[graciegirl]

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[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by cologal

Yes I had heard that he carried a bleeding women but that report said she was having a miscarriage. No report I can find said that he came here for treatment which, I think, is confirmed by the fact didn't say he was exposed to Ebola. Had he said that he might be alive today.

copied from Huffpost;

". He was exposed to Ebola days before his trip.
New York Times reporters have been able to pinpoint exactly when Duncan may have contracted Ebola. Just four days before his trip to the U.S., he had helped his neighbors transport Marthalene Williams, a sick pregnant woman, to and from a hospital. They were turned away from the hospital for lack of space, and Duncan had helped carry Williams from the car back to her house. She ended up dying early the next morning. "

[TexaninVA]

Here is an article that explains how CDC has a wrongheaded focus on "social justice" (an oxymoron in any event) vs, applying sound science in support of the obvious to combat disease which in this instance would be to institute a travel ban. I term this most unfortunate mental paralysis "PCbola"

Infected by Politics by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal 21 October 2014

[kittygilchrist]

New York tests doctor who was in West Africa for Ebola | Reuters

[maddie101]

We have worries because anyone can come back without being in quarantine. This self testing catches it , but it is still here. We need to PREVENT it from coming, not simply catch it in early stages

[Sophie11]

Dr. tested positive for ebola at Beleview hospital NYC

[maddie101]

As per the NY TIMES
Even as the authorities worked to confirm that Mr. Spencer was infected with Ebola, it emerged that he traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the subway on Wednesday night, when he went to a bowling alley, and then took a taxi home.

[nitehawk]

announcers on tv trying to stop a panic --- Nothing to worry about----Time to start to worry

[collie1228]

Last night I heard the doctor who heads the infectious diseases section of CDC say you don't have anything to worry about unless you are a health care worker. Hmmmm. . . . . All those thousands of people dead and dying in West Africa aren't all health care workers, are they? We have to start challenging these people when they make stupid statements.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by maddie101

As per the NY TIMES
Even as the authorities worked to confirm that Mr. Spencer was infected with Ebola, it emerged that he traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn on the subway on Wednesday night, when he went to a bowling alley, and then took a taxi home.

Because the virus is so deadly, if it had been me returning from taking care of patients with Ebola, out of an abundance of caution, I would not have been around anyone, particularly my fiance', until the incubation time had passed. There is no cure. There is no prevention, and the potential for epidemic is very valid.

If we cannot trust our trained medical people to act responsibly, we are in a mess.

And if anyone says anything about having their throat slit or getting sick....I will say something that gets deleted.

[nitehawk]

doctor said he imposed self quarantine -- nice job doc

[nitehawk]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Because the virus is so deadly, if it had been me returning from taking care of patients with Ebola, out of an abundance of caution, I would not have been around anyone, particularly my fiance', until the incubation time had passed. There is no cure. There is no prevention, and the potential for epidemic is very valid.

If we cannot trust our trained medical people to act responsibly, we are in a mess.

And if anyone says anything about having their throat slit or getting sick....I will say something that gets deleted.

please explain ????

[maddie101]

Originally Posted by nitehawk

doctor said he imposed self quarantine -- nice job doc

I thought CDC MANDATED no travel bus public transportation after the Amber Vinson flight and then the Carnival Cruise incident. I guess he didn't get the memo.

[cologal]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Because the virus is so deadly, if it had been me returning from taking care of patients with Ebola, out of an abundance of caution, I would not have been around anyone, particularly my fiance', until the incubation time had passed. There is no cure. There is no prevention, and the potential for epidemic is very valid.

If we cannot trust our trained medical people to act responsibly, we are in a mess.

And if anyone says anything about having their throat slit or getting sick....I will say something that gets deleted.

I am sorry Gracie... there is a cure because there are people alive today that had Ebola. This doctor took his temperature twice a day since his return and reported the illness when his temp was only 100.3, which is a very low grade fever. They got him isolated quickly. He was NOT symptomatic when he was on the subway nor at the bowling alley. The person has to be SYMPTOMATIC to be able to transmit the disease.

This doctor did act responsibly...we should also remember that he went to West Africa to help with this deadly outbreak. How many of us would risk our lives to help given the risks?

[cologal]

Originally Posted by maddie101

I thought CDC MANDATED no travel bus public transportation after the Amber Vinson flight and then the Carnival Cruise incident. I guess he didn't get the memo.

The difference is those people were put into a 21 day isolation period but travelled anyway. This doctor was NOT in mandated isolation!! He did do follow the procedure for medical workers who return home by taking his temperature twice day and reported the fever when it was only 100.3.

Please don't bash our medical hero's.....