Ebola: Pa. monitoring caseload rises

PennLive ^ | 11/03/2014 @ 3:22PM | David Wenner

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Ebola: Pa. monitoring caseload rises

Pennsylvania health officials as of Monday afternoon were monitoring 135 people for possible Ebola symptoms, an increase of 30 from last week.

All have recently arrived in Pennsylvania after visiting one of the areas in West Africa affected by the Ebola outbreak. However, none are known to have had direct exposure to Ebola, or have shown symptoms.

Pennsylvania receives between one and roughly 25 people daily who have returned from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone, where about 13,600 people have been stricken with Ebola, and nearly 5,000 have died as of the end of October.

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Also consider:

• ABC6: A dozen travelers being monitored for Ebola in Trenton,(NJ) Novmebr 3, 2014

[wastoute]

Wtf? Ebola tourism?

[conservative98]

Ebola in Pennsylvania...

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

This must be the beginning of the “unexpected” news that we are expecting after election day.

[dogcaller]

Marked drop in unemployment nationally as health departments hire thousands for monitoring and contact tracing.

[UCANSEE2]

I want to ‘self-monitor’ but only if they pay me.

: )

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

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

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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...

[Mercat]

Was there any exit polling done about Ebola?

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re: "Was there any exit polling done about Ebola?" - Mercat

CNN: Exit poll "On the issues" 11/4/2014

Ebola: Ebola also hit the campaign trail this season and about six in ten Americans said they followed news about Ebola. And only about 44% of Americans believe the federal government has done a good job combating the disease.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!