Ebola outbreak - general thread #6

[SStarr33]

Presbyterian followed CDC guidelines when treating nation’s first Ebola patient, officials said Thursday

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/...t-ebola-patient-officials-said-thursday.html/

 

[ClaireNC]

Frontier Airlines is now trying to track down all the passengers on the 5 flights that used the same plane that Vinson traveled in. Let's hope they are just being overly cautious and not know something that is causing real concern.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/fronti...ngers-ebola-infected-nurses/story?id=26248890

 

[Harmony 2]

Thread closed for review while I clean up...

 

[Harmony 2]

For members new to following the ebola threads and the mod warnings therein. Please take note of the following mod note by Bessie:

MOD NOTE: Lay off those who already have suffered, and instead focus on the DISEASE itself, and the measures taken to contain it and control its spread, plus the obstacles.

We are not going to rehash and bash victims in this series of tragic events. It creates havoc on the thread and the alert box explodes. The thread is open again, please continue as indicated on the mod note above.

 

[SStarr33]

October 16, 2014 11:11 a.m.
Ebola Is a Disease That Punishes False Confidence

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/10/americas-false-confidence-on-ebola.html

 

[popsicle]

CBS 6 WTVR Richmond ‏@CBS6 42s43 seconds ago
JUST IN: Loudoun County inmate who traveled from Ebola-ravaged West Africa hospitalized as precaution http://link.wtvr.com/1phyVmn

Virginia

 

[chlban]

If I had treated anyone with Ebolla and then I started running a fever, I would use my own Common Sense and stay home and isolated.

Agreed. Also, as another poster pointed out, this woman is an RN which should hold her to an even higher standard of "common sense". While I agree with that, it does not change my amazement that the CDC would also prove to be so reckless. I have always respected the CDC and had a great deal of confidence in them. Not so much at this moment.

 

[ClaireNC]

Dallas County commissioners meeting. Watch live here: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...siders-disaster-declaration-due-ebola-n227571

They are considering asking for disaster declaration.

Edit to add: I tried posting this while the meeting was going on, but the thread was closed. Did anybody get to watch it?

 

[popsicle]

Henry Graff ‏@HenryGraff 5m5 minutes ago
JUST IN: WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama authorizes call-up of National Guard, reserves if needed to address #Ebola.

 

[popsicle]

Julie Carey ‏@JulieCareyNBC 2m2 minutes ago
.@Loudounsheriff says a female inmate who'd traveled in from W. Africa came to jail Oct. 13. She was isolated as precaution right away


Julie Carey @JulieCareyNBC · 1m1 minute ago

Loudoun Sheriff says the woman from W. Africa began running a low fever at detention ctr & was taken to the hospital today to be screened

The inmate, who had traveled from Ebola-affected areas of West Africa in past few weeks, was admitted to Inova Lansdowne Hospital with a low-grade fever.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/1...a-affected-area-taken-to-hospital-108160.html

Julie Carey ‏@JulieCareyNBC 3m3 minutes ago
#Loudoun fire chief says they began preparing 6 weeks ago to respond to any Ebola threat. Put in action today

 

[SStarr33]

Has this been posted yet:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/u...-poor-hospital-training-experts-say.html?_r=1

Sean G. Kaufman, who oversaw infection control at Emory University Hospital while it treated Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, the first two American Ebola patients, called the earlier C.D.C. guidelines “absolutely irresponsible and dead wrong.”

Boom

 

[chlban]

Dallas County commissioners meeting. Watch live here: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...siders-disaster-declaration-due-ebola-n227571

They are considering asking for disaster declaration.



Edit to add: I tried posting this while the meeting was going on, but the thread was closed. Did anybody get to watch it?

Oh for god's sake. Good thing the people in charge are keeping a level head. Idiots.

