CDC Headed to Dallas in Advance of Ebola Results

Dallas Observer Blog ^ | Sep. 30 2014 | Stephen Young

[Gadsden1st]

The potential Ebola patient's test results are not in yet, but are expected later Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday evening. CDC personnel are on their way to Dallas in case either of the two samples from the patient being screened are positive for Ebola. If the test was to come back positive, the CDC would lead any actions necessary, with the county providing support, Thompson said.

[Jim Noble]

Either HCWs from this hospital will turn up sick, or they won’t.

This is a gigantic experiment.

[no-to-illegals]

I understand Jim.

[Political Junkie Too]

Agnes, what flight is direct from Liberia to DFW?

Forget Liberia. For oil, try Lagos to IAH.

-PJ

[Salvation]

In Dallas where a lot of the illegals are.

[heylady]

Just said the patient left Liberia on Sept 19 and arrived in Dallas Sept 20. Don’t know if he landed at DFW or Love Field.

[blam]

WOW!

[Gadsden1st]

The patient went to a hospital BEFORE he came to this one. WHY won’t one of our first class journalist ask what Hospital that was and how many did he come in contact with there?

[KeyLargo]

First-Ever Case of Ebola Diagnosed in U.S.
Sep. 30, 2014 4:57pm Pete Kasperowicz

A patient in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola, the first time the virus has been diagnosed inside the United States.

A report from Fox News said the Dallas County Health Department said the patient was recently in Africa, where the virus has claimed the lives of thousands in an epidemic that has spread across country borders.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/30/first-ever-case-of-ebola-diagnosed-in-u-s/

[KeyLargo]

Not to worry.

Obama has assured America that no one here will ever, ever, be at risk from this deadly virus.

"American officials are, however, advising Americans to be alert but to not fret excessively over the outbreak.

“While the Ebola virus could potentially be transported by travelers to another country by a plane ride, according to officials at the CDC, the actual chance of this developing in a serious public health risk to those living in the US is small,” Dr. Robert Glatter wrote in Forbes on Tuesday. "

[GOPJ]

If the Center for Disease Control doesn't recommend stopping all flights to and from Africa, can the doctors of the CDC be tried for murder after millions of us die?

Would it be considered a crime against humanity?

[Blue Highway]

And how many public restrooms did he infect?

[exDemMom]

First I have heard of CDC sending personnel BEFORE results are in. I would hate to think the CDC is already starting to shade the truth about Ebola in the US.

The CDC was probably activating ahead of the test results because the patient's past history includes confirmed contact with Ebola patients. Case history alone is sufficient to begin responding. Had the patient not been known to have a history of contact with an Ebola patient, they would have waited until the results were in because they would not have any reason to think the patient would actually test positive.

[exDemMom]

Even more ridiculous is the local county health official’s comments regarding the situation; he basically came out and said that this patient posed no threat to the general public and that his office was “looking into how many people the patient may have come into contact with over the last few days.” And yes, the moron said this with a straight face...

Um, what else was he supposed to say? He was describing basic contact tracing, a fundamental principal of disease control. Everyone this person has encountered since he/she became symptomatic (on the 24th IIRC) will be evaluated. Depending on whether the evaluation places them in high or low risk category, they will be followed for the next 21 days. And that will be the end of that.

[null and void]

The game of Ebola Roulette continues...

*click* spin *click* spin *click* spin…

Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaaa ping!

Bring Out Your Dead

We’re gonna need

a bigger cart!

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...

[exDemMom]

Don’t forget...this guy probably went through multiple airports...and the first people to examine him almost surely were not thinking it was Ebola.

This person was screened prior to flying out of Africa on Sept. 19, and did not develop symptoms until Sept 24. Ebola is only contagious once symptoms appear. Therefore, the people who will be evaluated are people who may have been in contact with the patient on Sept 24 and after.

[jpsb]

the patient actually did go to the hospital with symptoms on September 24, 2014. In fact, I assumed I was confused because the press conference said the 26th. I assumed I misheard the source. So I texted the source who called me back and, purported reading from the file, read that the patient arrived in Dallas, TX on the 20th of September, appeared in the emergency room with symptoms on September 24th. The patient was discharged with antibiotics and returned again days later with watery diarrhea and other symptoms, tested for both malaria and Ebola, and put in isolation on the 28th.

[DouglasKC]

This person was screened prior to flying out of Africa on Sept. 19, and did not develop symptoms until Sept 24.

According to who? The patient? If he was sick enough to go to the hospital on the 24th it's a safe bet that he was exhibiting symptoms prior to that...you know..symptoms he didn't think were serious enough to go to the hospital with.

[Mortrey]

Why does the CDC own a patent on Ebola ‘invention?’

http://www.naturalnews.com/046290_ebola_patent_vaccines_profit_motive.html#

[exDemMom]

According to who? The patient? If he was sick enough to go to the hospital on the 24th it's a safe bet that he was exhibiting symptoms prior to that...you know..symptoms he didn't think were serious enough to go to the hospital with.

No. By all descriptions, Ebola symptoms hit suddenly. He became symptomatic on the 24th and sought medical attention on the 26th. At that time, he was sent home. On the 28th, he again sought medical attention and was then admitted.

I guess, if you are not actually a scientist, it does not strike you just how sensationalist and ridiculous books like The Hot Zone are. I have skimmed over a little of it, just enough to see that the descriptions were over-the-top. The people described are caricatures, not real scientists. Ditto for any events described in the book. I prefer to watch documentaries that portray the real people speaking for themselves, than some writer's overactive imagination of how the real people might have acted.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!