Posted on 08/19/2014 9:04:09 PM PDT by Kartographer
A woman was rushed to hospital and hundreds of people were quarantined today after she showed symptoms of Ebola virus infection in a jobcentre in Germany. As many as 600 visitors and staff at the employment office building in Berlin were also stopped from leaving for several hours as emergency services sealed off part of the street. The mass-circulation daily Bild said the woman had fainted, that she hailed from Nigeria and that she said later that she had recently been in contact with people infected with Ebola.
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I’m so confused.
For several wks now I have read on FR about cases being investigated for Ebola around world and here in US, yet no one has said these pts actually have Ebola.
Do you think the media and/or gov’t would tell us if these cases are positive for Ebola? Surely they could not keep this secret. Therefore, no cases of Ebola.
I had to go to an ER this weekend due to an accident at home. First question asked: have I been to Africa recently.....
It is now protocol to ask everyone coming into the ER about their recent travels...
My theory is the Government will only admit to an Ebola case here in the US when there are bodies laying in the street, which means it will be far to late by then to do much about it.
Oh no. So sorry you were hurt, but glad that it was not as bad as it could have been. Were you alone or was someone else with you?
I agree, the ambulance crew should have asked that question, but I am not sure that its being taken that seriously yet. The question at the hospital at least is showing some consideration, and that’s progress I quess.
Not only that, some of the early reports stated that people who didn’t know they were sick had infected others as they traveled across the country, which is why it escaped the isolated area were it initially happened.
Speculation was that this new strain might be more contagious than prior strains.
I'm of two minds on this. Either awed amazement at Teutonic efficiency capable of processing Ebola tests on 600+ people in a few hours or wonder about the drastic decline in same efficiency.
Are they still awaiting the test results? If so, they may be tested, but still at large awaiting the results. If anyone is positive, that might help in tracking down the next set of victims, but isn’t effectively what I would call ‘contained’—more like ‘documented’...
Are they still awaiting the test results? If so, they may be tested, but still at large awaiting the results. If anyone is positive, that might help in tracking down the next set of victims, but isn’t effectively what I would call ‘contained’—more like ‘documented’...
Thanks for the ping!
Do you think the media and/or gov’t would tell us if these cases are positive for Ebola? Surely they could not keep this secret. Therefore, no cases of Ebola.
The chance of one of these cases being positive for Ebola is actually quite low. There are several diseases in Africa with similar symptoms--malaria, other hemorrhagic fevers--and which are far more common.
No doubt, we would hear (to the point of being annoyed by the constant coverage) if some traveler returned with Ebola.
To put things into perspective, Ebola has only killed about 1,200. Thousands of Africans, especially children, die of malaria and other diseases every single day.
I'm not sure why this Ebola outbreak is so newsworthy. No other outbreak, and there have been several, has created this kind of attention.
I'm glad the CDC updated its info. I have hundreds of Ebola facts swirling around my head, but when someone asks for a reference, it takes a while to find it. CDC saved me a lot of trouble!
I would have to check and make sure, but I'm fairly certain that once Ebola becomes symptomatic, it is rapidly debilitating. An Ebola sufferer isn't going to be walking around with only a headache for weeks on end.
I did read a case where a woman got Ebola from her husband, which was confirmed by blood test (she was seropositive, meaning she had antibodies for Ebola). The only symptom was that she miscarried. Except for the infected fetal remains, I doubt she was ever contagious. Ebola, as far as I can tell from the literature, is always deadly to babies.
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