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Top Ebola Doctor in Sierra Leone Contracts Virus
CBS News ^ | July 23, 2014 | JESSICA FIRGER

Posted on 07/23/2014 5:09:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 07/23/2014 5:09:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Hmm...this sounds like the disease is able to infect persons by just being nearby. Is the means of viral infection airborne, now? Has it mutated to that level?

I wonder.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 5:16:28 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE US OF US CITIZEN PARENTS.)
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To: nickcarraway
When it comes to something like Ebola virus, health care workers take significant risks to do their jobs. I really admire them.
3 posted on 07/23/2014 5:22:14 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book: Resistance to Tyranny. Buy from Amazon.)
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There is no better argument for a secure border.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 5:22:40 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want 0bama to make history - First to be IMPEACHED and REMOVED!)
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To: SatinDoll
infect persons by just being nearby

A physician who has treated more than 100 active Ebola cases has been a lot closer than "nearby".

It takes only a small number of virus particles to infect -- somewhere there was a breach of containment or personal safety measures or just failed filtration.

5 posted on 07/23/2014 5:22:44 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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Oh gawd, it took only four posts for the single issue commenters to arrive.


6 posted on 07/23/2014 5:25:38 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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Scary times.

I am a complete germaphobe. I never touch my face or mouth, constantly wash my hands and keep distance from sick people. However, last week, I took a friend’s husband to the doctor and while sitting in the waiting room, contracted an airborne virus and have been sick since. Chest congestion, horrible tearing coughing, sinus infection and severe weakness.

Next time, I will wear a mask.


7 posted on 07/23/2014 5:25:41 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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I suppose 86 is your IQ, huh Steve?


8 posted on 07/23/2014 5:27:14 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want 0bama to make history - First to be IMPEACHED and REMOVED!)
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To: nickcarraway

This man is a hero.
What he has been doing requires either a saintly sense of self-sacrifice or a cold courage beyond most of us.
I hope he can be saved.


9 posted on 07/23/2014 5:37:48 PM PDT by buwaya
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But what about excessive ATM fees?


10 posted on 07/23/2014 5:39:21 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The number of retard comments like your #4 has really skyrocketed lately. Another genius of a poster said this morning the central American kids are bringing Ebola across the border. I guess if that’s true there won’t be many living central American kids in ten days or so.


11 posted on 07/23/2014 5:39:33 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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Bump


12 posted on 07/23/2014 5:39:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: 1rudeboy

I highly recommend credit union ATMs :)


13 posted on 07/23/2014 5:40:06 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

“Next time, I will wear a mask.”

I swear germs smell fear. I’m careful like you, but it seems everytime I shop at my crowded Walmart, I catch a cold.

God bless all the healthcare workers.


14 posted on 07/23/2014 5:40:22 PM PDT by Shugee
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To: steve86; The Sons of Liberty

After your comment, steve86, I checked on the posts of The Sons of Liberty. He has actually commented on a wide variety of issues and does not appear to be a single issue commenter as charged. Maybe he is owed an apology.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 5:41:18 PM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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Secure borders is a major issue for everyone, whether they know it or not. This ebola outbreak has not followed previous patterns. It began in the cities instead of the boonies. People travel quite a lot so it is not a stretch to think we need to be cautious.

The way the government is confining large groups of people in small areas at the border and then scattering them like the wind before they are thoroughly medically checked it is a terrific way to spread any disease.


16 posted on 07/23/2014 5:41:42 PM PDT by Tammy8
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I certainly don’t dispute any of that (although, of course, jungle primates are the hidden reservoir of Ebola and the true origination point).

The recent influx of central Americans IS likely to spread diseases otherwise uncommon here, but at this point Ebola isn’t one of them.

Much more likely to arrive “legally” from the African continent.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 5:44:42 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: doug from upland

Feel free to issue an apology.


18 posted on 07/23/2014 5:45:21 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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Well stevie, for your information, it is not just Central American kids crossing the border. I hope you find out first hand. Have someone read you the news.


19 posted on 07/23/2014 5:45:33 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want 0bama to make history - First to be IMPEACHED and REMOVED!)
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Same situation there — if infected, dead by now or shortly.


20 posted on 07/23/2014 5:48:12 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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