Official Ebola update thread
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Anonymous
Not from Dallas but a nurse from Tx. Presby was posting here last week and said lots of people are looking to jump to those 2 places; obviously no idea if that's true or not but the staff is viewing those as "options." Is Medical City a lot worse than THR or something? Even despite THR's name being dragged through the mud? |
Anonymous
What did the drs/nurses/staff in OB or peds or general internal medicine have to do with this? I can see why there is and should be scrutiny on the higher ups for their lack of prep and on ER/ICU/infectious disease -- though at the staff level they were just following faulty orders -- but what does barring an OB-GYN accomplish? Were they the ones who were supposed to come up with an Ebola protocol? |
Anonymous
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CDC is going to monitor all travelers coming from West African.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26863772/cdc-21-day-monitoring-from-ebola-stricken-african-nations-to-us |
Anonymous
Finally!! It’s crazy that this decision took as long as it did. |
Anonymous
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This is interesting, it seems the table has turned!
http://mic.com/articles/102006/one-country-just-instituted-a-deliciously-ironic-ebola-travel-ban |
Anonymous
Yeah, way to go, Rwanda. It's not like you are famous as a country for tribal/ethnic killings or anything! |
Anonymous
Oh come on. Your statement is not relevant. The USA has also had its share of tribal and ethnic killings, but that also is not relevant to Ebola. If you read the article it is in retaliation to how Americans are treating Africans in the USA. Children pulled out of schools in Mississippi because someone visited Zambia and children not asked to come to school in New Jersey because they are from Rwanda is above ridiculous. That's like equating Argentina as having ebola victims because we have had them in Texas. |
Anonymous
It's in retaliation for "Ebola racism," which is just hilarious. "How dare a minority of backwards, uneducated Americans worry everyone from Africa could pass on a terrifying deadly virus? Better act in the most ridiculous fashion possible and institute travel bans! That will show the international community Rwanda's government has really matured since that little incident where we outright slaughtered our own people!" |
Anonymous
Ehhh, I am one of the people who wanted quarantine/travel ban here and I have zero problem with Rwanda doing this. It's their country, they can institute whatever conditions for entry they want. |
Anonymous
Say what? 
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Anonymous
| Amber Vinson is now Ebola free and NBC's cameraman is as well and is out of the hospital. Good news. |
Anonymous
| Are we still freaked out over Ebola? Or can we go back to freaking out of ISIS? |
Anonymous
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Yes, Ebola is still terrifying. No, you won't get it, but we still need to be concerned.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/22/us-health-ebola-who-idUSKCN0IB23220141022 GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 4,877 people have died in the world's worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but the true toll may be three times as much. The WHO has said real numbers of cases are believed to be much higher than reported: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, 2 in Sierra Leone and 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is thought to be about 70 percent of all cases. That would suggest a toll of almost 15,000. Liberia has been worst hit, with 4,665 recorded cases and 2,705 deaths, followed by Sierra Leone with 3,706 cases and 1,259 deaths. Guinea, where the outbreak originated, has had 1,540 cases and 904 deaths. |
Anonymous
That depends. If you live in the United States and are not a person going to West Africa or a medical provider likely to be working with ebola patients, I think chances of you getting it are pretty darn slim. HOWEVER, seeing that it's killing thousands of people and shows no sign of slowing down in the three West African countries, I'd say you should worry, because thousands of people dying in a painful gruesome way is certainly something to be upset about. I do hope the vaccine trials go well and they will be able to stop the epidemic in its tracks through vaccination soon. |
Anonymous
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Looks like there is a new case. In NY, a doctor who was treating Ebola patients in W. Africa. He has a fever and stomach upset.
Hope he will be all right. |