Official Ebola update thread

[Anonymous]

The nurse quarantined in Belize is in good health, showing no symptoms. She is being quarantined as a precaution.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/health/us-ebola/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

Hysteria and fear-mongering

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed that in some people the Ebola virus seems to cause a more progressive and violent disease compared to others. They were showing a video of Nurse Pham this morning and she looked okay (was able to talk, wave etc.). I read that the other nurse is very ill. While critically stable, it seems that the disease is progressing faster in her. I wonder what makes Ebola progress faster in some people vs. others. The doctor and his missionary assistant who were treated at Emory also seemed to have a 'milder' version of the disease while Thomas Duncan succumbed to Ebola in a terrible way within one week of being admitted to the hospital.

Doctors have long said they don't know who will recover and who will succumb. They've known that different people respond very differently to the virus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

Hysteria and fear-mongering

Meh. I think it's a few posters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

I think that is also a couple of posters who repeat the same, tired political talking points every page. It's like our own little Rush Limbaugh show.

[Anonymous]

When planes are getting shut down and 25k needs to be spent on procedures and testing because somebody threw up.

Everything has changed.

We need Romney or somebody to lead. Obama is like a commanding officer who had lost his nerve mid battle and needs to be relieved and replaced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Sweetie, he already looks bad -and has for some time. We simply want to stop the damage from further occurring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I noticed that in some people the Ebola virus seems to cause a more progressive and violent disease compared to others. They were showing a video of Nurse Pham this morning and she looked okay (was able to talk, wave etc.). I read that the other nurse is very ill. While critically stable, it seems that the disease is progressing faster in her. I wonder what makes Ebola progress faster in some people vs. others. The doctor and his missionary assistant who were treated at Emory also seemed to have a 'milder' version of the disease while Thomas Duncan succumbed to Ebola in a terrible way within one week of being admitted to the hospital.

Doctors have long said they don't know who will recover and who will succumb. They've known that different people respond very differently to the virus.

Agreed. I think it's the same as any disease. Some people have good immune systems and can fight off things better, some people have undiagnosed issues that make it harder for them to fight it, some don't have as healthy as a system as others (asthma, drinker, smoker, etc) which likely causes the virus to be able to take over more than someone who was in picture perfect health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I noticed that in some people the Ebola virus seems to cause a more progressive and violent disease compared to others. They were showing a video of Nurse Pham this morning and she looked okay (was able to talk, wave etc.). I read that the other nurse is very ill. While critically stable, it seems that the disease is progressing faster in her. I wonder what makes Ebola progress faster in some people vs. others. The doctor and his missionary assistant who were treated at Emory also seemed to have a 'milder' version of the disease while Thomas Duncan succumbed to Ebola in a terrible way within one week of being admitted to the hospital.

Probably has to do with how quickly they got treated. Pham admitted herself very quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Me too. I'm horrified. There are 300 million people in this country. Two healthcare workers have caught it and are being cared for. The frenzy is insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

I think that is also a couple of posters who repeat the same, tired political talking points every page. It's like our own little Rush Limbaugh show.

agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When planes are getting shut down and 25k needs to be spent on procedures and testing because somebody threw up.

Everything has changed.

We need Romney or somebody to lead. Obama is like a commanding officer who had lost his nerve mid battle and needs to be relieved and replaced.

Fundamentally changing a country has significant downsides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Very much like Bush and Kartrina

Only this is much more serious and incompetent .

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My opinion of DCUM posters has never been so low.

Why?

New poster--this thread is appalling to me. Posters seem to be actively rooting for an Ebola outbreak in this country because it would make President Obama look bad. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Very much like Bush and Kartrina

Only this is much more serious and incompetent .

Nearly 2,000 deaths versus 1. How is this "much more serious"?

The biggest challenge the Obama administration faces is the unnecessary hysteria being generated.