Official Ebola update thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

The Jesus is because I agree with you!!! Screw that! Reston has issues on their BEST day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

If the hospital is ready to receive Ebola cases, then they won't be putting your kid, or anyone, for that matter, anywhere near a patient who is isolated due to Ebola. That goes for the waiting areas, lab areas, everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FDNY forbids use of the "E" word over radios: http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/dont-say-ebola-on-the-radio-fdny-to-911-dispatchers/

Seeing the way people are freaking out all over DCUM, I'd say this makes a lot of sense.

[Anonymous]

The best thing they can do if they are going to continue allowing flights is to designate hospitals where there will be training and staff specific to Ebola. I have a lot more confidence in hospitals with this training then I do a hospital like Dallas that was all "oh shit, no what?" I've worked on trauma teams before and the best thing to do is have specifically trained staff who can spring into action at a moments notice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FDNY forbids use of the "E" word over radios: http://nypost.com/2014/10/16/dont-say-ebola-on-the-radio-fdny-to-911-dispatchers/

Seeing the way people are freaking out all over DCUM, I'd say this makes a lot of sense.

Seriously.

[Anonymous]

French nurse admitted with possible ebola in Paris:

http://news.yahoo.com/nurse-fever-admitted-french-hospital-ebola-fears-144328468.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

They need somewhere to treat people close to the airport. Every hospital is going to be inconvenient to some of its neighbors. If you are worried, pick a back up hospital.

[Anonymous]

Why not stop flights from West Africa?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not stop flights from West Africa?

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/have-faa-ban-all-incoming-and-outgoing-flights-ebola-stricken-countries-until-ebola-outbreak/FFJHH9yX

[Anonymous]

Jay Carney opinion on what Obama should do: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/16/guess-which-former-white-house-official-said-admin-needs-to-take-substantive-action-on-ebola/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

If the hospital is ready to receive Ebola cases, then they won't be putting your kid, or anyone, for that matter, anywhere near a patient who is isolated due to Ebola. That goes for the waiting areas, lab areas, everything.

Like they did in Dallas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

If the hospital is ready to receive Ebola cases, then they won't be putting your kid, or anyone, for that matter, anywhere near a patient who is isolated due to Ebola. That goes for the waiting areas, lab areas, everything.

Like they did in Dallas?

Oh, I must have missed something. Did people from the general population get sick in Dallas? I thought it was only nurses who worked with the patient before appropriate infection control procedures were put in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was listening to WTOP this morning. They said that they are starting the ebola screening at dulles. They said 2 hospitals in the area were specifically ready to receive ebola cases from Dulles – Fairfax Inova and Reston Hospital. I live 3 miles from Reston Hospital!

Jesus.

I'm the one who lives near Reston hospital, and I am worried because my dd's have asthma. My 8 year old has been sick with a virus for 2 weeks, and has spent the last 3 nights coughing. If I have to take her to the hospital for breathing difficulties, I would normally take her to Reston. If a passenger with ebola flies into Dulles, then there we would be. Right in an ebola hospital. I call that a reason for concern. If you don't think so, you are deluding yourself.

If the hospital is ready to receive Ebola cases, then they won't be putting your kid, or anyone, for that matter, anywhere near a patient who is isolated due to Ebola. That goes for the waiting areas, lab areas, everything.

Like they did in Dallas?

Did the Dallas hospital claim they were ready and prepared to receive Ebola patients? Oh wait, no, they didn't.

[Anonymous]

Seems rather pessimistic to assume that no one has learned anything from the Dallas experience.