First US case of Ebola

[Deborah K]

Yes, I have.

You flew 10 days ago? You think you should go get tested just to rule it out? I boost my immune system and rarely get sick, last time was almost 2 years ago (with exception of allergy stuff). But, if you've been doing that and are still really sick, then go get checked, AF.

[tangent4ronpaul]

APNewsBreak: Official being monitored for Ebola
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...onitored-ebola

Dallas County's top public health epidemiologist confirmed Thursday that she spent time at Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan's beside and that she is among those potentially exposed to the virus.

Dr. Wendy Chung has remained on the front lines of the government's response to the outbreak since Duncan's diagnosis, working alongside federal, state and local health authorities as she undergoes monitoring for any signs of the potentially deadly disease.

"Yes, I have been alongside other physicians and nurses in addressing this patient," said Chung in an email. "I am under the same monitoring protocols which are currently recommended for my clinical colleagues who are in the same exposure category as mine."

Some of the health care workers being monitored are being furloughed, but others have continued to work, depending on the level of their exposure. None are allowed to use public transit.

Until now, public statements have indicated that the only people potentially exposed were Presbyterian hospital workers, nurses and doctors, not public health officials.
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[Carlybee]

I used to use Zicam at the start of a cold. I used the medicated Qtips that you swab your nose with. Can't find them anymore.

I use the chewable things..I've seen it in nose drops. Stuff always helps me..you're right though it needs to be taken in the beginning stages.

[alucard13mm]

I just love how there are two schools of thoughts here...

OMFG we gonna die!

No big deal. Overreacting.

[Carlybee]

I just love how there are two schools of thoughts here...

OMFG we gonna die!

No big deal. Overreacting.

I'd rather err on the side of caution but I sure don't want martial law.

[francisco]

APNewsBreak: Official being monitored for Ebola
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-...onitored-ebola

Dallas County's top public health epidemiologist confirmed Thursday that she spent time at Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan's beside and that she is among those potentially exposed to the virus.

Dr. Wendy Chung has remained on the front lines of the government's response to the outbreak since Duncan's diagnosis, working alongside federal, state and local health authorities as she undergoes monitoring for any signs of the potentially deadly disease.

"Yes, I have been alongside other physicians and nurses in addressing this patient," said Chung in an email. "I am under the same monitoring protocols which are currently recommended for my clinical colleagues who are in the same exposure category as mine."

Some of the health care workers being monitored are being furloughed, but others have continued to work, depending on the level of their exposure. None are allowed to use public transit.

Until now, public statements have indicated that the only people potentially exposed were Presbyterian hospital workers, nurses and doctors, not public health officials.
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Could be a case of Darwin's revenge, soon...

[FloralScent]

I just love how there are two schools of thoughts here...

OMFG we gonna die!

No big deal. Overreacting.

My goofy sister emails or texts me 10 times a day about this $#@!. The only response I've sent, and I've sent it at least 4 times already is, "turn off your TV".

[mad cow]

'Mystery Man' At Ebola Transfer Identified as Protocol Officer

The mystery has been solved concerning the identity of a man wearing street clothes, and not a hazmat suit, while Dallas Ebola patient Amber Vinson was being boarded onto an airplane headed for the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta Wednesday.

The man, wearing slacks, a button-down shirt and sunglasses on the airport tarmac and holding a yellow envelope is a team medical safety coordinator for Phoenix Air, which transported Vinson, reports NBC News.

"His role is to oversee the process of transport including on the tarmac," said Randy Davis, a vice-president for medical transport service Phoenix Air, declining to give the man's name. "Part of our protocol is to have one person not in a bio-hazard suit."

What do they do,cut cards?

[Brian4Liberty]

You flew 10 days ago? You think you should go get tested just to rule it out? I boost my immune system and rarely get sick, last time was almost 2 years ago (with exception of allergy stuff). But, if you've been doing that and are still really sick, then go get checked, AF.

Tested for what?

[Philhelm]

It's not, though. It's not a matter of semantics at all. Airborne and "droplet-borne" are entirely different things.

Yes, I realize that there is a technical difference. Please reread the part of my post in which I clearly state that I don't give a damn. Honestly, I think it's poor judgment to not refer to Ebola as "airborne" in a non-scientific setting since most people (potential victims) aren't going to differentiate between viruses that are truly airborne or that are spread through aerosols (through the air...sometimes). Therefore, to reinforce that it isn't airborne may give people some problematic misconceptions about how the virus is spread, which is why some people have tried to downplay it like it's the next AIDS, when it clearly is not. The best English is that which is best understood by the target audience.

