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CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102037055 ^

Posted on 09/30/2014 1:44:05 PM PDT by Crazieman

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States.

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: barackobola; bringoutyourdead; dallas; dallashospital; ebola; ebolainamerica; ebolavictim; firstusebolavictim; inthewild; obamasfault; plague; texas; texasliberians; theobamastrain; usebolavictim; uspatientzero; wearescrewed
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To: Crazieman
Sounds like direct physical contact isn't the only way Ebola spreads. Interesting statement from the CDC website: "Close contact is defined as being within approximately 3 feet (1 meter) of an EVD patient or within the patient’s room or care area for a prolonged period of time (e.g., health care personnel, household members) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., standard, droplet, and contact precautions"
921 posted on 09/30/2014 7:54:43 PM PDT by ScottfromNJ
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To: penelopesire

EBT card holders? It’s the end of the month so maybe they haven’t gone many places. Of course, they’ll be getting their October perks tomorrow so the CDC better show up at the house early before they go shopping.


922 posted on 09/30/2014 7:54:49 PM PDT by bgill
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To: HandyDandy

What about Communion?


923 posted on 09/30/2014 7:55:46 PM PDT by bgill
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To: gaijin

How can we keep Ebola out of the US when we can’t keep a Gonzales out of the White House?


924 posted on 09/30/2014 7:56:54 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Shelayne

I’d believe the local dog catcher before I believed any government official these days. This isn’t the America I once knew and loved.


925 posted on 09/30/2014 7:57:36 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Commander X

It’s an October surprise because it’s a day early and still in September.


926 posted on 09/30/2014 7:58:10 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ladyjane

I bet the medical people are dreading this years flu season.


927 posted on 09/30/2014 7:59:09 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: alphadoggie

Well, for reference, Texas is 800 miles wide. Takes a day running fast to cross it. He may wanted to fly out of Lagos to get to Houston fast. We’ll find out soon enough.

It’s better for Texas that he went the Brussels route, but worse for Europe and VA/DC.

What I’m working on is the LIKELIHOOD of his route home. Not the possibilites.


928 posted on 09/30/2014 8:01:44 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: txhurl

He said 2-10 days in the next breath, so this tool is downplaying the severity here and the risk of Ebola being in the wild now.


929 posted on 09/30/2014 8:06:17 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ansel12

And every hypochondriac in the country will be in the ED tomorrow sure they have Ebola. While those that really do have it will be home spreading it to others....


930 posted on 09/30/2014 8:07:18 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: no-to-illegals

the time that elapses between the first Ebola case and the generation of secondary cases is about two weeks.

This should allow plenty of time to identify those who are sick and protect people who might come in contact with them.

People with Ebola are contagious and able to transmit the virus only when they are showing symptoms, which occurs about a week after they are exposed to the virus.


931 posted on 09/30/2014 8:08:56 PM PDT by caww
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To: Shelayne

I could be confused on that part. Reading so much, hard to keep up. They did refuse to say if he was a citizen. Probably part of the plan too..get everyone unsure what is true and what is not..then administration can lie with abandon. They do it on every scandal..every crisis. They tell different media different things. Conflicting reports get published. Is it any wonder we are in constant state of uncertainty? God help us!


932 posted on 09/30/2014 8:09:19 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: All

Health/life (and bookmark) BUMP! Great thread. Thanks.


933 posted on 09/30/2014 8:11:56 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Blue Highway

And now we’re finding he came here from a funeral, which involves a lot of hugging and kissing of kinfolk upon landing.

This is pure math, and if the CDC can just give us the truth of his humanly wanderings from leaving Africa to final admission at Presby, we can calculate the precautions we need to take. We won’t have to panic. We can do our own vector risk analysis.


934 posted on 09/30/2014 8:13:05 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Ray'sBeth

Pretty sure I read Ebola strain can survive 24 hours + on hard surfaces so very easy to transmit from an infected person... doorknobs, ATM buttons, shopping carts, fast food...


935 posted on 09/30/2014 8:14:00 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ladyjane

Not to mention the fact that he exposed an ambulance crew.

It worries me that he waited that long to seek treatment.

So now we have a full station of fire/ems personnel, maybe multiple ones if there were swing guys on duty that day or the next several days, their families, hospital personnel, their families, etc.

Should have first hand reports from that Dallas Fire/Ems station shortly.


936 posted on 09/30/2014 8:15:52 PM PDT by Clay Moore ("911 is for when the backhoe won't start." JRandomFreeper)
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To: Mortrey; null and void; Nita Nupress
CDC owns patent on ebola..... Applied for the patent about there was a rush on dead micro-biologists?
937 posted on 09/30/2014 8:16:17 PM PDT by SisterK (trapped behind enemy lines)
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To: Blue Highway

I was channel surfing a couple of weeks ago and landed on The Doctors, a medical talkshow. They were talking about the Ebola outbreaks, US troops, and the potentiality for Ebola to transform and become airborn.

They didn’t offer any solutions, but they seemed scared that a potential pandemic outbreak could occur in the US, due to the openness of travel in and out of the country.

Video:

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/containing-the-ebola-outbreak


938 posted on 09/30/2014 8:16:37 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Husker24
Could you catch it by touching the same door knob?

Yes, the infected person coughs on there hand then the virus will be active for 24 hours.. Plenty of people it can be transmitted to on a commonly touched area. The media and CDC do not address this and this is what is criminal...

939 posted on 09/30/2014 8:17:13 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: caww

yep, we are two to three weeks from knowing if other cases are starting to pop up.


940 posted on 09/30/2014 8:17:41 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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