REMAIN CALM. ALL IS WELL!!!
Posted on 10/05/2014 9:06:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Dover, Delaware - Officials at Bayhealth Kent General Hospital in Delaware say a child was brought to their emergency department over the weekend because of possible symptoms of Ebola virus.
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It was determined by the CDC the likelihood the child has Ebola was low, so the CDC decided not to test the child after they were notified....
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
And virtually the entire weekend every alphabet channel had people on to assure us one way or another the gov’t knows what it’s doing.
Could be very serious, but since we have the almighty government on the job, everything will be okay...
Got Ebola?
Got the smartphone app, iBola?
Also, " In the unlikely event that someone with Ebola does reach our shores, we’ve taken new measures so that we’re prepared here at home. "
Obama, Two Weeks Ago weeklystandard.com
Can we talk about who’s the JV Team now, perhaps?
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Well, since that is true, given that Ebola is only contagious through direct contact, what else do you expect government officials to say? Don't you think it would be irresponsible of them to go around announcing that Ebola is about to cause a pandemic, when it simply cannot do that?
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
Did you forget the /sarc tag?
The child has to stay in isolation for 21 days, according to the local paper, to ensure she doesn’t have the disease. Wonder how all that is billed out by Bayhealth. They are one of the more expensive hospitals in Delaware.
For political reasons, there will be absolutely NO new cases of Ebola in the US until after the elections.
That post is meant to be serious, seriously.
This is Hugh and Series.
No.
I am genuinely puzzled about what people expect the CDC to say. Obviously, communicating everything known about the Ebola virus and informing people about the measures CDC is taking (which happen to be pretty much the same measures they take any time there is a health threat) is not enough for people. What else is the CDC supposed to do?
This isn't a movie like Contagion. The CDC does not behave the way movies portray.
I expect them to treat this disease as if it could kill millions of Americans if it gets over here. You don't let anyone into this country who has been in any of these countries in the last 30 days. This is how epidemics are supposed to be handled. Read your history. Quarantines and border control have been standard tools since the beginning of Civilization.
Instead we have a CDC that is more interested in public relations than disease control. If ever Political Correctness is going to kill us, it is going to be because we treat deadly diseases as if they have more rights than American Citizens.
I know of no disease that could kill millions of Americans if it were to get over here. All of the diseases that have those kinds of fatality rates--malaria, yellow fever, plague--have either been eliminated in the US, or good effective vaccines or antibiotics have been invented.
Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear. Even then, it is only contagious through direct or close contact (prolonged exposure within three feet of sick person). Since it is so hard for Ebola to spread, its not going to infect millions of people.
Heck, even in west Africa, where healthcare systems are almost non-existent, people do not believe Ebola exists, people prepare corpses for burial by washing them with their bare hands, and Ebola has been described as spreading "out of control", there have only been 7,700 cases since December. There are about 21 million people living in the three countries affected--that means that even where Ebola is rampant and conditions favor its spread, there is a less than 0.04% chance of getting Ebola. In the US, where conditions favorable to the spread of Ebola do not exist, the chance of getting Ebola is non-existent (unless you are a family member of the man who recently traveled from Liberia).
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