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2 U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers Exposed to Ebola, N.Y. Daily News Learns
The New York Daily News ^ | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 | Meredith Engel

Posted on 07/30/2014 1:37:08 PM PDT by kristinn

Two Americans volunteering in the Peace Corps are now isolated after being exposed to the Ebola virus, but are not showing symptoms yet.

Their names have not been released.

"We can confirm that two Peace Corps volunteers have had contact with an individual who later died of the Ebola virus," a Peace Corps representative told the News. "These volunteers are not symptomatic and are currently isolated and under observation. When they receive medical clearance for return to the U.S., we will work with them to travel safely back."

On Wednesday, the Peace Corps announced that it would temporarily remove its 102 volunteers in Guinea, 108 in Liberia and 130 Sierra Leone, the three countries where an outbreak of the virus is spreading rampantly.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ebola; ebolaoutbreak; peacecorps
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1 posted on 07/30/2014 1:37:08 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn

All we are saying, is give Peace a chance.


2 posted on 07/30/2014 1:39:53 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: kristinn
"exposed" can mean a lot of things. They could be in the same room as the infected and not become infected themselves provided they are not touching anything the infected has touched.

Still, seems like ebola is creeping here to the homeland, steadily and surely.

3 posted on 07/30/2014 1:44:07 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: kristinn

Time to treat Ebola with forced isolation.....if that don’t work...well..


4 posted on 07/30/2014 1:47:07 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Nuke it from orbit?


5 posted on 07/30/2014 1:49:09 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Considering the incubation, hundreds more could be infected and we just have to wait for them to get sick.

They seem to be overdue on total sock. Last update was 7-23 at just north of 1200


6 posted on 07/30/2014 1:56:09 PM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Works in the movies...


7 posted on 07/30/2014 2:04:00 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: kristinn

I’ll be if these ‘do gooders’ were doing their Peace Corp stuff ‘domestically’, they wouldn’t be exposed to Ebola. Oh well, ya gotta love the wonders of ‘do gooders!’


8 posted on 07/30/2014 2:31:32 PM PDT by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: kristinn

Does anyone in their right mind trust our government or any world government to give correct information. We have an administration that lies about everything, even if it is not necessary to lie, they will. Just when will the epidemic hit the US?


9 posted on 07/30/2014 2:31:38 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (His Arrogance would love to replace John Kerry-Heinz but all the trained monkeys turned him down.)
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