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Charlotte missionary contracts Ebola in Liberia
Charlotte Observer ^ | 7/27/14 | Karen Garloch and Jonathan Paye-Layleh

Posted on 07/27/2014 5:22:51 PM PDT by Wage Slave

A missionary from Charlotte and a Texas doctor working for Boone-based Samaritan’s Purse are among the first Americans who have been infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working to combat the outbreak in Liberia.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: ebola; samaritanspurse
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Another American contracts Ebola.
1 posted on 07/27/2014 5:22:51 PM PDT by Wage Slave
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To: Wage Slave

She has been living in Monrovia with her husband.


2 posted on 07/27/2014 5:23:56 PM PDT by Wage Slave
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To: Wage Slave

She was spraying the suits of Healthcare workers. How the heck does you catch it doing that.


3 posted on 07/27/2014 5:28:15 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Wage Slave

Prayers for Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly, their family and friends.


4 posted on 07/27/2014 5:29:29 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Wage Slave

12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Maybe not “friends”, but fellow human beings in great need. Prayers for her & everyone else trying to help the Ebola victims.


5 posted on 07/27/2014 5:31:31 PM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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Sad. My grand daughter is in the pre school in this lady’s church in Charlotte. Huge church.


6 posted on 07/27/2014 5:36:06 PM PDT by Swanks
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To: Wage Slave

The count now stands at two Americans and another Nigerian (?) doctor. Once again, we’re only one plane ticket or border crossing before it’s in the US.


7 posted on 07/27/2014 5:37:52 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Wage Slave

Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.


8 posted on 07/27/2014 5:39:23 PM PDT by vrwc1
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They are braver than I am and better than I am, that’s for sure.


9 posted on 07/27/2014 5:42:30 PM PDT by Wage Slave
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To: Wage Slave

I’m thinking that Homeland Security will be looking into importing some Ebola patients to further their plan of reducing the population of the United States to 30 million people.


10 posted on 07/27/2014 5:43:15 PM 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: E. Pluribus Unum

I agree.


11 posted on 07/27/2014 5:44:25 PM PDT by Wage Slave
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To: driftdiver

Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of those infected.
Hosing down protective gear drenched in infected bodily fluids...gee wonder why that might be considered very dangerous?
No indications that it is airborne, if that is what you were implying.

I’ve been keeping an eye on this latest outbreak.

Fatality rate at 6X%.(under 70, over 60 out of 100 die)
The official death tolls (approaching 700) are not looking good for containment, given the area, spanning 4 nations in which it is spreading.


12 posted on 07/27/2014 5:59:54 PM PDT by sarasmom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Notice how the Tee vee media never talks about this?


13 posted on 07/27/2014 6:02:39 PM PDT by dforest
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To: sarasmom

No I was honestly wondering you could catch it from spraying sanitizer on other people. She probably got splashed or picked something up.

Is it airborne? Depends on what you mean. Is it spread by sneezes or coughs?


14 posted on 07/27/2014 6:03:13 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Once again, we’re only one plane ticket or border crossing before it’s in the US.

Security! Security! Do not discuss the President's plans!

15 posted on 07/27/2014 6:45:30 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: driftdiver

This is alarming to me. I work in a lab. I am wondering if their precautions are unable to be met with the right equipment or ebola has changed in ability to infect.


16 posted on 07/27/2014 7:02:38 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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Hosing down protective gear drenched in infected bodily fluids...gee wonder why that might be considered very dangerous?

But one assumes that they are gowned masked and gloved before doing it...and follow precautions.

17 posted on 07/27/2014 7:04:36 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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I am wondering if their precautions are unable to be met with the right equipment or ebola has changed in ability to infect.


That’s what I’ve been wondering, too.


18 posted on 07/27/2014 7:06:03 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: driftdiver
She probably got splashed or picked something up.

Just not likely for a true bloodborne pathogen and I am just stunned if American MDs are not using universal precautions...there is more to the story I bet.

19 posted on 07/27/2014 7:07:57 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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Writebol didn’t have direct contact with patients, and she and Brantly both followed protection protocols, Strickland said. “They did not take chances, I assure you. We are investigating how that contact could have occurred. Of course it’s a highly contagious disease. … It’s a risk, unfortunately. But we have every confidence they were following protocols strictly and rigorously.”

You just have to wonder if they ran out of gowns or something and just took a stand in faith and courage to keep going.

20 posted on 07/27/2014 7:11:34 PM PDT by MarMema (Run Ted Run)
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