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Germany Ebola scare as Nigerian woman showing symptoms (shortened)
Daily Mail ^
| 8/19/14
| DAMIEN GAYLE FOR MAILONLINE and ALLAN HALL
Posted on 08/19/2014 9:04:09 PM PDT by Kartographer
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But, there is still no reason to worry.
To: Kartographer; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping! Bring Out Your Dead
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...
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:04:53 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:05:56 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
This is how pandemics work. Pretty scary.
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:07:27 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: Kartographer
and that she said later that she had recently been in contact with people infected with Ebola Doctor: "Lady, why didn't you tell us straight away that you had been in contact with real Ebola victims (plural)?"
Lady: "What difference does it make?"
To: Kartographer
Incubation period is from one to three weeks from what I understand. This woman showed serious symptoms today.
Probably several thousand could easily have come into contact with her directly or indirectly by this time. And they in turn came in contact with...
Wow - I need a calculator.
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:18:39 PM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: Kartographer
I still wonder why these countries allow entry of Ebola-ite people.
To: null and void
Need to take the song, “Lola” by the Kinks and replace it with Ebola.
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:22:14 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:26:39 PM PDT
by
blam
(Jeff Sessions For President)
To: Kartographer
There are limited facilities for ebola here and around the world. It won’t take long before all the plastic tents are gone. Remember, America can’t be bothered to have ample supplies of saline.
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:57:10 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: Kartographer
Just more evidence that most people involved with government are stupid and irresponsible. It is long past time to seal off those countries that are the epicenter of this virus, yet political correctness most likely stops most governments from doing so.
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:58:01 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
("Journalism is dead. All news is suspect." - Noamie)
To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
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posted on
08/19/2014 9:58:42 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Kartographer
Dude, news on way home this afternoon said Kaiser hospital in South Sacramento has a possible case under negative pressure isolation...
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posted on
08/19/2014 11:02:38 PM PDT
by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: Kartographer
No reason to worry at all.
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posted on
08/20/2014 12:15:02 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: MichaelCorleone
Incubation period is from one to three weeks from what I understand. This woman showed serious symptoms today. Ebola is only contagious once symptoms appear. Also, Ebola is not spread through aerosols, but by direct contact with infected fluids, including droplets. So, if this woman vomited or had diarrhea and droplets got onto people, there could be a problem. Otherwise, not.
Personally, I think it is silly to announce every potential case being tested for Ebola. There are many other diseases in Africa, including other hemorrhagic fevers. If a case pops positive, *then* I want to see the results.
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posted on
08/20/2014 4:21:11 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: exDemMom
Ebola is only contagious once symptoms appear. Can you provide a link to the source on this? I've searched the CDC and other Ebola sites and none of them state this specifically.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:38:46 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: exDemMom
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:41:18 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: IYAS9YAS
I see the CDC has updated its page. It does state that Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear. Two weeks ago, there was no information on the CDC site stating that.
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posted on
08/20/2014 5:42:47 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
To: IYAS9YAS; exDemMom
A symptom is a headache or fever. You could walk around for three weeks with nothing but a nagging headache before more severe symptoms are noticed. Imagine how many public toilets you’ve splattered tinkle in, how many waitstaff you’ve asked to refill your coffee, how many times you’ve sneeze or coughed on passersby, how many kleenexes the office’s custodians have discarded, how many times you’ve kissed your loved ones, how many times you’ve prepared the family’s meals and how many times you’ve left sweat on the subway turnstill?
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posted on
08/20/2014 8:03:35 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: Kartographer; JRandomFreeper; greeneyes
I was in an auto accident day before yesterday and taken to the hospital by ambulance for a scan of my neck to make sure nothing was broken in neck. I can't move my head to the left now due to neck pain but neck isn't broken, thank goodness. When a nurse came into the room to take info. about me, she asked this question, “Have you been out of the country in the past two weeks?” I laughed and said, “NO.” She then laughed, too.
I think the ambulance crew should have asked me that question to find out immediately if I had been in an infected area.
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posted on
08/20/2014 11:47:10 AM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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