Gee - Sus! This is beyond ridiculous now! QUARANTINE THESE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES! NOW!
Don’t worry.
Dem. Gov. Cuomo is quarantining returnees from Ebola stricken countries.
Ooops! Only the white ones....
Who the hell is taking their 5 year old to Guinea during an Ebola outbreak? Can someone say “child abuse”?
Hopefully, just has a flu.
The good news is that both NYC cases (if this kid tests positive) didn’t pick it up in NY, but rather in that basket case of a continent, Africa.
““If he knew anything about Ebola he would know that asymptomatic people are not infectious,” she told CNN.”
Tell that to the airlines that have lost millions.
Tell that to Carnival Cruise Lines which lost millions.
Tell that to the guy who had to shut down his bowling alley.
This nurse is just too much. What is wrong with erring on the side of caution and having her undergo the quarantine? Worst case she loses three weeks of her time and is hopefully ebola-free, and more importantly can't spread the disease (if indeed the 21-day incubation period is correct, with all the lousy information we're getting I'm not so sure that our virologists and epidemiologists really have that nailed donw yet).
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...
Why in the world would you take your child to West Africa????
“Hickox, who isn’t displaying any Ebola symptoms, slammed Christie’s order and is filing a lawsuit against the quarantine. “If he knew anything about Ebola he would know that asymptomatic people are not infectious,” she told CNN.”
Its better that she be out in public when she develops symptoms then. Perhaps we should let the miserable bi*** ride the subway and go bowling before she comes down with it.
“If he knew anything about Ebola he would know that asymptomatic people are not infectious,” she told CNN.”
If she knew anything then she would know that is another lie created by officials to prevent panic. Just because the virus is more likely to shed after symptoms does not mean that it is not present in body fluids before symptoms. It is just present at a lower rate. And it only takes one cell of this virus to GET YOU.
Just read (NY Post this AM) that this poor kid was sent out to play with a whole bunch of neighbor kids after he arrived from the airport. I don’t want to think about what might happen if he does have Ebola.
There’s some bad reporting on this story. The NY Post story just mentioned the boy just developed a fever this morning. All the stories last night indicated he had a high fever upon admittance to Belleview. So, what’s the truth here? Anyone know??
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