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American doctor infected with Ebola returns to U.S.
WaPo ^ | 8/2/2014 | Joel Achenbach, Brady Dennis and Caelainn Hogan

Posted on 08/02/2014 10:43:11 AM PDT by mojito

An American doctor stricken by Ebola in West Africa arrived home for treatment in Atlanta on Saturday, and U.S. government officials are urging the public to remain confident in the health-care system’s ability to keep the deadly disease isolated.

A charity organization, Samaritan’s Purse, said two Americans in serious condition with the disease were being evacuated: Kent Brantly, a Fort Worth doctor who had been treating Ebola victims in Liberia, and Nancy Writebol, a missionary from Charlotte.

Brantly and Writebol have been hospitalized in serious condition in Monrovia, the Liberian capital. Brantly was brought back to the United States first, in a specially equipped “air ambulance” aircraft that landed Saturday at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, in the northwest Atlanta suburbs, according to news reports.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; ebola; emoryuniversity; franklingraham; hotzone; kentbrantly; samaritanspurse; samaritinespurse
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To: mojito

The doctor stands a better chance over here but here’s the problem:

The disease is passed along through the fluids and that means the urine and feces.

So how do you handle and dispose of the urine and feces safely and where do you put it.

If this spreads, the CDC, Emory U, and Samaritan’s Purse will catch hell for this stupid decision.


201 posted on 08/02/2014 4:33:55 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: petitfour

Thank you for a rare reasoned post on this thread of hysteria and misinformation.

Dr. Brantley and Mrs. Writebol’s treatment has the potential to significantly further our ability to deal with ebola and other deadly hemorrhagic fevers. I am so glad he is here, in quarantine, and apparently coping well, although his illness has a way to run.

We can hope that his team of researchers and physicians will learn much from his ordeal.

There is no more risk in Atlanta today than there is any other day, with the CDC labs holding the most lethal micro-organisms on earth.

The real risk is all those Africans getting off international flights and congregating in D.C. The rest of the world should refuse any travel from Africa without mandatory quarantine until this outbreak burns itself out.


202 posted on 08/02/2014 4:59:19 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Resettozero

I think you think I said it wasn’t a big deal. Check your thinker.

It IS a big deal, because some who catch it do die of it.

The fact that some don’t, might make the disease sneakier (could catch a deadly case from someone who has not shown symptoms) or it could be a clue to how to help people resist the disease. I frankly wonder about some other factor that, in concert with the Ebola virus, makes an Ebola infection positively deadly instead of a passing illness. It’s possible, though of course it shouldn’t be counted on without research to back it up, that a release of Ebola in America would not result in many deaths, because some vulnerability factor that is present in Africa is not present here.


203 posted on 08/02/2014 5:47:55 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It IS a big deal, because some who catch it do die of it.

You've changed your mind AGAIN?
204 posted on 08/02/2014 5:51:06 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

No, you’ve been reading things into me that never were present.


205 posted on 08/02/2014 5:53:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
No, you’ve been reading things into me that never were present.

Negative. You are mistaken.
206 posted on 08/02/2014 5:54:10 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

Oh, prove where you have read my mind?

There is no sense in my arguing with a fool. You go right ahead and believe lies if you must. It is for God to correct you in the end.


207 posted on 08/02/2014 5:56:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
It is for God to correct you in the end.

My Dad and Mom both tried their hardest also. Especially Dad with that wide leather belt of his.
208 posted on 08/02/2014 5:58:37 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Resettozero

Apparently they failed... insisting on thinking whatever floats your boat for a moment instead of giving it a wider view will do that to you.


209 posted on 08/02/2014 6:04:01 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Actually, my post 204 was a venture out to see if you were still antagonistic toward me or had given up some of your bitterness where I’m concerned.


210 posted on 08/02/2014 6:07:46 PM PDT by Resettozero
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To: Black Agnes

Well, you speak as though you know more details of this situation than I. Africa must have been an interesting place to grow up.
Concentrated Clorox solution doesn’t do much if there’s blood, feces or vomitus present still for the virus to adhere to things on. To remove every glob and clot of blood and vomitus would be very difficult, especially at the interior of a glove tip. Immersing a plate in Clorox sol’n is fine, but there is no good way to clean something like a glove.
Has it been confirmed that this virus is airborne? Better to assume it is than to assume it isn’t, for sure.
Mrs. AV


211 posted on 08/02/2014 6:08:48 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
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To: Shelayne

You are welcome, and thank you for the reminder that God’s will is what we should be praying for. That is such a good reminder that He’s the one in control, not us.

Prayer is key.

Mrs. AV


212 posted on 08/02/2014 7:25:12 PM PDT by Atomic Vomit (http://www.cafepress.com/aroostookbeauty/358829)
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To: livius

It’s not gonna be informative though because the man rec’d a transfusion from a patient who survived ebola.


213 posted on 08/02/2014 7:56:12 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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To: horse_doc

There are plenty of wacky missionaries. These are two of them. Same as doctors, bread bakers and ditch diggers, missionaries are not immune from being crazy. There are plenty of pizza makers who are also called upon by God to add extra pepperoni...or so they think


214 posted on 08/02/2014 8:05:42 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I agree about these goody two shoes...... The taxpayers get billed for their reckless adventures overseas in Ebola-land. The CDC publicity hounds are behind this stunt bringing them to the US for treatment. Hoping it brings in more appropriations from Congress

If these do gooders do it on their own dime, great!


215 posted on 08/02/2014 8:15:15 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: mojito

Ebola? And they brought him back HERE???
WHAT - THE - F?????


216 posted on 08/02/2014 8:31:30 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: doc maverick

Peace Corps volunteers evacuate because of Ebola virus

“The Peace Corps is pulling 300 of its volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea due to the increasing spread of the Ebola virus, several of whom are from the Sacramento region.”

http://www.news10.net/story/news/local/sacramento/2014/08/02/peace-corps-volunteers-evacuate-because-of-ebola-virus/13504241/

The story says that only a couple of these volunteers are being quarantined. Several are returning to Sacramento, according to the story. Who knows where the rest will be dispersed. I guess we’ll know a lot more in three weeks.


217 posted on 08/02/2014 11:33:31 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Not everybody who catches it gets sick, let alone dies.

Good luck with that attitude. Africa already has an epidemic underway. Do you understand the meaning of "epidemic" when a disease is 60% fatal?

218 posted on 08/02/2014 11:47:02 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Whether the clowns want to admit it or not, they have just imported Ebola to North America from Africa. It’s here and it’s here to stay. A lot of people are going to die.

This is my belief. It is pure insanity to bring a deadly disease INTO a country where it has not been before. "Better treatment" is a specious argument for doing it because there is no known treatment. There is no one in the US who has natural immunity to Ebola and it is 60% (or more) fatal. It is insanity.

219 posted on 08/02/2014 11:56:56 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: MichaelCorleone
It would seem to me that maintaining a strong immune system would reduce our risk, at least to some degree.

Not as far as we know now. Ebola is a virus and as far as we know the immune system provides no protection at all. But there is little research to say that this is right ot wrong. For now, untested evidence is that immune system does not resist Ebola virus.

220 posted on 08/03/2014 12:09:26 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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