Posted on 11/19/2014 9:23:27 PM PST by grundle
The Dallas nurse who flew to Ohio to plan her wedding in the days before she was diagnosed with Ebola and then said her engagement ring was destroyed when her apartment was decontaminated now has a new ring.
Amber Vinson and her fiancé, Derrick Markray, visited a Zales Jewelers jewelry store in Dallas Tuesday where they were able to pick out a new ring free of charge.
"When I found out that Zales had offered to give a ring, I was taken aback by the generosity because I've had so much negativity towards me," Vinson told ABC affiliate WFAA, which interviewed Vinson and her fiance exclusively.
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Oh, that Ebola Nurse...
She sounds like ‘Eightball’: “Enough with the negative waves Moriarty.”
Did they destroy her airplane seat too?
Fools Gold...
Amber Vinson left a wide trail during her initial Obama CDC-approved symptomatic period. Her ring being just one example.
This is a good result. It indicates Ebola is not all that contagious until the patient is really far gone.
Ha ha! Great point!
Maybe someone on the decontamination crew bagged the ring, took it home and dropped it in boiling water. Cheap at half the price.
Ebola Nurse doesn’t like the name “Ebola Nurse”. Given that she was wiling to endanger her neighbors just so she wouldn’t be inconvenienced by the standard medical protocol of quarantine, I’m not concerned with what Ebola Nurse likes or doesn’t like. I hope everyone will forget Ebola Nurse’s real name.
Indeed. The level of contagiousness increases dramatically as the patient becomes more debilitated with the disease. And it is only contagious through close contact, with the chance of getting the disease increasing as contact is prolonged.
A few years ago, a woman contracted Marburg (sister to Ebola; it causes an almost identical but more lethal disease). She interacted with at least 200 people before she was admitted to the hospital. There were no secondary cases, not even among the healthcare workers who treated her. Here is her story: My own infection is proof that someone can easily carry Ebola into the U.S.
That is very plausible. Being a hard non-porous object, a ring would be quite easy to decontaminate. Just steep it in hot water for a while—it doesn’t even have to be boiling. Immersing it in 70°C for half an hour should kill any Ebola virus.
Dip it in a Clorox solution for 10 minutes. It won’t hurt the ring.
I believe you are confusing Ms. Vinson with the idiot in NJ and Maine. Ms. Vinson called the CDC about her travel plans and was told she was “good to go”. She tried to do the right thing, she was given poor advice by the CDC.
Actually jewelers advise against exposing your engagement ring and other gold jewelry to bleach. It can cause discoloration and pitting.
She’s had “so much negativity” toward herself?
Poor poor victim
Who paid her hospital bills and saved her freaking stupid selfish self?
the story about her “calling the CDC” was back-pedaled
wait, they destroyed a diamond ring?
I’m aware...But a one time dip will do “0” damagae....especially if I can get a grand for it.
I would be hesitant to expose a metal to bleach. Bleach is highly reactive towards many metals.
Some other solutions would work, though, without damaging the ring. I’m pretty sure Micro-Chem, a common hospital disinfectant, would work.
The decon crew must have been comprised of firemen. Freakin land pirates.
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