Eric King ‏@EricKingNBC5 17s18 seconds ago
#NinaPham recently received critical care credentials. CDC did not answer if that level of exp was appropriate for
I'm sorry to see that you are so filled with fear. I suppose that nothing I write will diminish your fear, but, consider the actions of the family and friends of full-blown ebola victims in Africa. They sleep with, handle w/o protection, clean up after, and bury victims. They wallow in ebola virus, yet most of them will be fine. Ebola is not terribly contagious, not like measles, or the flu. One very sick ebola victim will transmit the virus to 1-2 people, about like HIV. Ebola is not going to destroy life as we know it. It's quite managable in countries like ours. Once the media tires of this disease, a new one will take its place in the press. I predict it will be Chikungunya.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebola
Do you happen to have a link for this? TIA
The article you quoted supports what I posted last week, but yet several people took issue with me stating that there's been no known cases of Ebola being transmitted by dogs or cats.
In fact, I was attacked for my opinion last week. I had stated that almost NO diseases can be transmitted inter-species, but yet someone brought up rabies to bombast me and refute my observation.
I'll repeat that unless you're keeping bats or street rats in your home as pets, there's virtually no chance of rabies being transmitted. I'm speaking as a person who has a long history of rescuing feral cats and have been bitten more than a few times by feral cats during rescues.
The worst that has ever happened to me is severe nerve damage to my hand when bitten by a feral cat. The bacteria in the feral cat's mouth caused severe nerve damage, and yes, it took months before I regained full used of my hand, but I was never in danger of dying. But the key word here is "bacteria", not a virus. The feral cat had a bacterial infection which in my case was treated by antibiotics. It was a long recovery period, but never was I in danger of dying, and I DID regain full use of my hand once the nerves healed.
My point, again, is that HUMANS spread this disease, not animals. I read over the week-end that some animals have been known to have contact with Ebola, yet have never developed the disease themselves.
I guess you can just call me the crazy cat lady. I work regularly with feral cats and other DOMESTIC rescues and I fear more from humans than any animal.
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Is it insensitive of me to say I'm more worried about the harmless and blameless dog than the woman?
Almost NO diseases are transmittable cross species. "putting the dog down" is a knee jerk reaction, imo.
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I despise ignorance. This was so unnecessary and thoughtless. I'm new here so I'm just finding my way around. Not sure how to quote every post, BUT someone posted earlier that some dogs contracted Ebola from eating flesh from corpses.
Obviously, this poor dog didn't eat any flesh of a corpse since this woman is still alive. I also am skeptical about these claims.
Almost ZERO human diseases can be transmitted to animals, just like almost ZERO animal diseases can be transmitted to humans.
Forgive me for what may seem like an over-reaction to this news. I am an animal lover who fosters dogs and cats until they can find forever homes, and I've been exposed to a lot of diseases that dogs and cats carry. The worst I've ever gotten from an infected animal was ringworm.
Although unpleasant and uncomfortable, it's treatable with topical meds. I don't mean to diminish the Ebola virus in humans, but killing the dog seems like a knee jerk reaction.
From WHO, "The virus [ebola] is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission."
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/
From web md, here are 39 diseases you can get directly from animals. Rabies was the first one that popped in my head.
http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/f...animals-primer
Eric King ‏@EricKingNBC5 36s36 seconds ago
State- initial 48 people being monitored have passed most dangerous period. the 1 contact of #NinaPham is doing well. #DallasEbola @NBCDFW
Oh boy, look at they comments on that PPE video from Parkland. They are getting slammed!
I think she got ebola on her nose when she took off the cap.
I wish they could spray HCW with Luminol to make sure they didn't have any bodily fluids on them.
Do you happen to have a link for this? TIA
Thinking about Zuckerberg's $25 million donation to CDC... it would have been nice if he did some sort of challenge to other $$$$ people.
What this article says is that"Primate meat from Africa is the most know cause of Ebola."
Bush meat also includes bats and rats, not just primates. The article goes on to say thatbush meat is once again suspected to have been the bridge that caused the deadly disease to go from the animal world to the human one.
So the most common cause of Ebola in humans is person to person contact, not eating bush meat. MOOHuman-to-human contact then becomes the primary source of infection.
Meanwhile, pictures of Bentley are expected to be released on the DAS Facebook page later today, but they will be shown to Nina first. The dog is very important to the young nurse, who is the first person to contract the Ebola virus in America.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/14/...unches-donation-drive-for-ebola-patients-dog/
I'm sorry to see that you are so filled with fear. I suppose that nothing I write will diminish your fear, but, consider the actions of the family and friends of full-blown ebola victims in Africa. They sleep with, handle w/o protection, clean up after, and bury victims. They wallow in ebola virus, yet most of them will be fine. Ebola is not terribly contagious, not like measles, or the flu. One very sick ebola victim will transmit the virus to 1-2 people, about like HIV. Ebola is not going to destroy life as we know it. It's quite managable in countries like ours. Once the media tires of this disease, a new one will take its place in the press. I predict it will be Chikungunya.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/10/02/352983774/no-seriously-how-contagious-is-ebola