Official Ebola update thread

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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.

That may be the case, and I *really* hope it is. But you're being pretty premature in drawing that conclusion. The second nurse just self-reported a day or so ago. And she was in the group of people who were supposed to be self-monitoring. If you were just a random person in an ER waiting room, you probably weren't told to self-monitor. You may not even know you were exposed. I agree it sounds like it's unlikely that anyone in the general population will get it (thankfully), but I don't like seeing this unwarranted confidence. Don't declare victory yet.

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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!


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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?

Yes Dallas did not even follow standard medical practices with its medical waste from a know case of Ebola. I bet if they got another case they would do the same thing again. Texas is a pretty conservative state. I bet they just ignored the federal guidelines for handling a contagious diseases b/c it came for the federal government or a "liberal" university.

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Why is no one calling for the second nurse's head like they were Duncan's. Yes, the CDC screwed up in telling her she could fly. But she's a medical professional, knew what early stages of Ebola looked like, knew a colleague was infected by the same patient she was treating, and knew she had a slight fever. Tremendous lapse in judgement by getting on that plane and total lack of critical thinking. If people were calling for Duncan to be charged if he lived, why is no one saying the same thing about her? Her lack of critical thinking and judgement could have infected who knows how many.

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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!

So? Is a pigeon from the hospital parking lot going to get Ebola and crap it on your car door handle?

What is it with Reston and Ebola?

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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.

Not the PP, but the closest hospital is imperative for an asthmatic who is having breathing issues --including bad coughing. If I cough more than 2 times in a row, I know I am at risk for an attack. If I have an attack, I'd been in trouble to travel more than. 10 min to an ER.

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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.

Not the PP, but the closest hospital is imperative for an asthmatic who is having breathing issues --including bad coughing. If I cough more than 2 times in a row, I know I am at risk for an attack. If I have an attack, I'd been in trouble to travel more than. 10 min to an ER.

If you need to go to the hospital, don't touch anybody's bodily fluids while you are there. You'll be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:They keep saying the nurse had symptoms on the plane. They said before that a high fever is when symptoms can start. Now they realize that symptoms can start with a low fever. I wonder if she was sweating and had diarrhea on the plane?

We all know how clean airplane bathrooms are . As a microbiologist the amount of fecal matter on door handles and faucet knobs is disturbing ...u can't see the bugs but they are there when you swab for them.

Please all those DCUMers with husbands that NEVER wash their hands after using the bathrooms : (See multiple old threads)

Read the above, then read it again. Then kick your DHs you know where until they man up and freaking wash their hands!
How difficult can it be?

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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.

Not the PP, but the closest hospital is imperative for an asthmatic who is having breathing issues --including bad coughing. If I cough more than 2 times in a row, I know I am at risk for an attack. If I have an attack, I'd been in trouble to travel more than. 10 min to an ER.

I am a lifelong asthmatic. This seems a bit dramatic. Are you not taking medication daily and do you not have an emergency inhaler?

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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.

Not the PP, but the closest hospital is imperative for an asthmatic who is having breathing issues --including bad coughing. If I cough more than 2 times in a row, I know I am at risk for an attack. If I have an attack, I'd been in trouble to travel more than. 10 min to an ER.

I am a lifelong asthmatic. This seems a bit dramatic. Are you not taking medication daily and do you not have an emergency inhaler?

To the pp with an asthmatic kid. You should take your kid to children's if he has an attack. They are better equiped and you don't go through general triage since they have an asthma unit.

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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.

Not the PP, but the closest hospital is imperative for an asthmatic who is having breathing issues --including bad coughing. If I cough more than 2 times in a row, I know I am at risk for an attack. If I have an attack, I'd been in trouble to travel more than. 10 min to an ER.

I am a lifelong asthmatic. This seems a bit dramatic. Are you not taking medication daily and do you not have an emergency inhaler?

I do, but I have other health conditions that cause me to spiral down fast --including a heart ailment.

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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.

They sent his blood sample through the hospital's tube delivery system. That's not proper procedure.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/15/nurses-protest-ebola/17302987/

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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.

I understand your concern because, over the years, we have had to take our kid to Fairfax for asthma related issues. They are the best for that, in my view. Would Fair Oaks or Loudoun be an option for you? Fair Oaks is pretty close to Reston.

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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!

So? Is a pigeon from the hospital parking lot going to get Ebola and crap it on your car door handle?

What is it with Reston and Ebola?

LOL PP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not stop flights from West Africa?

Because that would be the right thing to do. That would have stopped it from spreading. But we are living in a bad tv movie and all the leaders are making mistake after mistake.

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Any chance we could get a temporary Ebola forum to keep everybody happy?