Coast Guard sector issues new steps on Ebola virus

The San Francisco Chronicle / The Associated Press ^ | October 7, 2014 | Jennifer Mcdermott

[2ndDivisionVet]

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard sector says it will contact ships that have recently been to Ebola-affected countries to ask whether passengers have symptoms of the virus before they are allowed into port.

The sector, which includes parts of New York and Connecticut, issued to the maritime community in Long Island Sound on Monday a bulletin that describes protocols being put into place due to the Ebola outbreak....

[2ndDivisionVet]

If Ebola is no big deal, as our Dear Leader and his minions insist, what is this all about?

[lee martell]

The Honor System is the best way to check on this deadly virus? I think not. Have your men suited up in Haz Mats, tell them to conduct a thorough search. Charge the entering vessel for part of that search cost. Spread the unwealth.

[Kozak]

Search all you want. Unless they have been at sea for 21 days searching will not exclude anyone being in the incubation stage.

[kingu]

See, this is where we go all wrong. Because let's be honest, NO one is going to say yes. They're not going to be truthful on an immigration form, they're not going to tell the coast guard if someone might be infected, they're going to keep their mouths shut, and if they develop symptoms, they're going to show up in one of the many emergency rooms around the nation.

They'll likely sit in that emergency room for hours, and probably infect others. They'll be given some pills and probably sent on home, only to return days later.

Dallas wasn't an error, it is standard practice. The danger isn't in people lying on forms, it is how our medical services handle issues. Why is there an hours wait for the initial diagnosis in an emergency room? How horribly hard would it be to segregate our emergency rooms into trauma and standard urgent care that can be handled for pennies on the dollar compared to a trauma?

Ahh, yes, the unions of our lives, the kings of our emergency services, and the river of paperwork our government generates. A triumvirate of death and destruction.

[Califreak]

We do not-repeat-NOT have any cases confirmed OR suspected in my area.

My son came home from work and told me some paramedics came into where he works(food place)talking about training and ebola.

Good maybe people are becoming more aware and informed

[tumblindice]

“Let’s see, if we don’t lie about being threatened by gangs, they’ll send us home.”

“OK, if we don’t lie about our health—until we set foot on shore—they’ll keep us quarantined on this boat for weeks.”

I’m going to guess that if a job applicant *passes* a federal intelligence test, they send him/her/it packing.

[VerySadAmerican]

Coast Guard to Liberian tanker.

Liberian tanker to Coast Guard. Go ahead.

Coast Guard to tanker, do you have anyone on board showing ebola symptoms?

Liberian tanker to Coast Guard, negative.

Coast Guard to Liberian tanker. You’re free to dock.

[dr_lew]

Ahh, yes, the unions of our lives, the kings of our emergency services, and the river of paperwork our government generates. A triumvirate of death and destruction.

You may say so, but think of former times, when death was the poor man's doctor, as they thought. But indeed the doctors to the rich were little more than witch doctors.

[thesligoduffyflynns]

maybe obola wants to take out the coast by exposure............welllllllll there ya’ go

[Tennessee Nana]

Captain of detained ship “any youz guyz got Ebola?”

Passengers “No” “Not me” “Heck, no !!!”

Captain on megaphone to Coast Guard “Hey, my passengers don’t gotz Ebola”

CG “OK youre free to go”

[Tennessee Nana]

LOL

I didn’t read yours before I wrote mine..

[kingu]

You may say so, but think of former times, when death was the poor man's doctor, as they thought. But indeed the doctors to the rich were little more than witch doctors.

I do think of former times, where calling the doctor at home to stitch up a cut was not unheard of, where you went to an emergency room and were treated quickly, and the pricing insanity hadn't yet existed, as almost every hospital visit was paid for out of pocket (even though some might be reimbursed when they filled out their numerous forms and applied to their health insurance.)

Our health care system is broken, prices are divorced from the market, very expensive procedures and toys are used for minimal reasons, and it just gets worse each passing year.

[RinaseaofDs]

Wow! USCG Law Enforcement has come a long way since I was on a LEDET.

All we had to do is get on the VHF and ask, “Hey, do you have any illegal drugs, Haitians stacked like cord wood trying to get in the US, or Cubans (not the cigars)?”

We wait for the answer, then let them dock!

That would have beat trying to board a boat from a RHIB from the stern quarter in 10 foot swells and trying to cover yourself with your sidearm while not scuffing the deck of his boat with your combat boots.