American doctor in Liberia tests positive for Ebola virus

[atthelake]

FYI for those that have followed at WS... O/T... Jennifer Huston found today http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?252259-OR-Jennifer-Huston-38-Dundee-24-July-2014-4/page4

 

[redheadedgal]

atl -- you are no longer alone lol

here is another pic of a decontamination site @ a doctors w/o borders camp... this worker is wearing eye protection but no face mask:

http://www.medicaldaily.com/2nd-ebo...ment-world-rushes-send-aid-africa-and-develop

i wonder if lack of supplies is the issue?

 

[redheadedgal]

gloves, mask and goggles: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/as...bola-0802---restricted-horizontal-gallery.jpg

 

[Herding Cats]

Lake, there are a lot of folks who're following this...and I, for one, am quite concerned because it doesn't seem to have slowed down at all, this epidemic.

I also think that there are a lot of folk who are reading, and trying to understand, but are not necessarily posting...it's like that a lot. Especially if there is a case which has developments (like Arias, and finding Jennifer today...).

Best-
Herding Cats

 

[HMSHood]

Waiting for results on the Ebola tests on the Mt Sinai man. But I did find this, in case he comes back positive.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nyc-patient-being-tested-for-ebola-2014-8

I hope those are special gloves, gowns, masks,eye, head and booty wear imo.

I have not heard any positive results for Ebola. I can imagine the anxiety for people in New York and especially the patient.

 

[Suthrnqt]

Lake, there are a lot of folks who're following this...and I, for one, am quite concerned because it doesn't seem to have slowed down at all, this epidemic.

I also think that there are a lot of folk who are reading, and trying to understand, but are not necessarily posting...it's like that a lot. Especially if there is a case which has developments (like Arias, and finding Jennifer today...).

Best-
Herding Cats

Agreed. I read every post, but I am busy on other threads at the moment. I am in the midst of an
verreaction: and am trying not to be chided for being a fear monger.
:cow:

 

[Oddsocks]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-06/ebola-outbreak-who-urged-to-allow-experimental-drugs/5651128
The bottom of this article has a good timeline map.

 

[redheadedgal]

The priest came down with Ebola virus after visiting the director of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God hospital, who has since died of the disease.

http://www.thelocal.es/20140805/confirmed-spanish-priest-ebola-liberia

so i take it these two didn't exchange bodily fluids?

p.s. thanks to zwiebel for the info/link

 

[jjenny]

"A Nigerian nurse has died of Ebola and the country has five other confirmed cases of the disease, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said Wednesday."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ebola-kills-nurse-in-nigeria-1.2728713

 

[jjenny]

"A Saudi man suspected to have been infected with the Ebola virus on a business trip to Africa died early Wednesday. He had been admitted to a hospital in Jeddah two days earlier with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever."

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...ies-suspected-ebola-case-saudi-arabia-n173846

 

[Irisha]

I've heard on CNN & HLN this morning that Nancy Writebol is getting a 3rd dose today. Actually heard it last night too. I cannot find a link anywhere. How can that be? That would make 4 doses, when they only originally had 3. Someone's lying, surprise, surprise. JMO

 

[jjenny]

I've heard on CNN & HLN this morning that Nancy Writebol is getting a 3rd dose today. Actually heard it last night too. I cannot find a link anywhere. How can that be? That would make 4 doses, when they only originally had 3. Someone's lying, surprise, surprise. JMO

Just because only three doses were send to Liberia, doesn't mean that's all there is. This serum is made from genetically modified plants.
Three doses were send to Liberia. Two were given to Nancy and one to the doctor. It would seem now that she is back into the US, the company made more serum. Or they already had more in storage.

 

[popsicle]

The Ohio patient is still in isolation.

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140805_27035.shtml

 

[popsicle]

FOX 5 Atlanta ‏@FOX5Atlanta 3m
BREAKING: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- World Health Organization: Ebola outbreak has killed at least 932 people in 4 countries. #fox5atl

 

[Irisha]

Just because only three doses were send to Liberia, doesn't mean that's all there is. This serum is made from genetically modified plants.
Three doses were send to Liberia. Two were given to Nancy and one to the doctor. It would seem now that she is back into the US, the company made more serum. Or they already had more in storage.

This article states there was only 3, TOP SECRET TOO. We have never heard there was more, until now. So how many more doses are there? Just 1? :moo:



http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/st...d-ebola-patients/34375/18PPWCu6qEGHmy6tMRaReg

 

[jjenny]

This article states there was only 3, TOP SECRET TOO. We have never heard there was more, until now. So how many more doses are there? Just 1? :moo:



http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/st...d-ebola-patients/34375/18PPWCu6qEGHmy6tMRaReg

The company makes it from plants. More than 3 plants can be grown at a time.
They are increasing production. I have no idea what else can be said on the matter, except the company obviously can make more than 3 doses total.

"San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical on Monday identified the drug used to treat two Americans with Ebola as “ZMapp” and said it is working with commercial and government partners to quickly increase production."
http://timesofsandiego.com/business/2014/08/04/local-biotech-increasing-production-zmapp-ebola-drug/

 

[ohiogirl]

The Ohio patient is still in isolation.

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/140805_27035.shtml

she tested negative. A 46-year-old woman remains in isolation at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital and reportedly "doing well," according to health officials there. She tested negative for the ebola virus.

 

[Lyra500]

"A Saudi man suspected to have been infected with the Ebola virus on a business trip to Africa died early Wednesday. He had been admitted to a hospital in Jeddah two days earlier with symptoms of hemorrhagic fever."

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...ies-suspected-ebola-case-saudi-arabia-n173846

So I wonder how many people he came into contact with before admission to hospital.

 

[Lyra500]

So now it appears that Mr Sawyer came int contact with 70 people before he was isolated. Given that he collapsed on arrival at the airport, it seems likely that he was contagious for the whole time between then and being isolated. I cannot find the link now, but I believe another article stated this could have been as long as 24 hours. One contact has already died. What a nightmare.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/ebola-outbreak-nurse-nigeria-dies

Officials initially downplayed the risk of exposure, saying Sawyer had been immediately isolated when he collapsed on arrival at Lagos's bustling main airport two weeks ago.

But on Tuesday the state health commissioner, Jide Idris, said Ebola was diagnosed only after Sawyer had been taken to hospital and had direct or indirect contact with at least 70 others. They include airline passengers, airport officials and health workers, and have all been placed under precautionary surveillance. Seven have been quarantined.

If it was 24 hours then that is potentially three shifts of hospital workers who may have been infected, quite apart from the people at the airport. I suppose we just have to hope their contact tracing and observation works......

 

[atthelake]

Very interesting scientific editorial in the South African Medical Journal which gives background and insight to the current outbreak. http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/8672/6075

Also, this site is an interesting one which is updated and interesting to follow IMHO http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/ and on that site includes an update as of this morning of CDC recommendations for health care management at US hospitals at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/patient-management-us-hospitals.html and also a Q&A from yesterday re the experimental ZMAPP serum which has been discussed on this thread... at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/guinea/qa-experimental-treatments.html which states

"Did the NIH play a role in getting the experimental therapy to the two U.S. patients in Liberia?

This experimental treatment was arranged privately by Samaritan's Purse, the private humanitarian organization, which employed one of the Americans who contracted the virus in Liberia. Samaritan's Purse contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who referred them to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH was able to provide the organization with the appropriate contacts at the private company developing this treatment. The NIH was not involved with procuring, transporting, approving, or administering the experimental treatments."