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Old 11-06-2014, 12:52 PM
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Thursday, Nov 6, 2014 • Updated at 9:33 AM EST

The number of people under "active monitoring" for Ebola symptoms has increased from 117 on Monday to 357 people Wednesday, health officials said.

The vast majority of those being monitored arrived in New York City within the past 21 days from the three Ebola-affected countries, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation said in a statement.

Others being monitored are the staff caring for Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician being treated for Ebola at Bellevue Hospital, the lab workers who conducted his blood tests and the FDNY EMTs who transported the doctor……"

Number of People Under "Active Monitoring" for Ebola in NYC Triples, City Officials Say | NBC New York
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Just because there have been no new cases reported in the US, this is not the time to let your guard down. To be safe, stay off of airplanes, stay off of cruise ships, stay out of public swimming pools, stay away from hospitals, nursing homes and doctors offices or anywhere where those infected might appear, stay away from crowded areas, and do not use public restrooms among many other things you can do to protect yourself.
With the NY Fire Dept. having to make 132,045 ambulance runs per month, as is the case for September of this year (see report linked):

Does anyone really think that the hospital, fire, and paramedic systems can respond to their normal calls and in-hospital and ER patients properly, if entire squads of firemen and their ambulances have to be taken out of service for decontamination, self monitoring of personnel, possible refusal to work, or for becoming ebola infected, if 10 or 20 of the 357 travelers from Africa become ebola infected and have to be transported while vomiting, bleeding, and having explosive diarrhea??

The article quoted says the vast majority of the 357 people being monitored are from the three ebola afflicted countries. STOP the visas!!!!!

http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/sta...cwsum_0914.pdf