Maybe our experts can discuss a little more, but it seems to me that being in close proximity to the CDC in this case might be a good thing.(?)
Not an expert, but I think that it's the very best place in the country for them to be. I can't imagine that there's anywhere else better prepared or suited to handle their cases. It's certainly where I would want to be if I were them.
Not an expert, but I think that it's the very best place in the country for them to be. I can't imagine that there's anywhere else better prepared or suited to handle their cases. It's certainly where I would want to be if I were them.
I am impressed that they are bringing them here since these doctors must have some very powerful connections. The CDC and the Emory Hospital is probably one of the best places in the world to be for this. I need an expert to tell me it will be ok though. womet?
ttt is correct that the US is the best place for them. They will have access to the best medical care and be within walking distance to the experts on ebola.
The amount of care available here in the US very likely could mean the difference between life and death. Advanced life support, supportive therapies, medications. These are all things that they would not have in Liberia.
As of now, the outbreak has been confined to West Africa. But it could spread via travel, especially since people who have Ebola may not know it; symptoms usually manifest two to 21 days.
This paragraph is extremely misleading, since you're not contagious during the incubation period.
As of now, the outbreak has been confined to West Africa. But it could spread via travel, especially since people who have Ebola may not know it; symptoms usually manifest two to 21 days.
This paragraph is extremely misleading, since you're not contagious during the incubation period.
I think he means that you can spread it if you did not knwo you have been infected and travelled somewhere prior to having symptoms. I read an article where one of the scientists (Piot) who discovered Ebola said he has no problems sitting next to an infected person on a train as long as that person is not vomiting/bleeding.
I have absolutely no problem with this. With the standards of care in the US, it is highly unlikely that this will start an epidemic like it is in Africa where the sanitation is so poor. The general public is freaking out because "they" don't understand (and this is a broad generalization) how Ebola is transmitted. "They" only know that it is scary as shit and a huge issue in Africa and assume it will be a huge epidemic if anyone infected comes into the US. I think this might be a good thing in terms of educating the public about Ebola.
And yes, I recognize that I'm making some very unkind assumptions about the majority of the population in the US.
Supposedly they are flying into a regional airport about 5 minutes from my house, if that. People are freakjng out - do they not realize it's not airborne? The hysterics are amusing.
From what I can read, it seems there's a lot of "if" they land here and "if they make it". I'm sort of getting the impression it'll not be surprising if they do not land alive.
It said their conditions were grave and worsening. The other American who contracted it was about to board a plane out and he fell violently ill and died before getting on the plane. So I'm not sure they'll even make it? I imagine they can still study the virus if it's still live when they land?
Supposedly they are flying into a regional airport about 5 minutes from my house, if that. People are freakjng out - do they not realize it's not airborne? The hysterics are amusing.
NOPE. It seems that most people have ZERO clue how sickness spreads. Or the difference between bacteria and virus, and what antibiotics actually do.
Supposedly they are flying into a regional airport about 5 minutes from my house, if that. People are freakjng out - do they not realize it's not airborne? The hysterics are amusing.
I've had some FB nonsense this morning of "how worried should I be that the Ebola patients are IN MY CITY?!?" Slow your roll there, cupcake. You'll be fine.
This paragraph is extremely misleading, since you're not contagious during the incubation period.
I think he means that you can spread it if you did not knwo you have been infected and travelled somewhere prior to having symptoms. I read an article where one of the scientists (Piot) who discovered Ebola said he has no problems sitting next to an infected person on a train as long as that person is not vomiting/bleeding.
But that's the thing, you can't spread it prior to having symptoms.
I think this is actually less scary than someone at the airport in Lagos being infected and NOT under the care of the very best doctors with the very best isolation techniques.
I find it, I guess amusing?, that we can't wait for it to spread to us, we had to bring it here.
My serious question is, do we do this for other diseases? Bring them back to the states like this when there's an outbreak?
Well, technically the virus is already on US soil in labs (in Atlanta, in fact). So whether we trust Emory and the CDC to contain it in a lab or contain it with a patient...let's just hope we can.
As for other diseases, I don't know the answer. I do know a lot of travelers have evacuation insurance policies that allow for them to be flown back home on a special evacuation flight for medical reasons.
I think he means that you can spread it if you did not knwo you have been infected and travelled somewhere prior to having symptoms. I read an article where one of the scientists (Piot) who discovered Ebola said he has no problems sitting next to an infected person on a train as long as that person is not vomiting/bleeding.
But that's the thing, you can't spread it prior to having symptoms.
I think this is actually less scary than someone at the airport in Lagos being infected and NOT under the care of the very best doctors with the very best isolation techniques.
Exactly. And it's not like these patients are going to be wandering around Hartsfield Jackson airport.
Post by cattledogkisses on Aug 1, 2014 9:31:13 GMT -5
They'll be in isolation pods and you have to come into contact with a sick person's bodily fluids to become infected. It doesn't sound like there's anything to freak out about.
They'll be in isolation pods and you have to come into contact with a sick person's bodily fluids to become infected. It doesn't sound like there's anything to freak out about.
Have you read The Stand? (Although my concession to this is that Captain Trips was airborne.)
They'll be in isolation pods and you have to come into contact with a sick person's bodily fluids to become infected. It doesn't sound like there's anything to freak out about.
Have you read The Stand? (Although my concession to this is that Captain Trips was airborne.)
I have not. But I highly doubt this is going to start an epidemic in the US. I'm flying into Atlanta next week and I'm not concerned about this.
They'll be in isolation pods and you have to come into contact with a sick person's bodily fluids to become infected. It doesn't sound like there's anything to freak out about.
Have you read The Stand? (Although my concession to this is that Captain Trips was airborne.)
Fucking superflu. I'll see you in Vegas. Bring your zombie shoes.
As of now, the outbreak has been confined to West Africa. But it could spread via travel, especially since people who have Ebola may not know it; symptoms usually manifest two to 21 days.
This paragraph is extremely misleading, since you're not contagious during the incubation period.
See, I read this as meaning that someone doesn't know they are carrying it, so they get on a plane to the U.S (as an example), and then while in the U.S, they develop symptoms. Now it's out of West Africa, and into another country, via another person who now IS contagious, but not confined.
ETA: The above scenario is what is worrisome. These two people they're bringing over? Yeah, they don't bother me at all, and I hope they get here in time for us to help.