Posted on 10/16/2014 1:27:45 PM PDT by JustSurrounded
A Loudoun County Adult Detention Center inmate who had recently been to Ebola-affected areas of West Africa has been transported to Inova Loudoun Hospital in Lansdowne after experiencing a low-grade fever, the first symptom of the deadly virus.
The inmate had traveled from West Africa within the past 21 days, according to a press release from Loudoun County's Communications Office.
"As a precautionary measure, because the inmate had traveled from a high-risk area known for Ebola outbreaks, the inmate was isolated and monitored at the ADC," according to the statement. "Out of an abundance of caution, protective measures were put in place and EMS transported the patient to the Emergency Room in the Basic Life Support unit."
Loudoun County released information at 1:30 p.m. today stating local government agencies are prepared in the event a case of Ebola occurs. And Dulles Airport today started more stringent screening measures for travelers arriving from West Africa countries, including taking their temperature.
Loudoun County Health Department Director Dr. David Goodfriend is encouraging people to wash their hands, cover their mouth with their elbows when they cough or sneeze, get their annual flu shot, avoid contact with anyone who is sick and stay home when they feel sick.
Public health authorities say the risk of Ebola spreading widely in the United States is low.
“It’s important to remember that people with Ebola cannot spread germs until they have symptoms, and that the disease is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of a person who has Ebola,” Goodfriend said.
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I live in the area mentioned. Thanks a lot for the warm wishes.
Well I did say I hoped it was a false alarm:)
And I am not very far away from there myself.
My point is that we care because it is happening in our living space and not outside our living space. My objection to the original point was the implication that we don't care because it is Africa and would care more if it was France.
I used “we” in an unclear way. France would have cared, if Ebola had reached France before now. Same with Spain, Canada, and the U.S. It is not uniquely the United States that was largely indifferent when the virus was confined to Africans in Africa.
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