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American Doctor Exposed to Ebola in US for Observation
VOA News ^ | September 28, 2014 7:28 PM | Staff

Posted on 09/29/2014 11:07:34 AM PDT by LucyT

An American doctor exposed to Ebola while in Sierra Leone has been flown to the United States.

The doctor was flown to a regional airport in the eastern state of Maryland Sunday and walked off the plane wearing a white protective suit.

The infectious disease chief at the NIH near Washington would not discuss details about the patient, but said that in general, an exposure to Ebola doesn't necessarily mean someone will become sick.

(Excerpt) Read more at voanews.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: bethesda; ebola; ebolaoutbreak; ebolasuspect; maryland; nih; usebola
No other details released.
1 posted on 09/29/2014 11:07:34 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: LucyT
walked off the plane wearing a white protective suit.

He is in isolation and the suit isolates him as he enters the treatment clinic.

2 posted on 09/29/2014 11:11:29 AM PDT by ansel12
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To: LucyT

Who the heck writes these headlines?


3 posted on 09/29/2014 11:12:07 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping…

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

4 posted on 09/29/2014 11:13:15 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: LucyT
Good, bad, or indifferent, there is some trickery going on about Ebola cases. I think we thought we had some effective antibodies for immunization shots if ever needed, but discovered they weren't so effective anymore.

With that situation, we have an urgent need to obtain verified survivors and those exposed who have not become symptomatic. There is no other plausible explanation for what is going on.

5 posted on 09/29/2014 11:14:16 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: LucyT
With any luck Ebola will be in the wild in the USA soon.

Allahu Akbar!

6 posted on 09/29/2014 11:15:31 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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To: LucyT

Let’s rename this disease Obola.


7 posted on 09/29/2014 11:17:14 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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To: Slump Tester

Yeah really.


8 posted on 09/29/2014 11:18:52 AM PDT by Ray76 (We must destroy the Uniparty or be destroyed by them.)
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To: LucyT

Maybe the plane, suit and other items are clean.


9 posted on 09/29/2014 12:23:27 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: LucyT
The NIH also said the physician will be in a special isolation unit out of "an abundance of caution." does not equate with mere "observation."
10 posted on 09/29/2014 12:45:41 PM PDT by bgill
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To: LucyT; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re 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...

11 posted on 09/29/2014 6:13:42 PM PDT by null and void (If the wage gap were real, American companies would be hiring millions of women to save a buck)
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To: LucyT

This is a far cry from the people at Ft. Detrick putting people into the “Slammer” for 30 days for observation.

I hope the Army loaned him lots of hand cleaner.


12 posted on 09/29/2014 6:16:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: LucyT

My question is, why are we exposing an American doctor to Ebola in the US? If it’s simply for observation, might I suggest that we just observe the people who are already exposed?

Ugh! Was the editor asleep?

I am reminded that commas save lives:

Let’s eat Grandma vs. Let’s eat, Grandma.


13 posted on 09/29/2014 6:35:23 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: null and void

In the DFW area, about 10 minutes or so ago, the local ABC affiliate broke into network programming to announce a patient at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas was quarrantined and being tested for Ebola. Nuts!


14 posted on 09/29/2014 7:46:20 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


15 posted on 09/29/2014 9:21:22 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


16 posted on 09/30/2014 12:27:56 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: LucyT; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

Yes . . . me worry!

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


17 posted on 09/30/2014 3:05:58 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Avoid Bethesda for the time being.)
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