[gov_bean_ counter]

Why aren’t doctors who return to US from treating Ebola victims quarantined for at least 21 days?

[forgotten man]

“Why aren’t doctors who return to US from treating Ebola victims quarantined for at least 21 days?”

Because that would hurt the West African economy and make us look like a bunch of racists. Don’t you listen to gubmint spokespeople? /s

[jocon307]

Yes, really that should be a given.

Don’t know the time line here, but the guy felt good enough to go bowling last night, today he was sick as a dog with a 103 degree fever, which is super high esp. for an adult.

Now, what would they be telling us, that he only became contagious today? Does that make sense?

Science loving freepers, chime in.

[Down South P.E.]

Because our federal government is stupid.....really criminally negligent.

[null and void]

Why aren’t doctors who return to US from treating Ebola victims quarantined for at least 21 days?

The anointed ones are above such things!

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

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...

[Morpheus2009]

If we could do it to astronauts to protect the rest of us from possible lunar germs, why can’t we do it to people who work with a known disease? Mistakes happen, accidents happen, and we are not really 100 percent sure about a lot of information regarding Ebola, and it doesn’t sound too certain on how it spreads from person to person.