[PghBaldy]

This might be a first description I've seen of a suspected case as a "haemorrhagic fever". I suppose she could have Marburg...

[Vince Ferrer]

Ebola is a hemorrhagic fever.

[sten]

expect officials to do anything they can to avoid saying ‘ebola’

[Pollster1]

This could be Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, yellow fever, or any of a number of deadly hemorrhagic fevers, so there is no need to panic and assume it’s the one with a current, widespread outbreak. Also, I wouldn’t worry that she spread it on the bus before checking herself in at the hospital. I have it on the best authority (the Obama Administration) that hemorrhagic fevers cannot be spread on a bus. In fact, I’ve been thinking we should send some of our magic western buses to West Africa so that they can all live on buses, sleep on buses, and treat patients on buses, where there is no risk of spread.

[mdmathis6]

Marburg is not a disease we should take lightly...it can kill and get whole lot of people sick if exposed.

[exDemMom]

This is utterly ridiculous.

It’s not a hemorrhagic fever unless one is, you know, hemorrhaging. Otherwise, it’s just a fever.

There are many viruses that can cause a hemorrhagic fever. Measles, dengue, hanta, congo-crimean, Argentinian hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, typhus (actually a bacteria)...

I wonder if she has malaria. It’s very common in Africa. It could even be influenza. It’s the season for it.

[Minutemen]

Would this woman happen to be a “guest worker”?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Ebola: London woman tests negative.

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29878939

[Jack Hydrazine]

And there are about five different types of Ebola she could have.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Maybe it is the Hanta virus?

[BunnySlippers]

BTW, the woman in Oregon that thought she had ebola ... does NOT have ebola.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[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...