[kittygilchrist]

Well duh.... Cdc has been really present in Dallas for the last 48 hours, according to the director in a press conference today.
As usual I was yelling at the television how he got there too late when he said somewhat abashedly that he wished cdc had gotten there sooner.
Duh and double duh...

What really scares me is that I keep being right, 10 to 30 days ahead of media and the government. And I don't know squat.

[Barefoot]

[quote=murray607;95
I can't help but think back to the SARS epidemic, when it was initially announced that health authorities were on top of things and that there was little to worry about and then it progressed and we had increasing numbers of deaths including healthcare workers.[/QUOTE]

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Originally Posted by Jdmiata

Just looked this up. Only eight people in the US got it and none died.

The OP of this thread is from Canada where SARS did kill 44 people and there were 438 suspected cases.
Murray, I have also been thinking back to the SARS epidemic.
I had a family member in hospital with cancer during the worst of the SARS scare.
I remember how frightened we were to make daily visits to hospital. A lot of people wore masks when in public places.
After a few months, the Health Authorities were able to control it.
But it was a scary time.
And it pales in comparison to Ebola.

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From newspaper:
SARS claimed 44 lives in Canada. Globally, it is estimated that 916 people died, 11 per cent of the people who were infected. A total of 438 Canadians – a mix of probable and suspect cases – likely had SARS. The official WHO count only lists probable cases; its final tally suggests 8,422 people were infected with the disease.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Initial reports I read were that the hazmat suit was fine and the mistake occured when it was being removed. Mistake in protocol of removing the suit and it brushed against her face. Tragic but a preventible mistake.

As for Washington leaders not doing their part, what do you personally think should be done? Very possible you have an idea they in Washington have not thought of at this point.

I wasn't talking about Washington leaders "not doing their part". I was talking about them BLAMING the nurse herself for the problem, while that is still not determined, and she is the one where the rubber meets the road, not them.

[Sophie11]

If the hospital had been equipped to handle this epidemic the nurse would of had her hazmat suit sprayed and removed by another person ): ….I feel so bad for the nurse and her family. ):

[janmcn]

Originally Posted by Sophie11

If the hospital had been equipped to handle this epidemic the nurse would of had her hazmat suit sprayed and removed by another person ): ….I feel so bad for the nurse and her family. ):

If the hospital had been equipped to handle this epidemic, the emergency room nurse and doctors would not have sent a patient with 103 degree temperature home with a Tylenol after learning he had just been in Liberia.

This is a big hospital in a big city with excellent health care. Its scary to think what will happen at smaller hospitals in smaller or rural areas.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by janmcn

If the hospital had been equipped to handle this epidemic, the emergency room nurse and doctors would not have sent a patient with 103 degree temperature home with a Tylenol after learning he had just been in Liberia.

This is a big hospital in a big city with excellent health care. Its scary to think what will happen at smaller hospitals in smaller or rural areas.

Not many hospitals are ready...and few are ready completely. We should lock our doors before it is too late. We need to protect all of US for once and quit thinking about being politically correct. This is no baby game.

[Sandtrap328]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

Well duh.... Cdc has been really present in Dallas for the last 48 hours, according to the director in a press conference today.
As usual I was yelling at the television how he got there too late when he said somewhat abashedly that he wished cdc had gotten there sooner.
Duh and double duh...

What really scares me is that I keep being right, 10 to 30 days ahead of media and the government. And I don't know squat.

Will you be at the TOTV gathering at crispers on Friday? Be nice to meet you!

[maddie101]

My son lives five minutes away from where Nina Pham lives. The restaurants and stores they shop at are in that direction. Who knows where she was right before getting the fever. My son's friend actually met Nina over the summer. Too close for comfort.

[gomoho]

And now a 2nd healthcare provided has tested positive. Wake up CDC and POTUS.

[kittygilchrist]

Boots on the ground in Africa for a medical crisis, but no never never in the middle east...
Medical personnel in A great Tx hospital are dominoes falling to ebola and we send TROOPS to AFRICA??!!
What the...

[maddie101]

Oh, yes, we have something to worry about!

[Breaking News update 11:25 a.m.]

The second Dallas health care worker with Ebola was on a flight from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday -- the day before she reported symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Because of the proximity in time between the Monday evening flight and the first report of her illness, the CDC wants to interview all 132 passengers on her flight -- Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth, which landed at 8:16 p.m. CT Monday, the CDC said.

Why was she allowed to travel if she was being "monitored?"

[janmcn]

Originally Posted by maddie101

Oh, yes, we have something to worry about!

[Breaking News update 11:25 a.m.]

The second Dallas health care worker with Ebola was on a flight from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday -- the day before she reported symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Because of the proximity in time between the Monday evening flight and the first report of her illness, the CDC wants to interview all 132 passengers on her flight -- Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth, which landed at 8:16 p.m. CT Monday, the CDC said.

Why was she allowed to travel if she was being "monitored?"

Breaking news on Ebola outbreak 2014 - breakingnews.com


Here is a link to this latest breaking news about the flight of the second Ebola victim.

[rubicon]

It has been my position from the first news report of Ebola expansion that the government should restrict travel to the US from West Africa . It has also been my position that the US should help containment in West African countries and not US. The US is spending huge amounts to establish the better protocols to treat Ebola here and Ebola cases will materialize.

Ebola virus on a continuum mutates and can pass from animal to human as did AIDS/HIV

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Will you be at the TOTV gathering at crispers on Friday? Be nice to meet you!

I would like to meet you too, but I'm not sure about Friday. Enjoy yourself, you'll meet a lot of interesting characters.

[Cisco Kid]

CBS just said that the 2nd patient flew on plane the day before diagnosed.


Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth. The flight landed at 8:16 p.m. CT.