[Philhelm]

It's not helping my mood that I flew ten ago and now am sick as hell...(with a common cold...?)

Have ebola chicken noodle soup and man up.

[RonPaulIsGreat]

Hrmmm, all this takes is one ebola infested drug addict prostitute, and it could wipe out half of our elected officials in an area.

Actually, Seriously (now actually thought about), I bet it would spread rapidly if a drug addict prostitute got it, the drugs would probably keep her going well into the contagious period, and obviously sex, would lead to a very high transmission rate, and well drug addict prostitutes tend to have a lot of customers. 1 drug addict prostitute=100 cases?

Anyway, just thinking of ways this could go exponential.

[Deborah K]

Tested for what?

Ebola. He's apparently worried about it. If I were worried, I'd go get tested to rule it out.

[Philhelm]

Hrmmm, all this takes is one ebola infested drug addict prostitute, and it could wipe out half of our elected officials in an area.

Actually, Seriously (now actually thought about), I bet it would spread rapidly if a drug addict prostitute got it, the drugs would probably keep her going well into the contagious period, and obviously sex, would lead to a very high transmission rate, and well drug addict prostitutes tend to have a lot of customers. 1 drug addict prostitute=100 cases?

Anyway, just thinking of ways this could go exponential.

An infected patient running around a large hospital would probably be just as effective.

[Miss Annie]

I just love how there are two schools of thoughts here...

OMFG we gonna die!

No big deal. Overreacting.

I think some people like to condemn those who have justifiable concern as "overreacting". I personally am a realist. Not a pessimist, not an optimist - but a realist.
We don't need to sugar coat. We don't need to fear monger. We just need to get friggin real about it.

[Deborah K]

An infected patient running around a large hospital would probably be just as effective.

Or throwing up on a plane....

[Anti Federalist]

Ebola. He's apparently worried about it. If I were worried, I'd go get tested to rule it out.

No, not really worried, it's just a head cold, no fever, I just feel lousy.

But you can't help but have it in the back of your mind...

[tangent4ronpaul]

on C-SPAN NOW - us mil response in western Africa

[Suzanimal]

No, not really worried, it's just a head cold, no fever, I just feel lousy.

But you can't help but have it in the back of your mind...

I'm just teasing you AF. Get well soon.

[Philhelm]

on C-SPAN NOW - us mil response in western Africa

Napalm? Flamethrowers?

[Philhelm]

I'm just teasing you AF. Get well soon.

Ecola: a mutated version of E. coli in which the victim hemorrhages diarrhea rather than blood.

[kahless]

Get Dan and Johnny to put AF on the sled and drop him off out in the woods.

[luctor-et-emergo]

Or throwing up on a plane....

TSA will be the first to catch it...

[Deborah K]

Ecola: a mutated version of E. coli in which the victim hemorrhages diarrhea rather than blood.

My Dad had a 10 day hospital stay and almost died from ecoli back during the scare with Jack in the Box, in the 90s. Almost lost him.

[Brian4Liberty]

Ebola. He's apparently worried about it. If I were worried, I'd go get tested to rule it out.

Yeah, no need for that unless he was sitting next to that nurse that was flying around with Ebola. They wouldn't do the test for no reason.

Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) is more of a concern. But he says he has a cold, so no worries there.

[Anti Federalist]

Yeah, no need for that unless he was sitting next to that nurse that was flying around with Ebola. They wouldn't do the test for no reason.

Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) is more of a concern. But he says he has a cold, so no worries there.

I've had no contact with anybody even close to having been to West Africa.

If it was ebola, and it jumped that easily from person to person in an airplane, we're all dead men walking then.

[Deborah K]

Yeah, no need for that unless he was sitting next to that nurse that was flying around with Ebola. They wouldn't do the test for no reason.

Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) is more of a concern. But he says he has a cold, so no worries there.

I agree that the Enterovirus is a bigger concern. I mentioned that very thing somewhere in here. I have 5 grandkids with 3 on the way, so it's on my mind since it's hitting children and killing some, while paralyzing others.

[Carlybee]

Yeah, no need for that unless he was sitting next to that nurse that was flying around with Ebola. They wouldn't do the test for no reason.

Enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) is more of a concern. But he says he has a cold, so no worries there.

I thought it was mostly kids getting enterovirus

[Carlybee]

I've had no contact with anybody even close to having been to West Africa.

If it was ebola, and it jumped that easily from person to person in an airplane, we're all dead men walking then.

If it was Ebola you would be bleeding out by now

[Deborah K]

If it was Ebola you would be bleeding out by now

After 10 days since he was on a plane??