Ebola patient in Texas has died

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You morons, it DOES NOT MATTER if he knew he was infectious or not. He can kill millions of Americans either way.

How can he kill MILLIONS of americans? Are you on crack?

[Anonymous]

I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

he touched a sick person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

he touched a sick person

okay so let's get this right. we should ban anyone who has touched a sick person who isn't a citizen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

he touched a sick person

okay so let's get this right. we should ban anyone who has touched a sick person who isn't a citizen.

From an ebola country

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

and we would know this how? no temperature. and no evidence of the virus in his system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

and we would know this how? no temperature. and no evidence of the virus in his system.

. No temperature does not equal no virus in his system. He wasn't tested for the virus upon departure, only temperature. He had the virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

and we would know this how? no temperature. and no evidence of the virus in his system.

"We" wouldn't. Just pointed out the comment was incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

and we would know this how? no temperature. and no evidence of the virus in his system.

. No temperature does not equal no virus in his system. He wasn't tested for the virus upon departure, only temperature. He had the virus.

you can't detect the virus in someone's blood until they show symptoms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He did not know he had the virus when he came here.

He stopped to help a pregnant women to the hospital, not knowing that she had ebola.

Cite, please.

See the LA Times article posted at 14:48.

And there are just as many other news article that state he knew she had ebola. So that's not a dependable cite.

And neither are the ones that state that he did know.

All we know is that he helped a gravely ill pregnant woman. Whether he knew or suspected she had ebola will never be known for sure.

I'm going to choose to judge him based on what we know he did (helped a gravely ill pregnant woman) rather than what we can only speculate about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they should ban all travel by sick people who aren't citizens

um the guy wasn't sick when he traveled. so this would've helped not at all in this case

He was sick, he just wasn't showing symptoms.

and we would know this how? no temperature. and no evidence of the virus in his system.

"We" wouldn't. Just pointed out the comment was incorrect.

it is correct - there is no ability to detect the virus in the blood until someone has symptoms.

[Anonymous]

From WAPO:

Dr. Amesh A. Adalja :

During the incubation period, the levels of the virus of the blood are very low. Viremia--the amount of virus in the blood--is correlated with the development of symptoms. When virus levels are detectable that is when symptoms develop.

[Anonymous]

possible new case in TX: http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/08/patient-frisco-ebola-suspect/16922477/