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« on: October 08, 2014, 05:04:02 PM »
« edited: October 08, 2014, 07:47:39 PM by Beet »

I'm creating a US domestic version of the thread here, since some people will probably be mostly interested in US domestic cases.

Summary: Since the beginning of the West Africa Ebola outbreak, authorities have frequently admitted that Ebola could spread to the United States via commercial carrier. However, due to the difficulty of contracting the disease (despite it being a BSL-4 agent) which was gleaned from 38 years of experience with the Ebola virus from 1976 to 2014, it was not generally perceived to be a threat in developed countries where contact tracing techniques may be carried out. At the time of the creation of this thread, god willing, that remains to be true. However, it may be worthwhile to compile a general thread of cases of Ebola in the United States. Today marks the first day someone has ever died of Ebola in the United States.

Note: In the past three months we have seen numerous reports of suspected Ebola cases at various locales; while it is dramatic if it is being reported in your hometown, the chances of these reports testing positive for Ebola are low. Medical professionals are correctly doing their job by isolating even low probability cases. However, be aware that if a person has merely traveled generally to West Africa (for example, "Nigeria", where Ebola is not currently widespread) and is only manifesting generalized symptoms, such as fever or stomach pain, the person most likely does not have Ebola and more likely has malaria. The biggest predictor of whether a person has had Ebola or not is whether they have come into contact directly with another Ebola patient. So to avoid backlash against "scaremongering", please be conservative in posting news reports about unconfirmed Ebola cases in your hometown.

A couple of other developments in the past couple of days have indicated the need for heightened vigilance in developed countries, and frankly, tipped the scales for me to start this thread. First of all, the fact that a nurse in Spain who was caring for a man flown into the country for treatment became infected with Ebola suggests that developed countries, such as Spain, cannot yet adequately protect their health workers even with a patient who was known from even before he entered the country. Second of all, there has recently been a report that a deputy in Dallas, who was ordered into the home of an Ebola patient to deliver a legal document, and who did not have protective fear, may has recently been admitted to the hospital on suspicion of Ebola. The police officer only spent a few minutes inside the apartment. His symptoms are quite severe; according to one account I have seen, he was "slumped over, moving slow, weak and holding stomach". [Edit: However, most likely he does not have Ebola.]

Nonetheless, however his case turns out, let's compile anything interesting we come across and might want to discuss here.

Could take 48 hours to confirm if deputy has Ebola
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2014, 01:53:35 AM »

I seriously doubt we need a US specific thread unless we get an epidemic of transmissions here.
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2014, 03:53:52 AM »

EVERYBODY PANIC
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2014, 08:27:34 AM »

Yawn...
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2014, 03:34:36 PM »


AAAAAAAAAAAH!  He's yawning!    Maybe he's got it!!  Dead memphis walking!!!
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2014, 04:19:26 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2014, 04:21:40 PM »

RIP Humanity Sad
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2014, 04:27:12 PM »

https://twitter.com/SciencePorn/status/520060112132534272
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« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2014, 05:26:50 PM »


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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2014, 05:31:58 PM »

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« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2014, 05:32:21 PM »
« Edited: October 09, 2014, 05:59:24 PM by Beet »

Wow. You guys are really mean. : (
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« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2014, 06:25:22 PM »

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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2014, 08:40:05 PM »

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/what-is-ebola?intcid=mod-most-popular
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2014, 10:09:06 PM »

Another Ebola thread? Why stop here? Why not make a thread on the 2016 board? You could call it "Hillary vs Ebola".

Or how about one on the FC board? "Will BushOklahoma catch Ebola today?"
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« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2014, 10:37:34 PM »

Ebola has become a serious political issue, you know. Republicans are trying to shut the border down over this.
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« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2014, 11:08:51 PM »

Ebola has become a serious political issue, you know. Republicans are trying to shut the border down over this.

They were already trying to shut it down anyway.
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« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2014, 11:48:51 PM »

Another Ebola thread? Why stop here? Why not make a thread on the 2016 board? You could call it "Hillary vs Ebola".

Or how about one on the FC board? "Will BushOklahoma catch Ebola today?"



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« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2014, 04:29:54 PM »

A nurse who attended Duncan after the second visit has been confirmed to have Ebola.

Who's taking bets on whether this outbreak has the potential of becoming Obama's Hurricane Katrina?
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2014, 04:39:47 PM »

A nurse who attended Duncan after the second visit has been confirmed to have Ebola.

Who's taking bets on whether this outbreak has the potential of becoming Obama's Hurricane Katrina?

No one sane, unless someone show an incompetence beyond imagination or active try to spread the virus.

Ebola are simply so fast working, that it's incredible that it haven't burned out already, and I can't see it really spread very well in the west or anywhere with a functional state.
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« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2014, 05:22:46 PM »

A nurse who attended Duncan after the second visit has been confirmed to have Ebola.

Who's taking bets on whether this outbreak has the potential of becoming Obama's Hurricane Katrina?
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« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2014, 04:39:58 PM »

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« Reply #21 on: October 15, 2014, 07:30:16 AM »

Given what's happened at Dallas Presbyterian, I think there's cause for some concern.  If the health care providers are being given inadequate protective clothing and medical directions about how to treat infected patients as happened there, it can become a problem here--not an epidemic maybe, but a problem.
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« Reply #22 on: October 15, 2014, 12:07:48 PM »

Second Dallas Hospital employee(?) has tested positive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-outbreak-texas.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&assetType=nyt_now
On the bright side, the initial 48 people being monitored will be clear on Sunday, and none of them have gotten sick yet.
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« Reply #23 on: October 15, 2014, 02:31:17 PM »

Second Dallas Hospital employee(?) has tested positive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-outbreak-texas.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&assetType=nyt_now
On the bright side, the initial 48 people being monitored will be clear on Sunday, and none of them have gotten sick yet.

The bigger story here is that the person was on the monitor list and traveled to and from OH. The CDC protocol is supposed to restrict people who are being watched from traveling in "uncontrolled" transport, such as a commercial airliner.
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« Reply #24 on: October 15, 2014, 02:42:01 PM »

Second Dallas Hospital employee(?) has tested positive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/us/ebola-outbreak-texas.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSum&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&assetType=nyt_now
On the bright side, the initial 48 people being monitored will be clear on Sunday, and none of them have gotten sick yet.

The bigger story here is that the person was on the monitor list and traveled to and from OH. The CDC protocol is supposed to restrict people who are being watched from traveling in "uncontrolled" transport, such as a commercial airliner.

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