Drastic action needed on Ebola

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FLVOL_79 said:
I thought I might have contracted Ebola after watching Guardians of the Galaxy (awesome movie) in a packed theater but then I realized I had eaten lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Anytime I go back to Knoxville, my friends always wants to eat at that ****ing place.

I tell them: you're raking it a respectable income, you have a sweet grill set-up at the house, and you've lived in this city long enough to know where good food is. Why are you blowing it?
 
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Burhead said:
You may be prepared to let Americans die in a third-world country but I'm not. Their odds of survival are greater here in the states than in some African hospital. I am not all all concerned about an ebola outbreak here in the US and neither should you.
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If you don't want to die in a third world country, don't go to the third world country. Or military doesn't have a choice, these people did.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
If you don't want to die in a third world country, don't go to the third world country. Or military doesn't have a choice, these people did.
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I'll just use the argument people use to justify is fighting Islamist in their countries, I would rather fight the disease in Africa than sit back and let it come here.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
It's going to get worse before it gets better. Hopefully the African people will start acting intelligently and help to stop this outbreak.
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Apparently there is not enough personnel to tell them how to act intelligently and even when they do half the people don't believe Ebola is real.
 
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E-Tizzle said:
It's nearing the point where we pull out all of our people, offer sanctuary to the foreign doctors and dignitaries, and seal off the area allowing natural selection to take its course.
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Must be genetic. Look at Ferguson, MO. Look at a large portion of the US.
 
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Hope those idiots with clubs get Ebola from going into the center to begin with.
 
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Interesting article: US Hospitals Have Had 68 Ebola Scares, CDC Says - ABC News

It says:

"American hospitals and state labs have handled at least 68 Ebola scares over the last three weeks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hospitals in 27 states alerted the CDC of the possible Ebola cases out of an abundance of caution amid the growing outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fifty-eight cases were deemed false alarms after CDC officials spoke with medical professions about patient exposures and symptoms, but blood samples for the remaining 10 were sent to the CDC for testing . . . ."

So, 68 scares, and they performed blood tests on only 10 of those. On the other 58, they asked a few questions and ruled out ebola. Does that strike anyone else as a bit odd? Why not just blood test all of them? It's only 68 tests, doesn't seem to difficult. I've seen other stories where a patient initially tested negative and then came back positive later. Were those so-called "tests" just a series of questions too? I don't get it.
 
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jamesd1628 said:
Interesting article: US Hospitals Have Had 68 Ebola Scares, CDC Says - ABC News

It says:

"American hospitals and state labs have handled at least 68 Ebola scares over the last three weeks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hospitals in 27 states alerted the CDC of the possible Ebola cases out of an abundance of caution amid the growing outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Fifty-eight cases were deemed false alarms after CDC officials spoke with medical professions about patient exposures and symptoms, but blood samples for the remaining 10 were sent to the CDC for testing . . . ."

So, 68 scares, and they performed blood tests on only 10 of those. On the other 58, they asked a few questions and ruled out ebola. Does that strike anyone else as a bit odd? Why not just blood test all of them? It's only 68 tests, doesn't seem to difficult. I've seen other stories where a patient initially tested negative and then came back positive later. Were those so-called "tests" just a series of questions too? I don't get it.
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Because a few questions can rule a disease out. If any of those 58 people had traveled to Africa then they would have been tested. Maybe those people never traveled to Africa. If they didn't then there is no need to blood test them.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Because a few questions can rule a disease out. If any of those 58 people had traveled to Africa then they would have been tested. Maybe those people never traveled to Africa. If they didn't then there is no need to blood test them.
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Seems to me an infected person from Africa could get off a plane from Africa and infect any number of people at the airport or a local restaurant, even if those people had never been out of the country. Seems pretty careless to me.
 
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jamesd1628 said:
Seems to me an infected person from Africa could get off a plane from Africa and infect any number of people at the airport or a local restaurant, even if those people had never been out of the country. Seems pretty careless to me.
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Ebola is not as easily transmitted as you think.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Ebola is not as easily transmitted as you think.
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I hope you're right. It seems that the suspicion is rising quickly that it can be airborne through coughs and sneezes and whatnot.

E.g., see: Ebola virus - Pathogen Safety Data Sheets [from the Public Health Agency of Canada]

"INFECTIOUS DOSE: 1 - 10 aerosolized organisms are sufficient to cause infection in humans

MODE OF TRANSMISSION: In an outbreak, it is hypothesized that the first patient becomes infected as a result of contact with an infected animal (15). Person-to-person transmission occurs via close personal contact with an infected individual or their body fluids during the late stages of infection or after death (1, 2, 15, 27). Nosocomial infections can occur through contact with infected body fluids due to the reuse of unsterilized syringes, needles, or other medical equipment contaminated with these fluids (1, 2). Humans may be infected by handling sick or dead non-human primates and are also at risk when handling the bodies of deceased humans in preparation for funerals, suggesting possible transmission through aerosol droplets (2, 6, 28). In the laboratory, infection through small-particle aerosols has been demonstrated in primates, and airborne spread among humans is strongly suspected, although it has not yet been conclusively demonstrated (1, 6, 13). The importance of this route of transmission is not clear. Poor hygienic conditions can aid the spread of the virus"
 
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And to add to my previous post, the CDC has this to say:

"Casual contact is defined as a) being within approximately 3 feet (1 meter) or within the room or care area for a prolonged period of time (e.g., healthcare personnel, household members) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations); or b) having direct brief contact (e.g., shaking hands) with an EVD case while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations). At this time, brief interactions, such as walking by a person or moving through a hospital, do not constitute casual contact."

Case Definition for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC
 
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