Posted on 10/12/2014 2:40:49 AM PDT by Drago
Health care worker in Dallas tests positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, hospital says in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Will anyone be riding the bus on Tuesday?
What a disaster.
Just this morning, another little child died from the enterovirus.
Obama is responsible for all of the misery and death befalling America.
So they managed to keep a lid on this for over 24 hours. Any other suspected cases we heard about before the test was even sent.... I wonder how many other potential cases they have in Dallas?
http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/10/03/sneaky-cdc-changes-ebola-transmission-page-need-know/
Interesting...
“Although coughing and sneezing are not common symptoms of Ebola, if a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that person’s eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease.”
“Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature.”
Yeah - one cannot say with 100% Accuracy that particles with Ebola don’t float in the air and ingested through normal breathing - even though there is not blood splatter being spewed out...this virus is crazy dangerous!
You know, every time I have been to the Dr. the past 30 years, it seems precautions against any kind of bodily fluids has been practiced. So how would a trained health professional under these circumstances catch it?
I don't think our government is telling us the whole story.
“In this guidance healthcare personnel (HCP) refers all persons, paid and unpaid, working in healthcare settings who have the potential for exposure to patients and/or to infectious materials, including body substances, contaminated medical supplies and equipment, contaminated environmental surfaces, or contaminated air. “
This info has been replaced....
It was described that Duncan was throwing up wildly and had uncontrolled diarrhea — not sure what when on that the hospital but he could have been covered in bodily fluids... and spewed some more in the hospital.
Good point, but “bodily fluids” includes cough, sneeze, spittle at a range of about 3 feet or less. Also “health care worker” could be anyone...could be the receptionist at the ER or an orderly that cleaned up the room after the initial ER visit before they knew Mr. Duncan had Ebola.
Absolutely, we didn’t have that virus til he paraded thousands across the border!
We live in interesting times. It's going to be a long, difficult winter for the health care industry.
New Jersey decided to do something about it:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/10/11/new-jersey-enforces-isolation-order-for-nbc-crew/
http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121115/srep00811/full/srep00811.html
Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates
A study conducted in 2012 showed that Ebola was able to travel between pigs and monkeys that were in separate cages and were never placed in direct contact.
I still don’t see people outraged enough about why Duncan was not moved immediately to one of the 4 biocontainment hospitals.
Another thing, supposedly Duncan’s hospital bill was 500,000 dollars.
I find it odd that supposedly the guy brought here to the Nebraska biocontainment hospital has a family who are not poor, but claim Ashooka needs 500,000 dollars for his treatment.
What?
Contaminated air? I thought ebola wasn’t airborne.
My youngest daughter is a CNA and she is worried about this.
She has a 4 year old.
There's still a while before the "family" becomes symptomatic.
The story (was only a headline banner before) is up now at CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/health/ebola/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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