Posted on 10/04/2014 5:18:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A patient in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a history of travel in West Africa is being evaluated for a possible case of Ebola, health officials confirmed Saturday.
In a statement, the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center said that physicians believe it is not likely that the patient has Ebola.
The hospital says it is working with the Centers for Disease Control and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health while the patient is examined....
(Excerpt) Read more at csnne.com ...
“with a history of travel in West Africa”
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Just saying. Shut it down.
I’m starting a spreadsheet
And, they all happen at once. Were they waiting for a reverse 911 call to check in?
*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin BANG!
Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!
Bring Out Your Dead
Were gonna need
a bigger cart!
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...
One will show up in every state by coincidence!
I can’t be added to the pinglist
My ipod might melt
Obola: "51 of our 57 states are now infected."
"When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt,
but protects the corrupt from you -
you know your nation is doomed."
-Ayn Rand
I was just going to ask if anyone had a number, it must be close to 20 in the past week.
I think that’s a good idea.
Man are they going to be busy once flu season hits.
You can be tested for “positive” Ebola virus....must be an impatient rumor spreading news source.....lets start a panic before we know anything.........
I’ve got some...but throw out the places so I get them all covered please
Zero sent the clarion call to Liberia, just like he did to central americans, and surprise, here they are, spreading disease.
Pure Cloward-Piven: overwhelm EVERY system a society has built to keep and advance itself.
Actually, some are saying over 100.
Ebola Scare Hits Washington, Latest of About 100 Alerts to CDC
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-patient-tested-washington/story?id=25948325
Last week our version of Obola, Governor “Mini-Me” Patrick, declared that there is almost no chance of ebola spreading to Massachusetts.
Boston, Hawaii, Utah, and if I’m not mistaken SF
Yes, I was interested in ones that the news had said were possible outside of the ones connected to Duncan. I’ve seen many items about different cities and then no follow up.
Thx...missed the SF one...am putting in test results w dates too if known
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