 

[bettybaby00]

CBS 6 WTVR Richmond ‏@CBS6 42s43 seconds ago
JUST IN: Loudoun County inmate who traveled from Ebola-ravaged West Africa hospitalized as precaution http://link.wtvr.com/1phyVmn

Virginia

is it me :blushing: how is he an "inmate" who has recently traveled back from WA?????

 

[Tulessa]

Henry Graff ‏@HenryGraff 5m5 minutes ago
JUST IN: WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama authorizes call-up of National Guard, reserves if needed to address #Ebola.

Oh dear. I had to go shopping today, and I took wipes and wiped everything down before I would touch it. This is scary.

 

[ClaireNC]

Oh for god's sake. Good thing the people in charge are keeping a level head. Idiots.

To some it's all about the money.

 

[Lyra500]

Virtually ALL mammals can get and TRANSMIT rabies, that is not at all limited to dog on human.

The OVERWHELMING majority of diseases to be concerned about come from OTHER HUMANS not our pets.

This Ebola situation is NOT a "pet problem", not even close.

As far as education goes, have you lost interest in discussing Toxoplasmosis? I thought that was a topic of concern.

Right! It's not a "pet problem" unless you have bats or are keeping other "bush-meats" as pets and plan on eating them!

The article I am linking to below has been posted on these threads at least two if not three times before by other FMs,yet people still keep claiming that there is no evidence whatsoever that dogs could be implicated in carrying Ebola.

Ebola Virus Antibody Prevalence in Dogs and Human Risk

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298261/

This study suggests that dogs can be infected by Ebola virus and that the putative infection is asymptomatic.

We examined whether pet dogs could have been infected by Ebola virus and their potential role as primary or secondary sources of human infection. We conducted a large-scale serologic survey to determine the prevalence of Ebola virus infection in pet dogs in an Ebola virus–epidemic area of Gabon.

We investigated the potential involvement of domestic dogs in the occurrence or dissemination of Ebola virus haemorrhagic fever in humans. Based on a large serologic survey of dogs in the 2001–2002 Ebola outbreak area in Gabon, we found evidence that dogs can be infected by Ebola virus, a finding that raises important human health issues

Thus, dogs appear to be the first animal species shown to be naturally and asymptomatically infected by Ebola virus. Asymptomatic Ebola infection in humans has also been observed during outbreaks (18) but is very rare. Although dogs can be asymptomatically infected, they may excrete infectious viral particles in urine, faeces, and saliva for a short period before virus clearance, as observed experimentally in other animals. Given the frequency of contact between humans and domestic dogs, canine Ebola infection must be considered as a potential risk factor for human infection and virus spread

 

[Yoda]

Officials seek customers who visited bridal shop

[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]Ohio health investigators are trying to track down anyone who visited an Akron bridal shop on Saturday afternoon when a nurse infected with the Ebola virus was there with friends. They have set up a hotline for customers who were at Coming Attractions between noon and 3:30 p.m. so that officials can figure out whether they might have been exposed to her and "whether they should be concerned or not," Summit County public health director Margo Erme said Thursday. The owners of the shop voluntarily closed it and could not be reached for comment.[/FONT]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Plain-Clothes-Man-Perplexes-Viewers-279357962.html

 

[popsicle]

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Donte' Stallworth ‏@DonteStallworth 12m12 minutes ago
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[popsicle]

is it me :blushing: how is he an "inmate" who has recently traveled back from WA?????

She has only been locked up since the 13th

 

[MyBelle]

Agreed. Also, as another poster pointed out, this woman is an RN which should hold her to an even higher standard of "common sense". While I agree with that, it does not change my amazement that the CDC would also prove to be so reckless. I have always respected the CDC and had a great deal of confidence in them. Not so much at this moment.

Unfortunately, common sense can't be legislated. I don't believe it is just the CDC that has been reckless. Whether it be the crisis on Wall Street tied to mortgage fraud or hurricane response, it always ends up with agencies finger-pointing at each other and that never solves anything. Hopefully, they will focus on finding a vaccine for Ebola.

JMO