Discussion for article #228274
Who did this person have contact with? Where did they come from in their travels? What is their recent history. Details like this would be helpful in this article.
Oh, no… It’s in Texas. The wingers will go nuts. “ISIS is coming through the Mexican border and bears ebola” will now have a tiny hint credibility.
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Weren’t we predicting this just a few months ago? I wish this was hindsight, but it’s not. We are just stuck on stupid, either that or we are being lied to.
It’s coming!
Just like in The Stand.
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from washpo:
[the patient] was admitted into an isolation unit at the hospital Sunday after developing Ebola-like symptoms “days after returning to Texas from West Africa.”
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I loved the way the blonde guy butchered the word emergency to have it come out EGERMANCY!! later in the movie
I’ve been expecting that ebola would come to America. Likely some Goper hack will blame Obama.
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"Patient developed Ebola symptoms days after returning from West Africa, Texas officials say. "
It was 4 days between the time the patient developed symptoms and when the person went into the hospital in Dallas.
I’d posted about this weeks ago. We will be seeing more cases of ebola in coming days in the US and other countries. The virus is only a plane ride away.
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seems like it. this is not good.
I do not mean to sound paranoid about this. Luckily people with ebola are not infectious until they have symptoms. Now Congress has a real reason to make sure the CDC and allied outfits are well funded.
CNN is saying the patient was infectious from Sept 24th to the 28th when he went into a hospital. He arrived in the US on the 20th. He started seeking care on the 26th. That means some people MUST have been exposed to the virus.
The US needs to wake up to the potentialities of this disease.
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Texas, huh?
I guess they don’t need the feds help. They’ll defeat Ebola with pure rugged individualism.
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No, it means people MIGHT have been exposed to the virus which isn’t that easily transmittable. Additionally, we in the US are more likely to seek medical attention and have more awareness about it.
I’m more concerned with the impending media freak out and all the false and shoddy reporting that’s bound to happen.
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The person who is ill was in the US visiting family whom I would assume also hailed from West Africa. He/she arrived in the US on 9/20. Spent 4 days with family members in Dallas. On day 2 of that visit the person began to get ill and sought care. That means family could be exposed as well as other medical professionals. Then on the 4th day of the visit the person went into the hospital. Was the person in isolation initially? We don’t know. I should think those concerned would err on the side of caution and assume at least some of the people this person had contact with COULD have been exposed to the virus.
I competely agree that there will be shoddy reporting. The freakout has already started.
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Precisely what did you want to do to prevent ebola from reaching America? Close the borders completely? It was going to happen eventually. Fortunately the CDC has anticipated this and is dealing with it.
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What movie is that? Looks funny.
Tweety’s lead Ebola segment was shameful. He seemed hysterical, xenophobic. He also presented with a little cough and I’d recommend NBC quarantine him for a few months.
The Spanish flu, which occurred at the end of WWI, ended up costing 2% of global GDP. A similar pandemic with ebola would cost around $1.6 trillion. S