Technically, transmitted in Africa. Still only two transmitted in the US.
Technically, transmitted in Africa. Still only two transmitted in the US.
while I understand that a health care worker who has returned from treating Ebola patients would be anxious to resume their lives once they return home, perhaps there should be some sort of automatic quarantine period to see if symptoms show up
I realize the likelihood of transmission is quite rare, but I would hope someone who'd been exposed would be willing to restrict their public activities until the incubation period had passed
In other news, the Dallas nurse has ended her treatment and has just been released
US deaths from ebola = 1
Annual US deaths from the flu = >3000, as high as 49,000 over the past 40 years
US ebola infections = 3 (maybe 4, only 2 transmitted in the states)
Annual US flu infections = between 5% and 20% of the population get the flu, approx 200,000 are hospitalized from it annually
% of US populations panicking over ebola = >90%
% of the US population that thinks flu shots are worthless = ?%, but apparently anyone who follows Bill Maher. Link.
% of US population that are morons....well you can do the math.
They were not covered head-to-toe. They did not use the correct gear, and had exposed skin.
There isn't widespread panicking about Ebola. That is a load of crap. People are just pissed because it looks like there are things that we could be doing better to prevent ANYONE from getting the disease that aren't being done. Doesn't mean that they can be 100% foolproof, but the New Your Guy mixing with the regular population right off the plane back from TREATING Ebola seems like a pretty unnecessary risk, No? If no one else become infected it will be as a result of luck rather than sound medical practice or policy. If people feel like there isn't enough protection being offered by the people who should protect them, they will prepare on their own, and some of those preparations may seem excessive or irrational. But apparently people value their own lives more than their government betters do, so more power to them. How is this skinning anyone else's nose?
There isn't widespread panicking about Ebola.
The thing that caught my attention was that this dude "...had traveled on the A and L subway lines Wednesday night, visited a bowling alley in Williamsburg, and then took a taxi back to Manhattan."
He reported his fever Thursday morning. Hopefully we just dodged another bullet.
Not trying to discredit you here, but would very much like to see a source on this. The press has seemed to keep this deliberately murky
My daughter came home from school and said all the kids there are talking about it, as are the teachers.
He was monitoring his condition, so he probably had not developed the fever the previous night.
He was monitoring his condition, so he probably had not developed the fever the previous night.
It appears that he was too damn stupid to be in charge of monitoring his own condition.
Kaci Hickox, being held in isolation at a Newark, New Jersey hospital, planned to contest her quarantine in court, her attorney said, arguing that the order violated of her constitutional rights.
Hickox's confinement raises “serious constitutional and civil liberties issues,” given that she remains asymptomatic and has not tested positive for Ebola, her attorney Norman Siegel, a prominent civil liberties lawyer, said on Sunday.
https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/26/us-health-ebola-usa-idUSKBN0IF03L20141026
I dont know how to feel about this.
On Friday around noon the younger Hickox arrived to Newark Liberty International Airport from Brussels, Belgium expecting to catch a connecting flight to Maine, where she lives, according to her mother.
She told the airport personnel where she had been and what she was doing, her mother said....
...They took her temperature, which came out normal. Airport personnel then transported her to a isolation room in the airport, according to her mother.
Eventually she asked for something to drink and eat, and they gave her water and a granola bar, according to Karen Hickox.
Later on when she was still in the isolation room she called her mom to tell her what was happening.
“She said something like 'it appeared people were unsure of what to do,'” Karen Hickox said.
About four hours after she was first taken to the airport isolation room, they took her temperature again which showed a slight fever.
She was then transported to University Hospital, where medical personnel took her temperature, which came out normal. They also gave her an ebola test and that came out negative...
...According to her mother, she has been moved to a isolation tent, where she has two main doctors. Inside the tent, she doesn’t have a television, shower, or books. There is, however, "a potty that has a bag",” said Karen Hickox.