You're just going to have to catch Ebola to find out what's in it.
Posted on 10/18/2014 11:20:22 AM PDT by maggief
The first group of people exposed to Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die from Ebola in the United States, will no longer be considered at risk for the Ebola virus at 12 a.m. Monday.
After three weeks of isolation or self-monitoring, 47 people -- including Duncan's fiancee Louise Troh, her 13-year-old son and two nephews --- will be cleared and allowed to go on with their lives.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcdfw.com ...
I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was just a few days.
What about the woman becoming ill at the Dart station whom
was on that same watch list as Duncan’s family.
Thanks for the post. I will post it to the Ebola Surveillance Thread.
I think the young step daughter helped their luck. She seemed to be somewhat sensible, in that she stopped the ambulance crew and told them to go back and get some protection.
She also apparently did some disinfection. I suspect that the family was also wary and perhaps avoided close contact after he became symptomatic, but who knows?
They camped out with him while he was slinging contaminated snot and Ebola vomit all over the interior of the living room, but they are A-OK now...
They’ll probably have a big Halloween bash, n’ dress up like zombies, invite all the neighbors.
"Wow so none of them got ebola BUT 2 nurses that came in contact with Duncan did. WOW." - ColdOne
That would be because Louise's 35 year old daughter, Youngor Jallah had some medical training and she was the one caring for Duncan. For each of the individuals living with Louise at the time of Duncan's visit (for lack of a better term) who impressively manage to come out this directly unscathed by Ebola, Youngor is the hero in this family.
A total of 48 people who had contact with Duncan are being monitored for fever or other symptoms until Sunday, the end of the 21-day Ebola incubation period. None has become ill." -LATimes
"The family, relatives of Duncan's fiancee, are not quarantined and have been told they can leave their apartment at will. Two family members, Youngor Jallah and husband Aaron Yah, have stayed home from their jobs at local nursing homes voluntarily without pay. They have four children — ages 2,4, 6 and 11 — and plan to return to work Monday. - LATimes
If the above detail that Younger was not quarantined is fact, it is not known why she was not mandated to quarantine. Just the same, it's a moot point given she had the good sense to have her entire family follow the same protocol under trying circumstances.
I would say this pretty much indicates that it’s not airborne. It’s probably like polio, a fecal contamination (remember how swimming pools shut down in the 1950s?).
The family member who attended to Duncan was actually an LPN (or whatever they call it in Texas) and she not only wore gloves and washed her hands, but she washed in bleach, which seems to be very effective.
The hospital nursing staff who were infected, both here and in Spain, were using very low levels of protection and were guarding against a droplet borne illness. It’s clearly fecal contamination, which is why people tending to the dead or nurses cleaning up after a death are most at risk.
So that means touch is all. If you’re flying, get some Clorox wipes and clean your spaces (and avoid the airline head if possible!) and clean your hands regularly.
Sorry, not buying it. Two highly trained nurses who used strict protocols were infected, but, somehow, a nurse’s aid was able to protect the shack-up and the rest of the apartment dwellers even though Duncan reportedly slept in more than one bed in the apartment — for whatever reason — and Duncan was vomiting?
Something is not right with this story.
Will they keep the FREE HOUSE???? YES they will!!!
The nurses got very little training in how to handle Ebola. They have made that clear in many statements.
Out of the 47 only 39 will come down with the disease, stupidity riegns
That is itself curious, but it's good to know, and thanks for making an excellent point.
But everything is fine with the family? Still does not add up....
Could it also be how strong someone’s immune system is?
But they were trained in universal precautions, which is all the family would have been able to do at home.
In Duncan's case he was vomiting and had diarrhea. His vomit would have some virus in the early stages but not much until he vomits blood. In the scientific study http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/196/Supplement_2/S142.full the vomit samples had no viruses although sample size was ridiculously small (2). I suspect that early stage vomit and urine is too harsh an environment for virus survival versus when the late stage patient vomits up virus laden blood.
Makes you wonder what they eat and drink living in the US vs Africa. Maybe there is something in the diet here that slows the incubation time.
See my previous post. The family at home had to deal with a lot less hazardous waste than the nurses. The difference if you read the study I linked, is blood. Blood has lots of viruses, saliva only has a few at the beginning due to enzymes breaking down the viruses. Once a victim like Patrick Sawyer was spewing blood on a flight hours before death we saw him infect the woman next to him and the flight attendants who cleaned up the blood. (no other passengers were infected). Nothing could have neutralized the virus at that point, not enzymes in the saliva or stomach acid...
Anyone throwing up violently has blood in their emesis, whether visible or not. I am highly suspicious that the family was able to avoid infection given the close quarters and significant exposure. And there are plenty of viruses in units other than blood as well....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.