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Ebola: It's In The US Now

The nurses at Dallas were not wearing hazmat suits. It was reported that they were, after his status was confirmed, two days after admission, but RNs from the hospital say that is not true.
 
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/us-ebola/index.html

Banning travel from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where Ebola has struck the hardest, is not the solution, Frieden stressed. If that happened, it might prompt people to enter the U.S. in ways that make it more difficult to track them, he said.
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So...he obviously has difficulty making decisions. Or the decision is not his to make.
And, yes, I have googled and read and read and read all the pros and cons.
I am sure the 40+ legislators in DC who are leaning toward a ban have weighed the pros and cons, too.

I think St. Lucia has joined Australia in decision-making ability.

These countries (who can make decisions, evidently) have done these things. Last updated 14 Oct 2014 :

https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=435&language_id=ENG
 
vetusvates said:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/us-ebola/index.html

Banning travel from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, where Ebola has struck the hardest, is not the solution, Frieden stressed. If that happened, it might prompt people to enter the U.S. in ways that make it more difficult to track them, he said.
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So...he obviously has difficulty making decisions. Or the decision is not his to make.
And, yes, I have googled and read and read and read all the pros and cons.
I am sure the 40+ legislators in DC who are leaning toward a ban have weighed the pros and cons, too.

I think St. Lucia has joined Australia in decision-making ability.

These countries (who can make decisions, evidently) have done these things. Last updated 14 Oct 2014 :

https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=435&language_id=ENG
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So let me get this straight.... People in west Africa who would want to get to the USA via the regular commercial flights and could not would go through extreme measures to bypass the ban and get here undetected anyway. Yet those same people would not (in a million years) be inclined to take a common over the counter pain reliever to reduce fever nor lie on a form or verbally to someone about their being previously exposed to anyone with Ebola. Do I have that right Mr. Frieden? :poke:
 
Rich Z said:
And back....

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2014/10/dallas_ebola_patient_traveled.html

Apparently the airline is trying to contact all passengers on that flight, as she may very well have been shedding Ebola at that time.
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Rich Z said:
Say what?????

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/frieden...ola-should-not-have-been-allowed-travel-plane

Click on the photo on the page linked above to hear an audio transcript of complete nonsense.
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Second nurse called CDC prior to flight home to report her fever and contact with Ebola Tom and was not told not to fly. :headbang:

MegF. said:
I personally wore N-95 masks in any room of any patient that I wasn't sure what they had....if they came in with fever, vomitting or cough I wore the N-95..not a regular mask. I could be sure that it would protect me from most anything. From what I understand, these medical personelle are wearing hazmat type suits...should be effective for something like Ebola....
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Rich Z said:
So let me get this straight.... People in west Africa who would want to get to the USA via the regular commercial flights and could not would go through extreme measures to bypass the ban and get here undetected anyway. Yet those same people would not (in a million years) be inclined to take a common over the counter pain reliever to reduce fever nor lie on a form or verbally to someone about their being previously exposed to anyone with Ebola. Do I have that right Mr. Frieden? :poke:
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Apparently Mr Frieden has never heard of Ebola Tom!?!? :headbang:
 
Gambia, Gabon, Senegal, Cameroon, and Ivory Coast (I.C. now having lifted)...seem to have banned flights,...without political or international clamour.
Nor has it seemed to have hastened the approach of Armageddon.

Air France and British Airways...seem to be pro-active (the opposite of paralyzed-with-indecision), the latter having made a decision "until 31 December".
 
Just got a new policy at work fo any suspected ebola virus disease. It is quite extensive but frankly makes me feel much better. We have the tyvec suites and only those having gone through training will be required to be involved in the care of anyone with suspected ebola virus disease. Even a lab personell only transporting labwork will have to wear the entire suit (which will be double bagged and then put into a hard container). It appears any equipment in the room will be disposed of if the patients tests come back positive for ebola.
 
Wright Patt AF Base sending "Humanitarian" Aide to Ebola-Ridden Africa.

Ummm....I live like 5-10miles from the base.....

Ummm....That Plane Has to come home at some point.
 
They should just have any of the aid workers be monitored for 21 days after their last contact prior to returning to the U.S.
 
"Monitoring" did not prevent AJV from going walkabout (flyabout) to Ohio (hopefully you don't live near the possibly contaminated Bed Bath & Beyond, Rich333) and back on commercial airplanes.

Nor did it keep Dallas hospital employee from going on a cruise (link).
By the way,
Belize and Mexico would not allow the "individual" to disembark.

So, evidently two more countries make the list of decision-capable-leaderships.
 
 
Daughter saw this in Columbus. Happy Halloween.
 

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