Posted on 10/21/2014 8:18:34 AM PDT by PROCON
A young woman complaining of abdominal pain and nausea who had traveled to Africa arrived at a Long Island hospital fearful that she had contracted Ebola. She did not have the virus, but the pregnancy test was positive.
The woman had been to South Africa, more than 3,400 miles (5,400 km) from the three West African countries enduring the worst Ebola outbreak on record, and the trip ended six weeks prior, or twice the potential incubation period for Ebola infection.
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All covered under 0bamacare < /sarc >
when will the Great Leader...Debut ...EbolaCare??
You know if he would, those rascally repubs would vote against it.
Republicans Hate People.</sarc>
I was handed a questionnaire at the Dr’s office yesterday, it asked if I had been in Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia) and had I been having a fever of 101 or higher. Slowly correct information will get out to everyone, Africa is a big place but Ebola is specific to certain regions
One of the MANY dangers of the Ebola panic lunacy.
Listen to scientists ... not politicians & pundits. They want to keep us scared. We are not Libtards. We are above that.
We're talking a lot of 0bama voters here FRiends.
Since 0bamacare is "free", they'll be jamming the ER if they get a runny nose.
My neighbor is an RN on the third floor of one of our local hospitals
She says it will come through ER first and when she hears about she’s outta there
Can’t say I blame her one bit
They already are jamming up the ER. I dont understand that, you have a cold, go to an urgent care center not the ER, they still have to treat you once you walk in the door.
I ran into a mom carrying her daughter to the car the other night. The child had been hit in the knee with a batted softball. She was wailing and being very dramatic about the whole deal. (9 year old) The mom wanted to know if I were a nurse or some kind of medical professional because she wanted to know if the injury warranted taking the child to the ER. I suggested Urgent Care because the injury was likely just a bruise. The mom explained that her two children have Medicaid for insurance because she can’t afford to put them on her insurance. She had them on her insurance until the Obamacare mandates made it unaffordable. I don’t know about the dad’s insurance. Mom and dad are divorced. Anywho, Medicaid will not pay for a visit to Urgent Care, but it will cover an ER visit. Urgent care without insurance would cost $95 or more depending on what they had to do. I told mom that the child was likely just bruised and to go home for a few hours to see if drama girl was better. Sure enough, she was.
I am sure different states have different policies for Medicaid. Also, so many people believe they must go to the doctor for every little thing or they will die!
We're talking about more than just 0bama voters here. There were people right here on FR yesterday who were defending people who took their kids out of school because other kids at the school had visited Rwanda recently. Rwanda is, of course, over 2,500 miles away from the nearest Ebola-affected country.
It is going to be a nightmare flu season for medical people, already the calls are in the many thousands for people thinking they have ‘the Ebola’.
The screening will be exhausting for them, but the good news is that hopefully the medical world will come up with some faster, assembly line type practices and techniques that will become a part of their routine practices, and will be available to them if we ever do receive a true bio attack, or pandemic.
(Spewing diet coke on my I-pad) ....Lol.... My, he has such a friendly face ....
Yes, it will be .... And I’m here to tell you this .... People with flu symptoms do NOT stay home .... They wander out in public in search of anti-viirals which are effective, yet only within the first 48 hrs of coming down with symptoms..... They cough and sputter and generally spread that crap everywhere .... Your local Target, Wal mart, CVS , you name it ....
These will be the same people who would not bother to get their flu shots back in the fall .... After working a couple of flu seasons I know this. It’s just best to stay away from these places in general during the flu season .... Stay healthy and get a flu shot for cripes sake.
I usually get the flu before I can get a shot
For once I didn’t this year
I got flu shots for me and my kids because of ebola
I don’t want us to be confused for ebola vics if the diarrhea and vomiting starts
We don’t go seek medical attn for colds and flu unless it turns into a sinus or lung infection
I went to my neurologist 2 weeks ago and no Obola type questions. Went to my PCP last week and was asked if I had been out of the country or exposed to people with Ebola.
Last night I finally did my sleep study and was asked again.
Guess it was the nurses getting sick with the gear on that decided my medical system to come up with a protocol.
I rarely leave my county unless it is to go to my doctors and shopping.
Rolla has MST and a lot of people come there from other countries so it is actually a real concern and I guess MST has been doing screenings since classes started again. They say they have no one from the affected areas but still a good thing they are being proactive.
My doctor asked if I wanted to get the flu shot. I have refused it the 4 years I have seen her. Not going to give in and get it ever.
Actually had a good excuse this time in that I haven’t felt good for the past few weeks. Too little and poor quality sleep , anemia and all my other health problems has me feeling horrible enough I don’t need a shot that may or may not be the correct one for this year’s flu strain.
Haven’t had the flu in over 15 years anyways and if I can fight it off that long with my shoddy immune system I will keep avoiding the shot.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
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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