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US Ebola fears grow
The Hill ^ | October 1, 2014 | Elise Viebeck

Posted on 10/02/2014 2:13:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: Cincinatus' Wife

4-5 days prior to departing Liberia, Mr. Duncan had direct contact with a 19-year old pregnant girl “convulsing” in the final stages of Ebola. He rode in a taxi with her in the backseat, then helped carry her home when the Ebola clinic was full. She died of Ebola hours later.

He either came to the US in hopes of better medical care, or to purposely transport Ebola to Texas. This is no accident.

source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3210086/posts


21 posted on 10/02/2014 4:32:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: DainBramage

The infected man flew to Brussels (on Fox and Friends this morning - I believe they said he had a 7 hour layover there) and then on to D.C. (for a 3 hour layover) and then on to Dallas.

Have they scrubbed all the places he touched in those locales? Do they have any idea who he came in contact with during this 27 hour transit?

Doubtful.


22 posted on 10/02/2014 4:45:43 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If Americans think Ebola is scary—just wait until smallpox makes its reappearance—in an unvaccinated population!


23 posted on 10/02/2014 4:56:34 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Hubris and denial overwhelm Western Civilization. Nemesis and tragedy always follow.)
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To: Savage Beast

But hey now .... As long as we retain free and unfettered access to all forms of birth control and free abortions with taxpayer dollars , well Ebola virus is just something we’re all going to have to learn to live with — its a global world were living in, ya know?


24 posted on 10/02/2014 5:17:52 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: MarMema
It is incredible that this was overlooked on this man's first ER visit.

I dunno.....

Intake clerk making a buck over minimum wage. Harried nurse at the end of her shift after running like a headless chicken. Resident coming to the end of his 18 hour shift.

Seems pretty plausible to me.


25 posted on 10/02/2014 5:53:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…BANG!

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart!

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...

26 posted on 10/02/2014 6:40:44 AM PDT by null and void (If the wage gap were real, American companies would be hiring millions of women to save a buck)
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To: TomGuy; the OlLine Rebel
FYI

Very interesting read.

27 posted on 10/02/2014 6:56:50 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Chgogal

The disease itself is very scary. May be manageable here, but certainly caution is needed.

I am more concerned about the enterovirus. It is all over, I wouldn’t doubt because of damned illegals, just like bed bugs. And it can be bad enough for some to be deadly. Although, I’d still like to know who suffers most and dies, because “compromised” people are more likely to die. Basically healthy people often don’t have to be hospitalized.


28 posted on 10/02/2014 8:08:32 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
It is not clear how Patient Zero was screened at the airport. All we know is that he did not have a fever or symptoms when he got on the planes and was therefore not contagious, thus, no one in the airports in Liberia, Brussels, or Texas need worry. And I have a bridge to sell you…
But what if he took a Tylenol before he went to the airport for a headache or an aching knee? That would have masked a fever, so it is possible he (or someone else on the plane who was exposed and took a Tylenol) was actually symptomatic and contagious. One sneeze into your row-mate’s Pepsi, and the virus is on the prowl, with a chaotic chain of events unleashed......."

This is what I don't get. How are they absolutely certain he wasn't exhibiting symptoms and/or shedding the virus? There is no way to tell. The only way we'll know is in a week or so we have a WHOLE bunch of cases of Ebola cropping up from among the people in the airports and planes he was on. By then it's way too late. Out of an abundance of caution they really needed to start tracking people down that were really close to him. Ticket agents, those in seats around him, etc. etc.

But either they're not doing that or else they're doing it quietly.

29 posted on 10/02/2014 8:57:31 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Octar

I am waiting for him to come down with a fever.


30 posted on 10/02/2014 10:01:06 AM PDT by Gator113 ( Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Mike Lee speak for me, most everyone else is just noise.)
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To: Octar
I’m waiting to hear who Obama blames. Will this be Bush’s fault again?

Nope, Obola will own this epidemic ...lock stock and barrel.

31 posted on 10/02/2014 10:09:24 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“Spokesman Josh Earnest said that current anti-Ebola measures, which include screenings in West African airports and observation of passengers in the United States, will be sufficient to prevent the “wide spread” of the virus........”

Observations of passengers? That worked really well with this guy. He had to beg to be isolated.


32 posted on 10/02/2014 8:35:22 PM PDT by yorkiemom ( "...if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The CDC should strap trackers on every ankle of every person that had contact with Duncan as well as quarantine.


33 posted on 10/02/2014 8:38:38 PM PDT by jetson
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To: DouglasKC

“But either they’re not doing that or else they’re doing it quietly.”

Coward-Pivan works better if there is chaos and panic.


34 posted on 10/02/2014 8:40:06 PM PDT by yorkiemom ( "...if fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Savage Beast

http://www.examiner.com/article/siga-technologies-gets-tentative-contract-for-smallpox-antiviral


35 posted on 10/02/2014 8:41:47 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: DouglasKC

Can you imagine being the guy (or gal) or sat next to him on the plane? I’d be in full hypochondriac mode. (:


36 posted on 10/02/2014 8:43:29 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

There is also the possibility that the healthcare workers who had contact with him did not clue into the fact that Liberia is in Africa.

Many, many people, including the quote unquote educated, do not keep up with world events.


37 posted on 10/02/2014 8:50:34 PM PDT by daisy12
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


38 posted on 10/02/2014 10:03:54 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


39 posted on 10/03/2014 12:21:58 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“The White House said Wednesday it will not impose travel restrictions or introduce new airport screenings to prevent additional cases of Ebola from entering the United States.”

So, their policy fails but they claim it’s successful by moving the bar from Ebola infected coming into the US to “wide spread” of the virus.

These people are a-holes who want to kill people.


40 posted on 10/03/2014 12:35:27 AM PDT by Justa
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