Ebola Quarantines Ignore Experience and Trample Freedom

Townhall.com ^ | November 2, 2014 | Steve Chapman

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is Steve a Rontard?

[mikrofon]

The more you have to tell people what a “good person” you are, the less believable it becomes ...

[null and void]

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

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...

[headstamp 2]

“Why should we trust these doctors and nurses to follow this strict regime?”

Because they like to bowl and ride the subway?

[null and void]

"I am a faithful and loving husband to a wonderful woman, and I do not make a practice of hugging women I don't know. But if I had the chance, I wouldn't hesitate to embrace Kaci Hickox."

Liar.

Let's take up a collection for transportation costs to arrange the meeting!

[palmer]

Ad hom is the best you can do? Obviously that nurse is not a threat to anyone. Most medical professionals are not a threat due to their small numbers. What is a threat is 150 morons like Duncan coming in potentially incubating. They will not check their own temperature until it is too late. There’s a pretty good chance they won’t even know if they were exposed. Most would not hesitate to lie on the form if they knew they were exposed.

[palmer]

Symptom free, she presents zero threat. How many people did Duncan infect other than the two nurses?

[grumpygresh]

As a rule, I make it a habit not to ride with Dem operatives or CDC intelligence agents.

[null and void]

You misspelled patients in your tagline.

[TLI]

"The hardliners act as though we have no experience with infectious disease and therefore have to take any steps that could conceivably block it."

Actually, the "hardliners" have a great deal of experience and know exactly what will work.

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[NautiNurse]

a virus called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) infected more than 8,000 people...and killed 774. Even though it could be spread through the air, had a high mortality rate...

Let's look at the fatality rates more closely: SARS fatality 9.7%. Ebola fatality rate 70%, including 236 health care workers. Doctors Without Borders has lost 9 out of 16 staffers who have contracted Ebola.

Now,what was the author's original point?

[Pollster1]

http://thestyletribune.com/upto-12-ebola-cases-asymptomatic-past-21-days-new-study-reveals/ Upto 12% of Ebola Cases Are Asymptomatic Past 21 Days; New Study Reveals

Posted by: Alexandra Blake in Health 17 days ago 0 207 Views

As they cope with the first cases of Ebola hemorrhagic fever diagnosed in the United States, in Texas, health officials step up precautions to ensure minimal contact with the virus.

According to a new analysis conducted by the expert transmission Charles Haas of Drexel University, as many as 12 percent of patients Ebola may not show symptoms for more than 21 days after infection, thereby making the current quarantine practices unacceptably short.

Also:

http://www.virology.ws/2009/02/13/acute-viral-infections/ viral infections can be spread by patients without symptoms. I’m looking for the link, but, if my memory is correct, it has been estimated that 16% of Ebola patients are contagious before showing symptoms (including fever).

[palmer]

True. Maybe I’ll start using headlines instead.

[palmer]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-1012-ebola-fever-20141012-story.html#page=1

[2ndDivisionVet]

So you don’t think that the states of Maine or New Jersey have the duty to quarantine someone who has obviously been exposed to Ebola, a very deadly disease? Her roommate has Ebola, or did you not know that?

[Patton@Bastogne]

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[QuisCustodiet1776]

And in addition to what Pollster1 posted, the ebola virus test has a high rate of false negatives. So the real way to stop the disease in its tracks is to very simply institute strict quarantine - for 40 days. Like Firestone did in Africa with great results. In the middle of a hot zone.

It’s not the end of the world. It’s not cruel. Come on, you can clean the house from top to bottom, work on hobbies, or play stupid video games. This entire narrative is pathetic.

[fivecatsandadog]

“After a forehead scanner indicated a fever — which she attributed to being flushed from distress at being detained for hours with no explanation — an oral thermometer registered 98.6 degrees.”

First, stress or distress will not cause a fever. Secondly, - she just happens to register the AVERAGE HUMAN BODY TEMP right on the dot?

[fivecatsandadog]

Not that I don’t believe you, but could you please post the source about her room-mate having Ebola?