A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
Posted on 09/17/2014 3:36:21 PM PDT by Heartlander2
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - A ship with three sick crewmen is scheduled to dock in New Orleans, the Center for Disease Control confirms.
CDC officials said they received word earlier today that a ship which had traveled near where the Ebola outbreak is will dock at the New Orleans port.
A CDC staff member, emergency workers and members of the U.S. Coast Guard will board the boat and transport one ill crewman to a local hospital for evaluation.
No word on which hospital the crewman will be transported to.
The CDC said they are taking extra precaution because of the Ebola risk, but that is thought to be “exceedingly low.”
“The vessel’s itinerary did include Matadi, DRC, in addition to other ports, but there is no evidence to suggest that the crew members traveled to, or had any contact with anyone from the remote inland region of DRC where Ebola cases are occurring.
Given this, the chance that the crew member could have Ebola is thought to be exceedingly low,” the CDC said.
We’re told two other crew members who reported mild illnesses will also be evaluated.
The CDC staff member assisting local health officials was already in New Orleans for training.
Yeah, what could possibly go wrong?
(facepalm)
CC
How about, ‘NO’?
>> exceedingly low
Here’s my idea of exceedingly low: 0.0001%
Is it that low, CDC?
Ebola musical chairs ping.
Oh it is just Norovirus... I am sure...
... A Govt. official was quoted.
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- 1- 3000 US boots on the ground in Africa
- 2 - go play golf
.
Ping
Send
it
back.
Send them to the Whitehouse Doctor on call
Trying their damnedest to get it here.
The ship should be diverted to Guantanamo bay. There are medical facilities there and it is fairly close by.
Here it comes.....
All it takes is a few of these arriving without early identification.
Ping
I miss the good old days when ships had to wait outside the harbor until they cleared quarantine.
Only three? pRes_ _ent Obola needs three
score infected to send, in his post-TeaParty
quartering scheme, to his 57 States.
Gitmo would make too much sense. Why is this vessel even near our Gulf Coast waters?
Two, you get Ebola by eating bushmeat, or being in close contact (very close) with someone who has it. Crewmembers don't leave the vessel in these ports, they want nothing more to do with Africa than any of us do, perhaps less.
Three, even if they had Ebola, it can essentially be cured with minor medicines and Gatorade. It's tearing through Africa like the ‘85 Bears, because Africans aren't really up to speed on things like hygiene, and quarantine.
Get ‘em in here, study it, and cure them.
Now let’s not be racist. Let ‘em in to have their run of the place!
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