[winoneforthegipper]

I would think the odds of the little boy having the virus just lowered in Vegas.

[SeekAndFind]

Tsk Tsk Tsk. Such a huge displacement for one Ebola case.

Now just imagine what would happen if there were several...

[Tennessee Nana]

why ???

it sounds more like he and several more Ebola patients need the beds in the ICU

[null and void]

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(hat tip to: fivecatsandadog!)

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...

[Sooth2222]

Bellevue is a public hospital. It can’t go bankrupt taking care of one Ebola patient.

[DCBryan1]

Wait for it....wait for it.....here it comes:

"out of an abundance of caution".....

[wtd]

ITV.com: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has confirmed doctors are awaiting test results on a five-year-old boy who was admitted to Bellevue Hospital with possible Ebola symptoms. The preliminary test results are expected in the next 12 hours, de Blasio said.

Earlier today, reports stated test results expected early this afternoon...sure sounds like they are buying time to score a plausible narrative.

"He had returned from a family trip to Guinea on Saturday night on a Moroccan Airlines flight which landed at JFK. He was screened but did not have a fever when he entered the U.S., CDC director, Dr Tom Frieden said on Monday. Five members of the child's family have been quarantined inside their apartment, law enforcement officials said, but told EMTs that they did not have contact with anyone infected with Ebola while in Guinea. Those under quarantine at the Bronx apartment are believed to be the boy's father, 52, a 15-year-old sister and two brothers, aged 13 and two years old, the Daily News reported. [snip]The boy's preliminary test results were expected later today, hospital officials said ."UKDailyMail

[scouter]

While Bellevue has just one confirmed case — Dr. Craig Spencer — and it is currently testing a 5-year-old Bronx boy to see if he has the dreaded disease, taking care of them requires a lot of manpower and the hospital wants to be ready if any more Ebola patients turn up. So Bellevue has worked out a deal to move patients from its 50-bed intensive care unit two blocks north to New York University Langone Medical Center, sources said Monday.

Think about this for a moment... Do you have any idea what's involved in transferring a single ICU patient to the Operating Room right down the hall?! To move them several blocks to an entirely different hospital is a staggering challenge. To do so for several dozen critically ill patients boggles the imagination. Everything from patient identification, medical records, insurance, etc., to the liability of making a transfer that is unnecessary for that specific patient's welfare, to the logistics of having enough ambulances, doctors, nurses, and paramedics. The legal issues of having doctors and nurses from one hospital involved in caring for the patient, even for a minute, inside another hospital.

There has to be a huge reason for this step to be taken, beyond the mere preparation for the possibility that they'll need the ICU beds at Bellevue. There's something they're not telling us.

[Wuli]

Three blocks north on First Avenue.

[jersey117]

The boy must be positive. Was in school.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

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