HOLY TWIT,Ebola is finally here in the United States.

Now what?

Your First World medical system will take care of it. That's what.

I suggest you...

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Couple of things I don't get . . . .

"They" say they are screening people leaving ebola infected countries and keeping out anyone with a fever. However, if the disease takes up to 21 days to incubate, just because you don't have a fever when you get on the plane doesn't have anything to do with whether you are infected or not. So you don't infect anybody on the plane, but when the symptoms appear 10 days later and you're in the middle of Wal-Mart or someplace, what then??

How many people do you come in contact with in the course of the day?? I had a dr appointment today, so I contacted everybody in the waiting room, the dr's staff, the dr himself. Then I did some errands -- how many people did I contact in the stores? The news says the virus doesn't stay in the air, BUT, if a person sneezes or coughs, microscopic droplets which you sneeze or cough into the air CAN infect others.

I don't see why we are letting people from infected countries come into the US at all.

Secondly, what precautions are being taken to prevent US forces that are in those countries trying to help?

Scary stuff, this.
 
Butterfly said:
Couple of things I don't get . . . .

"They" say they are screening people leaving ebola infected countries and keeping out anyone with a fever. However, if the disease takes up to 21 days to incubate, just because you don't have a fever when you get on the plane doesn't have anything to do with whether you are infected or not. So you don't infect anybody on the plane, but when the symptoms appear 10 days later and you're in the middle of Wal-Mart or someplace, what then??

How many people do you come in contact with in the course of the day?? I had a dr appointment today, so I contacted everybody in the waiting room, the dr's staff, the dr himself. Then I did some errands -- how many people did I contact in the stores? The news says the virus doesn't stay in the air, BUT, if a person sneezes or coughs, microscopic droplets which you sneeze or cough into the air CAN infect others.

I don't see why we are letting people from infected countries come into the US at all.

Secondly, what precautions are being taken to prevent US forces that are in those countries trying to help?

Scary stuff, this.
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I totally agree. As soon as they allowed people with this into the country I just knew this would be the result.
 
The disease takes only EIGHT days to incubate.. not 21.. A person is not contageous during the incubation period, only after they become symptomatic. It is only spread through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person.. It is not airborne, therefore you cannot catch it from sitting or standing next to an infected person. It is not that easy to catch and far less contageous than measles or the flu. It has run rampant through west Africa because of tribal superstitions and fear of hospitals.. People care for loved ones at home, and tradtionally prepare dead family members bodies for burial, therefore contract the disease through exposure to body fluids.

Please.. relax.. The man is in strict quarantine.. all people ha may have been in contact with since he became ill have been searched out and monitored.. He was not febrile or ill when he got here.. because people become very ill very fast and would be too sick to even travel once the disease takes hold. It was bound to happen... Air travel makes it inevitable... there will likely be more cases arriving.
 
A few days ago I was on a plane returning from a trip to England. Four obviously African men sat in the row in front of me. The woman next to me expressed concern that they might be carrying Ebola. (They looked perfectly healthy!) I pointed out that you can't get it by sitting behind someone on a plane; it is spread through bodily fluids. She said she didn't realize that, she thought it was airborne.

I guess this is how public hysteria spreads.

(What did get me momentarily alarmed, though, was the fact that toward the end of the flight, all four stood up at exactly the same time and opened the overhead compartments and removed their duffle bags. I thought, "OMG, what is this?" They were taking out their jackets, as the plane had cooled off!)
 
Yes... I think we are all a lot more jumpy now.. The world is certainly a dangerous place. As for Ebola.. it's a horrible disease.. most people that contract it die. They do not have the same public health or medical facilities in west Africa, that are available in the US or other 1st world countries.. BUT as for viral diseases, it's pretty hard to spread. Unlike AIDS, that can be spread before a person even realizes they carry the virus.. Ebola victims must be sick and have obvioius symptoms before being contageous. The Ebola virus is what is known as anaerobic, same as the AIDS virus.. it cannot live in AIR. I was waiting for the first case to show up here and knew there would be some hysteria. Facts and knowledge are powerful tools.
 
Are some of you really saying that people who volunteer to help other nations with Ebola should not be allowed back home?!
surely helping to contain Ebola is a lot more humanitarian than fighting yet another war....

Perhaps we ought to go back to the plague; paint a red cross on the door, and nail the infected people up inside their house to die..
 
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Vivjen said:
Are some of you really saying that people who volunteer to help other nations with Ebola should not be allowed back home?!
surely helping to contain Ebola is a lot more humanitarian than fighting yet another war....

Perhaps we ought to go back to the plague; paint a red cross on the door, and nail the infected people up inside their house to die..
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I think to contain the spread of Ebola, those who go to areas to help should be quarantined to make sure they aren't infected before they are allowed to return. It's the sensible thing to do.
 
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I think to contain the spread of Ebola, those who go to areas to help should be quarantined to make sure they aren't infected before they are allowed to return. It's the sensible thing to do.
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Since the incubation period is only 8-10 days... that seems sensible to me.
 
Think about it....

ISIS recently they were going to do damage to the United States one way or the other.

Is this the beginning of it?
 
The 2nd person was a close contact of the original case. What is meant by close? Perhaps a spouse or someone who would have cared for him when he became ill? The children are all being monitored.. and asymptomatic and are not in school.
 
I'm sorry but I am extremely worried about Ebola spreading in our country. I know they say you can't become infected until a certain period of time has passed,but I am still worried since some people might not realize how sick they really are before they see a Doctor. Now we have another thing to worry about,the new flu spreading,an illness that causes paralyses ,and Ebola.
 
I can't believe a red flag didn't go up in that hospital, when that man said he was just in Liberia, and the Ebola thing is so hot in the current news. :rolleyes: Here, take these antibiotics and go home.
 
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