahh the good old USA.

[kato13]

Second healthcare worker at the Dallas hospital tests positive.

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire...a13e1a4a14c60e

Once you have the second of something the assumption that the first was a fluke goes out the window.

The one positive that can be wrought from this is it is still in the realm of people in contact with someone with full blown symptoms when bodily fluids have their highest virus loads.

[Cdnwolf]

Originally Posted by kato13

Second healthcare worker at the Dallas hospital tests positive.

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire...a13e1a4a14c60e

Once you have the second of something the assumption that the first was a fluke goes out the window.

The one positive that can be wrought from this is it is still in the realm of people in contact with someone with full blown symptoms when bodily fluids have their highest virus loads.

Patient left in open area

In a conference call late Tuesday, the nation's largest nurses' union described how the patient, Duncan, was left in an open area of the emergency room for hours. National Nurses United, citing unnamed nurses, said staff treated Duncan for days without the correct protective gear, that hazardous waste was allowed to pile up to the ceiling and safety protocols constantly changed.

RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of Nurses United, refused to say how many nurses made the statement about Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, but insisted they were in a position to know what happened.

A total of 76 people at the hospital might have been exposed to Duncan, and all of them are being monitored for fever and other symptoms daily, Frieden said. Nurse Nina Pham contracted the virus while caring for Duncan. Health officials are monitoring 48 others who had some contact with Duncan before he was admitted the hospital where he died. The Associated Press reported Monday that Pham was among about 70 hospital staffers who were involved in Duncan's care after he was hospitalized, based on medical records provided by his family.

From a CBC report.

[Cdnwolf]

The second health care worker to test positive for*Ebola*in Dallas traveled by air the day before*presenting symptoms and being isolated, the CDC announced Wednesday.

[stormlion1]

So possible contamination in a airplane seat, anywhere that nurse touched in the airplane, two full airports full of people, and wherever they traveled before and after. Yup, possible epidemic in the making. Time to stop fist bumping people without gloves on.

[Targan]

Still no cause for general panic. I regard the likelihood of a full-blown Ebola epidemic occurring in a country with first-world healthcare as miniscule. I think you could have a lot of damage from unchecked public panic though.