First case of Ebola acquired in Europe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK. The pres just announced that the US will be ramping up screening at airports. No specifics yet. He also strongly criticized other countries for not doing their part. I support him on both counts.

The criticism lies with him for letting it go this far. He's been warned since last March to get a handle on this. He waited until it showed up on our soil--- and still waiting. Ban flights from West Aftica or put them all in quarantine for 21 days upon landing.

Non-essential travel to and from West Africa should be banned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK. The pres just announced that the US will be ramping up screening at airports. No specifics yet. He also strongly criticized other countries for not doing their part. I support him on both counts.

The criticism lies with him for letting it go this far. He's been warned since last March to get a handle on this. He waited until it showed up on our soil--- and still waiting. Ban flights from West Aftica or put them all in quarantine for 21 days upon landing.

Non-essential travel to and from West Africa should be banned.

His fault lies in trusting a third world country to do proper screening...and low moral people to be truthful.

You can't put faith in a 'low trust' society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This will be like the 1918 flu before its done...

No vaccine, no meds to treat it and highly contagious.

We can barely handle 1 case.

The flu is airborne. Ebola is not. They are nothing alike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be like the 1918 flu before its done...

No vaccine, no meds to treat it and highly contagious.

We can barely handle 1 case.

The flu is airborne. Ebola is not. They are nothing alike.

But the PP is correct. We can barely handle one case, even allowing for the semi-dysfunctional nature of Texas. So our policy of taking temps and chasing contacts needs revision.

[Anonymous]

This nurse was apparently having symptoms for 5 days before she was admitted. WTF?? And she went on vacation during that time, which will make contact tracing that much more difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be like the 1918 flu before its done...

No vaccine, no meds to treat it and highly contagious.

We can barely handle 1 case.

The flu is airborne. Ebola is not. They are nothing alike.

Ebola can be caught from surfaces. Sweat, blood, saliva, feces--it comes on so quick it's next to impossible not to be hit with the spray.

People are bleeding, shitting, sweating, puking out if every orfice. The symptoms come raging. Time is an issue. It will wipe out a bus, plane, etc if 1 or more start projectile vomiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This nurse was apparently having symptoms for 5 days before she was admitted. WTF?? And she went on vacation during that time, which will make contact tracing that much more difficult.

Because initial symptoms just feel like a typical cold--then the shit breaks loose. This is why it will be hard to stop....more asympyomatic people not showing symptoms until AFTER they enter the country.

It's your worst nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This nurse was apparently having symptoms for 5 days before she was admitted. WTF?? And she went on vacation during that time, which will make contact tracing that much more difficult.

Exactly. Welcome to the dark ages of the World Leaders grand plan to stop Ebola.

[Anonymous]

Spain is a vaguely functional country, so they may be able to stop this in its tracks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be like the 1918 flu before its done...

No vaccine, no meds to treat it and highly contagious.

We can barely handle 1 case.

The flu is airborne. Ebola is not. They are nothing alike.

Ebola can be caught from surfaces. Sweat, blood, saliva, feces--it comes on so quick it's next to impossible not to be hit with the spray.

People are bleeding, shitting, sweating, puking out if every orfice. The symptoms come raging. Time is an issue. It will wipe out a bus, plane, etc if 1 or more start projectile vomiting.

Or urinating on others. Seriously. Afflicted people don't act rationally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This nurse was apparently having symptoms for 5 days before she was admitted. WTF?? And she went on vacation during that time, which will make contact tracing that much more difficult.

Because initial symptoms just feel like a typical cold--then the shit breaks loose. This is why it will be hard to stop....more asympyomatic people not showing symptoms until AFTER they enter the country.

It's your worst nightmare.

The common cold does not cause fever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This nurse was apparently having symptoms for 5 days before she was admitted. WTF?? And she went on vacation during that time, which will make contact tracing that much more difficult.

Because initial symptoms just feel like a typical cold--then the shit breaks loose. This is why it will be hard to stop....more asympyomatic people not showing symptoms until AFTER they enter the country.

It's your worst nightmare.

The common cold does not cause fever.

WTH? Of course some common colds have fevers.

[Anonymous]

Fuck Africa! I am serious. If you are an American you have no business being over there.

Too bad and so sad but our borders need to be closed.

Enough of this political correctness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This will be like the 1918 flu before its done...

No vaccine, no meds to treat it and highly contagious.

We can barely handle 1 case.

The flu is airborne. Ebola is not. They are nothing alike.

Ebola can be caught from surfaces. Sweat, blood, saliva, feces--it comes on so quick it's next to impossible not to be hit with the spray.

People are bleeding, shitting, sweating, puking out if every orfice. The symptoms come raging. Time is an issue. It will wipe out a bus, plane, etc if 1 or more start projectile vomiting.

Oh, FFS. Yeah, I'm sure one person is going to start vomiting and infect an *entire plane*. It doesn't do much to bolster your credibility when you throw around ridiculous exaggerations like this.

[Anonymous]

Sadly, I think the mistake was in transferring patients back to the US and other countries. They will not be able to keep this routine up for much longer. It's a ton of resources - time wise, money, etc - and hospitals will be in trouble if they end up with more than 1 or 2 patients.

I think it's probably going to be a bit late for better screening.