EXCALIBUR
Posted on 10/22/2014 6:59:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
According to Tuesday's NBC News, the Spanish nurse who has recently been diagnosed as free from the deadly Ebola virus, is unaware that her dog was killed by the authorities.
The husband of 44-year-old Teresa Romero Ramos, who has been kept in isolation at a hospital in Madrid throughout her life-and-death battle, tried to stop local authorities from seizing their 12-year-old mixed breed dog, "Excalibur," but he was not successful and the dog was put down not long after Ramos was hospitalized in early October.
Spanish officials were concerned that Excalibur might have the ability to pass Ebola to humans and opted to not quarantine the dog and observe him.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Knowing how Spaniards react....I can see them seizing on this for a political agenda episode, and forcing a national debate on executing dogs if you think they have Ebola. Days and weeks of political debate....over Ebola....dogs....and what’s right or wrong.
Was this dog ever tested for Ebola?
RE: Was this dog ever tested for Ebola?
EXCERPT FROM THE MIAMI HERALD:
Though he didn’t test positive for Ebola (there is no good test), Excalibur was killed because there was no way to prove he wasn’t infected.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/article3199240.html#storylink=cpy
If someone kills my dog, Ebola will be the very least of their problems.
Unfortunately, it might have been a necessary precaution. Not all viruses that humans are subject to will affect dogs. It is possible that the dog could have been a carrier, but not be affected.
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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...
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
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