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 Ima Non Controversial Girl
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Location: where the wind blows | A patient with the E-boli virus is being shipped to an American hospital? Atlanta I think? Is this not absolutely assinine if it's true? Anyone heard anything? |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | I actually heard two of them on the news this morning. Being flown by special plane. |
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 Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | I think there are actually 2 of them coming. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Yep....seems pretty asinine to me......why not treat them there? |
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Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | NJJ - 2014-08-01 12:20 PM Yep....seems pretty asinine to me......why not treat them there?
Becaue they don't have the state of the art quarantine/biomedical procedures nor first class medicines. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Dock a ship off shore over there and treat away is my feeling. We are leaving a Marine in Mexico and bringing THIS back to the states??? |
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Location: NC | I feel for the individuals and their families.... but does make me nervous.... |
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I just read the headlines
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Tough Patooty
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Location: Sperry, OK | GLP - 2014-08-01 12:42 PM They are americans aren't they?
Yes, they are. |
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 Knowledge is Power
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Location: wherever my daughter's running | Yes, you heard correctly. They are bringing them to Emory Hospital in Atlanta, GA. It is supposed to be one of only I think 4 hospitals in the country that have the isolation facilities claimed to able to care for this person(s). I have read several articles and they are not being clear on which on of the Drs. , or if both of the Drs. are coming - citing HIPPA as the reason. I saw a segment on the plane they sent last night to fly them to the US. It has an isolation room (looked like a plastic greenhouse). Inside is the bed for the person which is also covered in a smaller version of the isolation room. All contact with the person with the disease is done by reaching arms in openings. All of which are covered/sealed. Any wasted from the person is baged and sealed and left in the isolation chamber over the bed. Still very scary to me. One slip up and it could be bad. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Think about it... if you were American, you'd want to be back here too...
Honestly, the CDC is all over this I assume. An outbreak would be more likely to come from someone who slips under the radar because they are not yet showing symptoms, not these folks. |
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | barrelracr131 - 2014-08-01 2:15 PM Think about it... if you were American, you'd want to be back here too...
Honestly, the CDC is all over this I assume. An outbreak would be more likely to come from someone who slips under the radar because they are not yet showing symptoms, not these folks.
Since they are coming to Atlanta, we might be getting a little more info locally.
I would want to be home and in America getting treated. However, it is one of the risks you take when you volunteer to work in other countries.
I still feel skeptical and realize it will only take one extremely small mistake to have big consequences. |
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Location: California | I believe it will make its way to the US via an infected person not showing symptoms yet. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Bankroll - 2014-08-01 1:19 PM I believe it will make its way to the US via an infected person not showing symptoms yet.
Bingo |
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Location: Midwest | 3canstorun - 2014-08-01 1:18 PM barrelracr131 - 2014-08-01 2:15 PM Think about it... if you were American, you'd want to be back here too...
Honestly, the CDC is all over this I assume. An outbreak would be more likely to come from someone who slips under the radar because they are not yet showing symptoms, not these folks. Since they are coming to Atlanta, we might be getting a little more info locally.
I would want to be home and in America getting treated. However, it is one of the risks you take when you volunteer to work in other countries.
I still feel skeptical and realize it will only take one extremely small mistake to have big consequences.
That is true, but honestly, the folks dealing with this have extensive experience working with infectious diseases. This will not be taken lightly. Even at the hospital I work at, there are emergency plans and procedures for handling worse more contagious diseases than this virus (IE Tuberculosis, which is in fact airbourne). They have great isolation technology these days. It's much different from the olden days of the plagues.
I would be more concerned about world travelers coming in from the hot zones, as the incubation period is something like up to 21 days I think before they show symptoms. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | What makes me mad is they tried to do it secretly and only an unnamed source got the news out as soon as the special plane left the USA last night. These will be the 1st two known cases in the USA excluding the ones near DC several years ago that only killed monkeys.. Reston... I think that variety was Ebola Reston.
Edited by komet. 2014-08-01 1:36 PM
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Knowledge is Power
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Location: wherever my daughter's running | Also, this organization is sending 60 non-essential people back to the US. They are scheduled to arrive by the end of next week. Not sure what procdures are being followed for these 60.
http://www.wistv.com/story/26171115/charlotte-missionary-samaritans-purse-doctor-with-ebola-coming-back-to-us
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Location: North Dakota | komet. - 2014-08-01 1:31 PM What makes me mad is they tried to do it secretly and only an unnamed source got the news out as soon as the special plane left the USA last night. These will be the 1st two known cases in the USA excluding the ones near DC several years ago that only killed monkeys.. Reston... I think that variety was Ebola Reston. Well I guess why wouldn't they want to do it secretly? Look at all the fuss that is being stirred up. Do you not think they anticipated this? I'm sure they were trying to avoid hysteria. I guess I'm not real sure why it is any of my business that another American gets brought back here to be cared for. There are people that know much more about this disease and are more equipped to handle it than myself that are making the decision. I guess if I was ill I would want to be back home being treated without the whole country up in arms over it. Sure there is risk but lets not turn against one of our own.
Edited by Just Bring It 2014-08-01 1:43 PM
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Location: Broxton, Ga | I would rather them not come............just saying I think the risk is to great........... |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Just Bring It - 2014-08-01 1:42 PM
komet. - 2014-08-01 1:31 PM What makes me mad is they tried to do it secretly and only an unnamed source got the news out as soon as the special plane left the USA last night. These will be the 1st two known cases in the USA excluding the ones near DC several years ago that only killed monkeys.. Reston... I think that variety was Ebola Reston. Well I guess why wouldn't they want to do it secretly? Look at all the fuss that is being stirred up. Do you not think they anticipated this? I'm sure they were trying to avoid hysteria. I guess I'm not real sure why it is any of my business that another American gets brought back here to be cared for. There are people that know much more about this disease and are more equipped to handle it than myself that are making the decision. I guess if I was ill I would want to be back home being treated without the whole country up in arms over it. Sure there is risk but lets not turn against one of our own.
It's not like it was a secret that these two people had it and where they have been located. As far as treatment goes, the people over there have a lot more experience treating this than anybody in our country and in this outbreak the mortality rate has been lowered from the normal 90% to somewhere in the 60% range. Why move them away from the experts? |
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