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Interesting discussion on MSNBC right now. The libs want to know why aren't we refusing passage to people from affected countries, but more interestingly, what if the administration is wrong about Ebola.
You libs losing faith?
I guess fear of death might be swaying their political loyalty ?
I guess that "unlikely event" of someone bringing ebola here became "likely" and a fact this week.
Self preservation does more to sway people than political loyalty here.
But, we're being told that this isn't a virus that transmits readily. Yet at least 2 American doctors and now a cameraman have been infected. Could it be we're being lied to???
Silly Toyman. Your government would NEVER lie to you!
I just read there isn't enough of the medicine to treat it here in the US so the Duncan guy isn't getting the same drugs given to the first two. Is that our government being woefullully under prepared for a massive outbreak?
It is an experimental drug in limited quantities.
Remember they only had one dose to send to Africa when the doctor and nurse were sick.
This drug is still in experimental stage and hasn't been through all the tests and approved by the FDA.
No country in the world is prepared for a massive outbreak. Look at Africa where this happens every so many years.
The WHO has reported that the number of ebola victims is doubling every 20-30 days.
It's October 3 and this woman is complaining about being "locked up".
She has to stay in quarantine until October 19.
She thinks she's fine because she has no fever.
And this woman works in the medical field and has this attitude ?
Thankfully there is a court order and a guard outside to make sure she does obey the quarantine order.
This is a big Liberian refugee community (10,000+). I hope they all don't have this same attitude or we're in big trouble.
Yup. Airborne would be bad. But it can be easy to engage in unintentional fluid to fluid contact.
1. Ebola man goes to the bathroom and doesn't wash his hands.
2. You use the bathroom, grabbing the handle that Ebola man just used. Or you shake hands with Ebola man in greeting. Or you help Ebola man by picking up something he dropped.
3. You pick the spinach outta your teeth or wipe the lip balm gunk off your lips or try to dislodge the eyelash totally bugging you before you wash your hands.
It's really gross how many people do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. I've witnessed it in public bathrooms so many times....out the stall and out the door. And don't feel completely safe just because you washed your hands. If you wash your hands and then touch the handle to exit the bathroom you've just touched a disgustingly contaminated handle. I've seen that a million times. Best to keep the paper towel you dried your hands with and use that to open the door. Or open the door with the hem of your shirt or sleeve.
The highly contagious Norovirus is common in schools, nursing home and occasionally cruise ships. We have all heard of sick ships returning with hundreds of reported cases of the virus. The focus is on the 300 who contracted the virus, not the 2000 who did not. All passengers are required to complete a health questionnaire before boarding. People lie.
Hand sanitizers are everywhere. A percentage of the crew is dedicated to sanitation. Most cruise lines suspend self service for the first 24-48 hours.
Those who become ill during the cruise are quarantined as are their cabin companions. Those companions don't always comply.
Healthcare facilities, including nursing homes and hospitals are the most commonly reported settings for the common outbreaks, yet cruise ships get all the attention.
The initial symptoms, norovirus vs Ebola are quite similar.
What incredible timing for NBC! The cameraman had been in Liberia for 3 years, and yet after managing to avoid Ebola for that long he gets symptomatic the day after they hire him - thus giving them a front row seat to the crisis. The cynic in me want to think maybe he was already symtomatic when they hired him, and the job was more of an exclusive deal, but nah they'd never do that.
I wonder if Dr. Nancy still feels that the health care system in Rwanda is superior to ours. Because it's a much shorter plane ride there from Liberia. Just sayin'!
Many scientists have agreed that the longer this circulates among humans the greater the chance of it mutating as it jumps host to host.
Just because HIV did not become airborne does not apply to Ebola.
HIV is substantially more common, especially in Africa. It has infected 10% of the population in many African nation's. Yet, it has not become airborne, as some feared and predicted at one point in time.
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