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Posted on 07/31/2014 1:21:44 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper
A doctor is quarantined in East TN, waiting to see if he shows signs of #Ebola. @jmcneal talks to him via #Skype at 5 pic.twitter.com/L8uggRAbh0
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I have the Nova show on Ebola.
During the filming, a nurse/healthcare worker contracted the virus. It was discussed about whether they locally had the authority to treat it, or whether it was Doctors Without Borders who would treat her.
They decided that they themselves would treat her, took the blood of a survivor, centrifuged it, and injected the plasma into the woman.
It worked. She survived.
Afaik, they are still unsure about how exactly the plasma worked - or even if it was that that worked, or if she healed herself.
Thanks!
Oh no! I’m near Knoxville.
Apparently, FReepers are doing more research on this subject than the MSM.
I should remember the old maxim: If it bleeds, it leads.
Scary.We have family in Oak Ridge.
Morristown doctor home in quarantine after treating Ebola in Africa
By JILL MCNEAL
6 News Anchor/Reporter
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - An East Tennessee doctor treating Ebola patients in West Africa has just returned home after being evacuated by the aid group he was working for. The CDC issued a new warning Thursday advising Americans to avoid non-essential travel to the region.
Dr. Alan Jamison is a retired pediatrician from Morristown. He flew in from Liberia Wednesday night and is now quarantined at his home, waiting to see if he shows any symptoms of the deadly virus.
Ebola now has been blamed for more than 700 deaths in four West African countries, the worst outbreak in history. Dr. Jamison arrived in Liberia to treat patients on July 7, only to be pulled out this week for his own safety.
The pictures of dying patients and doctors in head to toe protective suits are alarming. The fatality rate for Ebola in West Africa right now is about 60 percent.
“It’s quite traumatic. I do come to tears when a patient dies or when I have to speak with the family and counsel them after the death of a loved one,” Dr. Jamison told us through Skype.
He has traveled to disaster zones all over the world since he retired five years ago. When he got the call to treat Ebola patients in Liberia, he didn’t hesitate.
“It’s something that I do. It’s part of my life,” he said.
Dr. Jamison was working in the same hospital Ebola unit as American Dr. Kent Brantly, who is now fighting the deadly disease himself in Liberia.
“The risk was becoming greater and greater, and the concern is if I were to contract the infection while I was there, I would not have facilities available for a better level of treatment that are available in the United States,” he said.
The group Dr. Jamison was volunteering with, Medical Teams International, decided to pull him out of the danger zone.
“I felt like I’d left things undone,” he said.
Dr. Jamison says the American health care system is well-prepared to treat any signs of Ebola that might surface in this country.
“The people in the United States should be very thankful for the blessings that they have. It’s a great deal different in other parts of the world. I don’t believe fear of the Ebola should be something that prevents people in the United States from going about their daily lives,” he said.
Dr. Jamison says his temperature was taken at the airport before he was allowed to leave the country. He says he’s feeling fine so far, but he is in contact with the CDC and will remain quarantined at home for the next week and a half. That will make 21 days since he last treated a confirmed Ebola patient, the maximum incubation period.
Ebola has no vaccine and no specific treatment. It can’t be spread through casual contact or breathing the same air. It requires direct contact with bodily fluids. The World Health Organization says patients are only contagious once they start showing symptoms.
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Why do I have a feeling that this is going to be popping up all over?
shut the heck up.
My mother and 2 sister and their children are in Southeastern Ky. I think that is fairly close.
Madness
... And send ‘em to the White Hut.
Michelle Obama says the ‘blood of Africa’ runs through her veins<<<
Kind of reminds me of Pharoah threatening the Hebrews. Right back atcha, mooch-ell.
Yup, it’s close to the Cumberland Gap
something runs though her veins but I seriously doubt its blood. I’m thinking it’s very likely ice water
then there is this...
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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REVISED LIST OF QUARANTINABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 264(b) of title 42, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Amendment to Executive Order 13295. Based upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Acting Surgeon General, and for the purposes set forth in section 1 of Executive Order 13295 of April 4, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13375 of April 1, 2005, section 1 of Executive Order 13295 shall be further amended by replacing subsection (b) with the following:
“(b) Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled. This subsection does not apply to influenza.”
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
Did he do work at one of these illegal camps is another question to ask.
Now, we have the opportunity to knock off another Washington insider Lamar Alexander who sides with Obama 62% of the time.
Beat Lamar: TN State Rep Joe Carr
http://www.carrfortn.com/
THE lAMARER
Lamarer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSAN5X25Bg&feature=youtube_gdata
lamar’s fishy votes http://www.redstate.com/diary/jayp/2013/07/27/senator-lamar-alexanders-fishy-voting-record/
lamar’s dark side http://realchange.org/alexandr.htm
If you have not voted yet these 3 LIBERAL judges need to be replaced. Connie Clark, Sharon Lee, Gary Wade. I voted NO to retain any of them. I know nothing about how they think. These 3 like 0’care, and very LIBERAL. They have hired top 0 political operatives to run their campaigns.
Leader not a follower: Rory Bricco
If you are State District 81 I strongly suggest you replace our current follow me, rep Moody, with a LEADER not a follower. He opposes amnesty, is Pro Life, 2nd A, 5th gen farmer, businessman, and a Constitutional Conservative, Christian.
Rory Bricco http://www.rorybricco.com/endorsements.php
Mama always said we should be well rounded...
Ping...
Maybe it was at some point. With hordes of invaders entering the US with unknown health histories, really long waits for many people to get health care, and many people avoiding the health care system entirely, I can't understand how that statement would still apply.
What happens when (not if) Ebola spreads into war torn areas and/or refugee camps, with horrific living conditions? What happens when these "children" from Central America and other areas with problems from all over the globe show up in US schools in a few weeks?
We'll probably be safe if we avoid situations where potentially pandemic diseases can spread. Also, it'll be important to maintain very high nutrition and cleanliness standards. Not everybody can do that.
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