Ebola "out of control" in West Africa/Texas Maybe Cleveland?

[fan_since79]

Scary fact of the day:

 

At the peak of illness, an Ebola patient can have 10 billion viral particles in one-fifth of a teaspoon of blood. That compares with 50,000 to 100,000 particles in an untreated H.I.V. patient, and five million to 20 million in someone with untreated hepatitis C.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/14/us/questions-rise-on-preparations-at-hospitals-to-deal-with-ebola.html?_r=0

[Jay]

Hopefully the woman would be much less contagious at the onset of symptoms than the Index patient from Libera who was spewing virulent shit out of every orifice.

[Blarg]

We should just nuke Cleveland just in case she spread it there.

[RallyMo]

We should just nuke Cleveland

 

ftfy

[Sully151]

What I am saying is body temp can fluctuate from person to person and from day to day. Was that even really considered a fever?

Should she have traveled after caring for a patient? ABSOLUTELY NOT

Was she actually showing symptoms on the plane? Even a sneeze? Who knows

Were the people on the plane cleaning up or in close proximity to vomit and diarrhea? As far as we know, no.

Are they in any more jeapardy that patient zero's family who slept in the same bed, shared the same toilet, and lived in the same house while he was experiencing actual symptoms yet have not shown any symptoms themselves? Seems doubtful.

[Jay]

What I am saying is body temp can fluctuate from person to person and from day to day. Was that even really considered a fever?

Should she have traveled after caring for a patient? ABSOLUTELY NOT

Was she actually showing symptoms on the plane? Even a sneeze? Who knows

Were the people on the plane cleaning up or in close proximity to vomit and diarrhea? As far as we know, no.

Are they in any more jeapardy that patient zero's family who slept in the same bed, shared the same toilet, and lived in the same house while he was experiencing actual symptoms yet have not shown any symptoms themselves? Seems doubtful.

 

You have a bright future at the CDC.

[gotbeer]

We should just nuke Cleveland just in case she spread it there.

 

Let's not get ahead of us here.  Don't forget Dallas.

[gotbeer]

Rumor:

 

Nina Pham Boyfriend: Ebola Nurse Boyfriend Admitted to Hospital with Ebola-like Symptoms?

[mtangelsfan]

That article is poorly written.  I'm not getting how they think another person is being admitted.

[Adam]

E-****'n-BO-****'n-LA is gonna kick our ****'n asssssssssssssss

[stevestevens]

 

Rumor:

 

Nina Pham Boyfriend: Ebola Nurse Boyfriend Admitted to Hospital with Ebola-like Symptoms?

 

 

Well, I would like to think that a nurse which just treated an Ebola patient who is vomiting knows better than to go home and start going to town with her boyfriend.  

[Lhalo]

We should just nuke Cleveland just in case she spread it there.

 

Nuke Detroit too... just to be safe.

[Lhalo]

E-****'n-BO-****'n-LA is gonna kick our ****'n asssssssssssssss

 

Eeeeeeeebolaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

 

[Sully151]

I'm just curious what kind of person could be so reckless, so self-centered, so not giving-a-shit-about-other people that she would get on a freaking plane with mf'ing Ebola?

What do we know about this woman?

She was planning a wedding.

[Jay]

I'm just curious what kind of person could be so reckless, so self-centered, so not giving-a-shit-about-other people that she would get on a freaking plane with mf'ing Ebola?

 

What do we know about this woman?

 

for one thing we know she's stupid

[RallyMo]

I'm just curious what kind of person could be so reckless, so self-centered, so not giving-a-shit-about-other people that she would get on a freaking plane with mf'ing Ebola?

What do we know about this woman?

+1

Not cool.

[Blarg]

Thread title updated, hopefully we are not checking off all 56 states.

[nando714]

I'm just curious what kind of person could be so reckless, so self-centered, so not giving-a-shit-about-other people that she would get on a freaking plane with mf'ing Ebola?

What do we know about this woman?

I agree. Like I said if I ever have to enter a room with an ebola patient and he or she is shitting and vomiting everywhere even if they're not I want my work to admit me for 21 days under observation from the last I left the room. End of discussion.

[fan_since79]

for one thing we know she's stupid

 

Not as stupid as the CDC. She called them several times before boarding her flight to ask if it was safe to fly.

 

CDC's response: sure, go ahead, you're fine.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-nurse-called-cdc-several-times/

[mancini79]

Another tidbit: there are only four hospitals in the U.S. fully equipped to handle Ebola patients. They have a grand total of 11 beds available.

 

What's the problem? That's 9 more beds than are needed.

 

Signed,

Sneaky.

[Hollyw00d]

[Tank]

What's the problem? That's 9 more beds than are needed.

 

Signed,

Sneaky.

 

call me when we hit 4000 deaths. zzzzz

[sneaky_flute]

What's the problem? That's 9 more beds than are needed.

 

Signed,

Sneaky.

I don't mean to sound cavalier or arrogant, but the hysteria is more contagious than the disease itself. Sure, there's a remote possibility that I could contract ebola, but I worry about it as much as I worry about getting HIV at a restaurant. 

[Lhalo]

Dallas officials may ask Rick Perry to declare a state of emergency tomorrow for that area.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/220908-dallas-county-might-seek-emergency-declaration

[Blarg]

Not as stupid as the CDC. She called them several times before boarding her flight to ask if it was safe to fly.

CDC's response: sure, go ahead, you're fine.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-nurse-called-cdc-several-times/

Protocols.