Is Ebola back in New York?

Mail Online ^ | 18 November 2014 | Chris Spargo

[cripplecreek]

There are new fears of a possible Ebola outbreak in New York City after a woman who was being monitored for the deadly virus dropped dead on Tuesday afternoon.

FDNY activated the Special Operations and Hazmat units after the the woman, who had traveled to Guinea three weeks ago according to a source on the scene, died at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig in the Brownsville area of Brooklyn.

An eyewitness who saw the body said there was blood coming from her 'face, nose and mouth.'

[cripplecreek]

Full title: Is Ebola back in New York? FDNY arrives in Hazmat suits as woman who had 'recently traveled from Guinea and was being monitored for Ebola drops dead with blood coming from her face, nose and mouth'

Bleeding out from a heart attack? Never heard of that one before.

[null and void]

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

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...

[gaijin]

She....died while AT a neighborhood braiding outfit...?!

Good God.

[Guenevere]

monitoring?.....hardly

[steve86]

Plus, the current West African strain(s) of Ebola do not seem to lead to external hemorrhage in many cases (IIRC only 13%).

[heartwood]

I’ve done CPR on a patient with large quantities of bloody fluid welling out of the lungs. Massive pulmonary embolism, pulmonary edema?

It wasn’t Ebola. All the rescuers are still here.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

.... died at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig ....

At least she died with dignity. /s

[gaijin]

From the link:

"A worker at Amy Professional African Hair Braidig said they were still open for business on Tuesday evening despite this incident.

'Everything is business as normal,' a male worker, who asked to not be identified, told MailOnline.

WTH...?!?!?!?!

[Mears]

Whew !

Your post makes me feel much better—I have 2 family members that work in NYC.

.

[Perdogg]

flew in last night on the Concorde.

[exDemMom]

Well, if she had a sudden massive heart attack and hit something while collapsing, couldn’t that cause bleeding?

[arthurus]

This is what Obama has been trying to do.
How many people who were in that hair salon when the woman dropped dead were still there when the meds came?
How many people have been in contact with this woman in the time she was being monitored?
How are they going to identify the people who brushed against here on the sidewalk?
Can they identify the taxi drivers who have carried her?
et a lot of cetera.

[Enterprise]

Ebola's back and you're gonna be in trouble
Hey la hey la Ebola's back
If I were you I'd get out on the double
Hey la Hey la Ebola's back

[heartwood]

Ebola death doesn’t seem to come on suddenly. There are usually several days of malaise, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, dehydration and organ failure.

I’d be surprised if someone in the end stages of Ebola managed to visit a hair salon or show up for work there.

Which isn’t to say that people shouldn’t be very very careful about treating a patient with recent time in West Africa.

[LukeL]

You cannot bleed without a pulse and blood pressure.

[dennisw]

A woman who had recently returned from West Africa suddenly died while being styled at a Brooklyn hair salon Tuesday afternoon, sparking an Ebola panic as responders in HazMat suits scrambled to secure the scene.

The 40-year-old woman keeled over in her salon chair inside the business on Belmont Avenue in Brownsville at 2:30 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene from an apparent heart attack, sources said.

Several city agencies, including the Department of Health and Office of Emergency Management, quickly cordoned off Amy’s Professional African Hair Braiding ahead of Ebola testing, officials said.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said the woman, whose identity was not immediately released, returned from West Africa 18 days ago and appeared symptom-free prior to her sudden death.
http://nypost.com/2014/11/18/woman-drops-dead-after-w-africa-trip-to-be-tested-for-ebola/

[Oldeconomybuyer]

..... The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene .....

Bill Clinton’s dream job.

[exDemMom]

Gravity would be enough to pull some blood out, even without a pulse.

Not to get too gross, but whenever my stepfather would slaughter chickens, they bled quite profusely after they were killed.

[tumblindice]

“Professional African hair braiding”

Hey Mon, dem locks know you dread dem,
you dead meat Jack.

[DannyTN]

"was not a health care worker, and therefore did not have to be under the 21-day home quarantine required of those individuals introduced by New York's Governor Cumo in October."

What? The quarantine only affects health care workers?

Voluntary monitoring. How's that working for you NY?