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One under quarantine in Iowa after spending time in West Africa
KTVO ^

Posted on 11/06/2014 6:39:20 PM PST by wtd

DES MOINES, IOWA -- <

One person is under quarantine in Iowa and a dozen others are being monitored after returning from west Africa, the Iowa Department of Public Health said Thursday.

An IDPH release said that they consider the individual under quarantine to have “some risk” of carrying Ebola, while the other twelve are considered “low risk.” They say all 13 are cooperating fully with officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at heartlandconnection.com ...


TOPICS: US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: ebola; iowa; quarantine

1 posted on 11/06/2014 6:39:20 PM PST by wtd
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To: wtd

Brad Paisley Carrie Underwood: Quarantine Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeDC3dgkdjM


2 posted on 11/06/2014 6:44:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: wtd

The returning individual likely knows their risk level if they’re honest about it. I really don’t know why anyone would lie about something so critical to their family and friends.


3 posted on 11/06/2014 6:51:55 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: wtd; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
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...

4 posted on 11/06/2014 6:57:44 PM PST by null and void (If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.)
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To: JimSEA
I really don’t know why anyone would lie about something so critical to their family and friends.

Duncan did.

5 posted on 11/06/2014 7:20:10 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change)
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To: wtd
"The “low risk” individuals have been asked to “self-monitor,” which the IDPH defines as taking their temperatures twice a day and reporting their health status."

How comforting.

One of my best friends lives just a few blocks up the street from the Des Moines airport.

And we're only an hour and half away by car.

6 posted on 11/06/2014 7:31:57 PM PST by EternalVigilance ('In politics the middle way is none at all.' -- John Adams)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

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

7 posted on 11/06/2014 7:51:43 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


8 posted on 11/06/2014 8:15:15 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: wtd
Well, let me see how fast I can run to the limits of my knowledge of epidemiology...

1. Ebola has high morbidity in Africa because of the abysmally poor quality of their healthcare systems.

2. People who die of Ebola in Africa typically succumb to a heart attack, caused by electrolyte imbalances due to the horrific diarrhea that is part of the progression of the illness. The dehydration and electrolytic imbalance leads to irregular heart rhythms and cardiac arrest.

3. Because we have very good care infrastructure by comparison, we have been able to get the few cases into treatment quickly and do things like hydrate and maintain electrolytic levels. So, thus far the morbidity has been much lower in patients in the US. Well, except for the guy in Dallas.

4. We have devoted tremendous resources to the few cases that have been here in the US, and to those who contracted the disease in Africa and were brought to the US for treatment. Probably hundreds of thousands of dollars, perhaps millions per patient.

5. All this works in the US if the numbers are low. Even our healthcare system would be taxed if the numbers were in the 100’s or if a large number of cases occurred simultaneously in say, 40 cities across the US.

So, I'm wondering if the folks in Washington are thinking that with our porous borders, an inexpensive way to create terror and perhaps even economic chaos, would be to extract the virus from one of the victims in Africa, either dead or alive, and then infect radical terrorist carriers who then deploy to say 100 different cities in the US and proceed to figuratively “hug everyone they can” as they begin to be symptomatic and thus contagious.

Pretty nasty idea, but then again, so was 9/11. Anyone have confidence that such a scenario has been anticipated by DHS and CDC?

9 posted on 11/06/2014 8:19:32 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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I must have meant mortality instead of morbidity. Ooops!


10 posted on 11/06/2014 8:23:27 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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There is another consideration which was mentioned when reports of Duncan's dialysis and both nurses Pham and Vinson were diagnosed with Ebola. . . contamination of very expensive and limited resources, the equipment used during treatment of Ebola -resulting in extended quarantine after extensive sterilization/recalibration/maintenance assuming one could find a willing tech to work on the Ebola contaminated equipment or ultimately destruction of contaminated machinery.


11 posted on 11/07/2014 3:25:17 AM PST by wtd
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To: Alamo-Girl
Ping...

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

12 posted on 11/08/2014 1:04:37 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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