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Ebola test carried out after air passenger death in UK at Gatwick -- tests negative for ebola
BBC News ^ | Aug 3, 2014 | BBC

Posted on 08/03/2014 4:48:17 PM PDT by Innovative

A test for Ebola has been carried out on a female passenger who died after arriving in the UK from The Gambia.

The Department for Health said the test on the woman, who landed at Gatwick Airport on Saturday, came back negative on Sunday afternoon.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ebola; gatwick
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To: trisham

Yeah, it was awful.


21 posted on 08/03/2014 5:08:52 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Innovative

The spread of Ebola is highly limited by two factors : the fatality rate and the time frame over which the disease develops symptoms. Yes, panic is potentially far worse than the disease itself, where strict containment protocols be placed in infected areas. When people panic, the panic alone can potentially cause a lot of casualties from people behaving in ways that they normally wouldn’t.


22 posted on 08/03/2014 5:09:26 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Veto!

I can only imagine.


23 posted on 08/03/2014 5:10:11 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: cripplecreek

UofM ??
Where is that?


24 posted on 08/03/2014 5:10:24 PM PDT by jim999
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To: Retired Chemist

Can happen even from microscopic quantities of fluid. Can be left as an infectious residue for days.


25 posted on 08/03/2014 5:10:50 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: cripplecreek
I saw something that struck me as odd a couple hours ago.

OK now you're starting make it to sound like one of those wild and whacky post-9/11 threads. Let me know if you see any more choppers. I'll be in the shower.

26 posted on 08/03/2014 5:11:11 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: PA Engineer

yeah, I was thinking along the lines of the embolism. Long flight to just be sitting through, especially at 72.


27 posted on 08/03/2014 5:12:56 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: bergmeid

That is absolutely true. I’d like some reporters to find some people who were on that plane, where are they right now?


28 posted on 08/03/2014 5:14:16 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Innovative

29 posted on 08/03/2014 5:14:52 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Obama is O'Bryan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUoPNpa9Rrw)
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To: Retired Chemist

That’s what they are telling us.


30 posted on 08/03/2014 5:15:00 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Veto!

That is horrendous.


31 posted on 08/03/2014 5:15:24 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: Mom MD
because all lab tests, particularly the rapid field tests, are always 100% correct

The game does seem to be "reassure the public". Is it possible for Ebola to morph in ways that the quickie tests no longer work?

32 posted on 08/03/2014 5:16:06 PM PDT by grania
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To: jim999
University of Michigan. They have a major hospital complex there.


33 posted on 08/03/2014 5:16:07 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Innovative

False alarm, if you can believe the government report. In this day and age, there is always at least a little doubt that we are being told the truth.


34 posted on 08/03/2014 5:16:19 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Black Agnes

Yeah I have one looking for us a movie to watch, lol. Of course I knew it was wrong although everyone I knew thought I was just wishful thinking.

I agree with the other poster who says they are trying to keep down panic.


35 posted on 08/03/2014 5:26:00 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God! ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Lil Flower

I am betting over a dozen defections from the conference in DC from Africa.


36 posted on 08/03/2014 5:29:30 PM PDT by mware
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To: EDINVA

I also am very curious about the cause of death.


37 posted on 08/03/2014 5:36:55 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: jim999
UofM ?? Where is that?

M

38 posted on 08/03/2014 5:44:05 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: NonValueAdded
UofM ?? Where is that?
M

LOL! Fits perfectly with your user name.

39 posted on 08/03/2014 5:48:35 PM PDT by scouter
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To: scouter

of course, why else post it? Besides, someone had already provided an answer.


40 posted on 08/03/2014 5:49:59 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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