So? The average body temp is 98.6. Do you want to quarantine everyone with a .9 degree variance?
99.5 is not a high fever normally, but it does mean something is cooking. Ive had 99.5 many times from a cold but usually it means something is starting because by the time she got off that flight it jumped to 100.4
So? The average body temp is 98.6. Do you want to quarantine everyone with a .9 degree variance?
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When you are
- a NURSE with medical training
- you are part of the team(s) who took care of an Ebola patient (in inadequate protective gear)
- one of your fellow nurses already HAS EBOLA from caring for the same patient in the same work environment
- you know that a fever is one of the first, if not the first marker that is looked for & you are considered ‘contagious’ if you have one
- you do have a temperature/fever above normal
........ do you think you should be on PUBLIC transportation or maybe you should be reporting to the hospital to get tested for Ebola?
Do you want to quarantine everyone with a .9 degree variance?
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A low grade fever means an INFECTION. I know I had one when I was diagnosed with an infected gall bladder and had to be removed.