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2 Orlando health workers ill after exposure to MERS patient
Reuters via Fox News ^ | 5/13/14

Posted on 05/13/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT by Kartographer

Two health workers at a hospital in Orlando, Florida, who were exposed to a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have begun showing flu-like symptoms, and one of the two has been hospitalized.

Officials at the Dr. P. Phillips Hospital said on Tuesday the two healthcare workers were exposed to the patient - the second confirmed case of MERS on U.S. soil - in the emergency department before it became clear that he might be infected with the virus, which is often deadly.

The second healthcare worker is being isolated in his home and watched for signs of infection.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: mers; mersvirus; orlando; saudiarabia
Dr. Dietz: I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. Meet Geraldo.
Stu Redman: Geraldo, huh?
Dr. Dietz: Um-hmm. Now, the virus your fellow townspeople contracted passes easily from human to guinea pig, and vice-versa, presumably. But Geraldo has been breathing your air, via convector, for the last three days. And Geraldo is fine and frisky, as you see. I'd call that rather comforting, wouldn't you?
Stu Redman: I see you're not taking any chances.
Dr. Dietz: That's not in my contract. However, it does appear there is absolutely nothing wrong with you, Mr. Redman. Or, may I call you "Stu"?
Stu Redman: Just don't call me Geraldo.

Dr. Dietz: All right, now, you listen up! I'm not responsible for you being here, or for the dead people in your home town. Neither is Denninger, or the nurses who come in to take your blood pressure.
Stu Redman: Then who is?
Dr. Dietz: No one. Everyone. God. Who knows?

From Stephen King's novel 'The Stand'

1 posted on 05/13/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

The zombie outbreak is starting


2 posted on 05/13/2014 1:13:38 PM PDT by gwgn02
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"The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision
of what is before them, glory and danger alike,
and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it."

~Thucydides




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3 posted on 05/13/2014 1:14:25 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Kartographer

The idiot who came to the U.S. infected with MERS is from Saudi Arabia. Figures.


4 posted on 05/13/2014 1:15:24 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Kartographer

So anyone thinking that a pandemic can’t happen need to read:

http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/1918/

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic/

Imagine what would happen to our healthcare system if just 1% on 320 million Americans became ill.


5 posted on 05/13/2014 1:16:46 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: gwgn02
zombies! photo: Zombies pull.jpg
6 posted on 05/13/2014 1:22:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Kartographer

I think it is appalling that the Obama administration has not addressed this. They should not be allowing anyone into the US unless they were quarantined for a few weeks before travel.

I believe they WANT people to catch this and die. Mainly because there is no excuse to allow travel to the US with this virus.


7 posted on 05/13/2014 1:24:55 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Kartographer

Nothing to see here, it’s just a political stunt.
Even if there’s something to it, we have Obama Care.


8 posted on 05/13/2014 1:34:44 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: Kartographer

Influenza victims crowd into an emergency hospital near Fort Riley, Kansas in this 1918 file photo.
9 posted on 05/13/2014 1:37:10 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer
Quarantine the State of Florida!!! /sarc
10 posted on 05/13/2014 1:41:49 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: colorado tanker
Somehow MERS crossed from camels to humans.

Somehow.....

Saudi Boy Drinking Fresh Camel Urine

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Camel Urine Drinking In Islam

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11 posted on 05/13/2014 1:43:37 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
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To: colorado tanker
The idiot who came to the U.S. infected with MERS is from Saudi Arabia. Figures.

They are all over our college campi. We are STILL issuing thousands of student visas to them so the schools can rip-off their fathers, or the Saudi government.


12 posted on 05/13/2014 2:20:58 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Iron Munro

Polio is also making a comeback in several Muslim countries.


13 posted on 05/13/2014 2:31:02 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Iron Munro
Camel Urine Drinking In Islam

If only the consequences of terminal barbarism could be limited to the barbaric.


    Bbbbut ! all cultures are equally valuable !

    No, actually, they're not.

14 posted on 05/13/2014 2:33:09 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Iron Munro
Somehow MERS crossed from camels to humans.

Most likely camel humping.

15 posted on 05/13/2014 2:33:36 PM PDT by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: Kartographer
Imagine what would happen to our healthcare system if just 1% on 320 million Americans became ill.

And a, what, third infected die?

Imagine what will become of the cities.

Hey, if I were a conspiracy theorist nut, I'd say, "now that would be a great thing to blame an impending economic collapse on". But, I am not.

16 posted on 05/13/2014 2:35:35 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: colorado tanker

wonder how much he was paid to fly?


17 posted on 05/13/2014 2:45:24 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: Kartographer

This administration will solve the problem by letting millions more come to this country from the middle east, to get free health care, paid for by us suckers.


18 posted on 05/13/2014 2:57:55 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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Dr. Dietz: I'd like you to meet a friend of mine. Meet Geraldo.

very good & bttt
19 posted on 05/13/2014 3:03:49 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: colorado tanker
Polio is also making a comeback in several Muslim countries.

T.B., Polio, Whooping Cough and other infections and diseases are showing up again in the USA too.

We need another Ellis Island but the liberals would be aghast.


20 posted on 05/13/2014 5:25:55 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Malaysia Flight MH370 Black Box signals reported in Bermuda Triangle)
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