Yale Student Hospitalized with Ebola-Like Symptoms

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[Columbo]

A Yale University student who recently returned from Liberia has been admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital to be evaluated for Ebola-like symptoms, according to officials from New Haven Mayor Toni Harp's office and Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Two Yale students who had been conducting research in Liberia returned on Saturday, Oct. 11 and have been kept in voluntary sequestration, Laurence Grothier, Director of Communication for Mayor Harp.

[RayChuang88]

Before everyone goes hysterical again, remember there are a number of other tropical diseases known in Africa that have symptoms somewhat akin to Ebola. This patient may have caught one of those tropical diseases--hence the reason why people working in Africa area strongly encouraged to get a lot of vaccinations against a number of tropical diseases.

[Celtic Conservative]

It’s not being spread by droplets. It’s being spread by boeings and airbuses.

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[Zuben Elgenubi]

Wait until later when they tell us the Yale researcher who came back from Liberia Monday took the commuter train to a French kissing contest down the road in NYC on Tuesday. The CDC told him it shouldn’t be an issue.

[DTogo]

Via Facebook, some folks here in CT have friends working at Yale (supposedly) - they are texting out that it’s a confirmed case of Ebola.

[RinaseaofDs]

Part of me loves that the next US outbreak happened at Yale. How perfect is that?

The tabernacle of Political Correctness - the Mecca of style over substance - and they get the bug. You can count on them being arrogant, which means its going to grab that place by its ovaries and not let go.

It’s Liberal CT too, not grubby old Texas. Liberals are going to scream about this.

[grania]

Nobody can answer my question. What happens if someone who has Ebola also gets the flu. Will those flu symptoms increase the spread of the Ebola? If it does, it could get weird this winter.

[Alter Kaker]

Via Facebook, some folks here in CT have friends working at Yale (supposedly) - they are texting out that it’s a confirmed case of Ebola.

That's not correct. It's a suspected case of ebola, but the labwork to determine whether or not it is ebola has not come back yet. It will be available within 24 hours.

[Alter Kaker]

Before everyone goes hysterical again, remember there are a number of other tropical diseases known in Africa that have symptoms somewhat akin to Ebola.

Per Yale-New Haven Hospital, this student has ONE symptom = a low grade fever. That's consistent with ebola, but it's also consistent with a thousand other things.

[RinaseaofDs]

I can take a shot:

Infectious disease comes down to incubation and transmissibility. Flu is too non-specific, first. There are lots of flus. Flus are caused by viruses.

Ebola shares important traits with HIV - it attacks the immune system.

If Ebola killed slowly, like HIV, you’d see all kinds of opportunistic infections develop in people.

The answer to your question is, it probably wouldn’t matter unless the flu the patient had was so transmissible that it was passed on to someone else and you ended up with a brand new epidemic.

A better question: Can ebola be picked up by pests like mosquitos, fleas, biting flies, and bedbugs? How long can it survive in the pest? Can the pest infect otherwise healthy people by landing or biting them?

Inquiring minds want to know that.

[AppyPappy]

“But it’s not airborne....................”

No no no. You can’t catch it but you can spread it.

It’s science.

[Red Badger]

As long as you don’t get on a bus, you’re okay..................

[jjsheridan5]

Per Yale-New Haven Hospital, this student has ONE symptom = a low grade fever. That's consistent with ebola, but it's also consistent with a thousand other things.

They wouldn't have 2 round-the-clock physicians (and 2 round-the-clock nurses) for a patient with just a low grade fever. Either his symptoms are greater than that, or they are quite certain that it is Ebola. There is simply no other explanation. And remember, they would have the results of the quick test by now, so it is quite possible that they are quite certain it is Ebola, but won't make it official until the other test confirms.

[RinaseaofDs]

It could be just the fever plus where the patient has been that caused the response protocol. This person may not have Ebola. We have to wait until it is confirmed.

[Senator_Blutarski]

A better question: Can ebola be picked up by pests like mosquitos, fleas, biting flies, and bedbugs? How long can it survive in the pest? Can the pest infect otherwise healthy people by landing or biting them?

I've been wondering about money and POS keyboards, along with door knobs.

[BillyBonebrake]

I’m in & out of Yale all day with EMS patients an no one told us anything is confirmed. This patient is pretty much hermetically sealed on the 10th floor.

[jjsheridan5]

It could be just the fever plus where the patient has been that caused the response protocol.

It could be a lot of things. Given the level of response, relative to that of all of the other negatives, many of which were displaying serious symptoms and had a red-flag travel history, leads me to believe that your scenario is the least likely of the 3. The most likely scenario being that they know it is Ebola already. The second most likely being that his symptoms are greater than they are letting on.

We will see. This is different than all of the negatives so far, which were fairly obviously negative judging by the official responses.

[Alter Kaker]

They wouldn't have 2 round-the-clock physicians (and 2 round-the-clock nurses) for a patient with just a low grade fever. Either his symptoms are greater than that, or they are quite certain that it is Ebola. There is simply no other explanation. And remember, they would have the results of the quick test by now, so it is quite possible that they are quite certain it is Ebola, but won't make it official until the other test confirms.

The patient is an ebola researcher just back from Liberia. That makes this case a little different from your average low-grade fever. And no, test results are not back yet - the patient only checked into the hospital last night and test results will be back within 24 hours.

[Ditter]

Why would anybody ......... I mean ANYBODY go to west Africa now or in the last few months. I don’t care if your whole family lives there. Stay out of all of Africa.

[wtd]

Sequence of events with this pair of Yale students:

Eleven days ago, on October 5th:

• WTNH: Yale students quarantined after trip to Liberia amid Ebola concerns

  School officials are not saying what airport the pair landed at but they do tell they are being monitored closely for potential symptoms and after arriving back in the country would be voluntarily sequestered for 21 days.

  Two days ago. on October 14th:

• Fox: Yale students who researched Ebola in Liberia will NOT sequester themselves

  Today:

• WCVB: CT Pt. w/Ebola-like Symptoms who traveled to Liberia admitted to Yale New Haven

  Hospital officials confirmed the patient was one of the Yale University student researchers who helped monitor the Ebola outbreak in Liberia last month, according to WFSB-TV

[wtd]

The male doctor speaking at that press conference did not exude confidence given his posture kept falling back to this pose, his hand up at face repeatedly.