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Dallas ambulance crew exposed to Ebola patient test negative for virus
Reuters ^ | Wed Oct 1, 2014 6:55pm IST | Jon Herskovitz

Posted on 10/01/2014 7:24:10 AM PDT by justlittleoleme

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1 posted on 10/01/2014 7:24:10 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
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Are they going to quarantine the hundreds or thousands of people he came into contact with while he was traveling, in the ER, and then sent home for two days with only antibiotics?


2 posted on 10/01/2014 7:27:09 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: justlittleoleme

That’s good to hear...


3 posted on 10/01/2014 7:27:15 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: justlittleoleme

Okay, so the crew who handled one patient are sidelined for 21 days. this seems to be setting us up for a serious deficit in emergency care if there are even a few cases of Ebola nationwide.


4 posted on 10/01/2014 7:27:58 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: justlittleoleme

good for them...that would be some anxious waiting (for results) time...


5 posted on 10/01/2014 7:28:12 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: justlittleoleme

Now we learn the horrible news that the liberian was sent home sick for 4 days from his first dallas hospital visit!! That had to infect others. The ambulance crew has been quarantined because of possible air transmission in my opinion.


6 posted on 10/01/2014 7:29:57 AM PDT by iowacornman
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

That just means they are negative now. Does not mean they wont come down with the illness, just that they cannot detect it at this point.....


7 posted on 10/01/2014 7:30:33 AM PDT by Mom MD
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Good grief! This is also precisely why our nation should not facilitate a pandemic by flying Ebola patients here. They should be treated in-place.
8 posted on 10/01/2014 7:30:38 AM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: justlittleoleme

They tested negative. Yet they quarantine them for 21 days anyway. The test results are worthless.


9 posted on 10/01/2014 7:30:39 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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What about subsequent patients, who rode in the same ambulance? Have they been tested? Are they being *closely monitored*?


10 posted on 10/01/2014 7:31:54 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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This is also precisely why our nation should not facilitate a pandemic by flying Ebola patients here. They should be treated in-place.


Or, at the very least, on a ship...way offshore...or GITMO.


11 posted on 10/01/2014 7:33:07 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Mom MD

Exactly. Early tests are not accurate


12 posted on 10/01/2014 7:33:15 AM PDT by wrench
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To: justlittleoleme

It may be too early for a positive result, if they were infected.


13 posted on 10/01/2014 7:33:29 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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Isn’t it a little early yet to claim the didn’t test positive? They may not test positive the first time, but a few days from now that could change.


14 posted on 10/01/2014 7:35:08 AM PDT by dforest
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To: VerySadAmerican

What about the other people he came into contact with? Are they being quarantined and monitored, too?


15 posted on 10/01/2014 7:37:41 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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For a good brief on Ebola read “The Hot Zone” by Preston Richards.
Should be required reading by the entire US.
It should be known that the Ebola virus has 7 proteins of which 4 are unknown


16 posted on 10/01/2014 7:39:37 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Mom MD

What an idiotic report. Of course they tested negative. They were only exposed on Sunday.

I can’t seriously believe they wasted money testing them so soon.


17 posted on 10/01/2014 7:40:47 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Jane Long

Has the ambulance ITSELF been tested?


18 posted on 10/01/2014 7:41:11 AM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: Blood of Tyrants

You know he is probably living in a “family” house with 10-15 other Liberians.


19 posted on 10/01/2014 7:42:00 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: VerySadAmerican

Found this at the end of another report:

“The illness has an average 8-10 day incubation period (although it ranges from 2 to 21 days); CDC recommends monitoring exposed people for symptoms a complete 21 days. People are not contagious after exposure unless they develop symptoms.”


20 posted on 10/01/2014 7:45:48 AM PDT by justlittleoleme
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