First Ebola case in U.S. - CDC

doetracks · #1 09-30-2014, 02:53 PM

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102037055#.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States.
The CDC will host a press conference at its Atlanta headquarters at 5:30 p.m., ET.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas officials said in a statement earlier Monday that an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola and had been placed in "strict isolation" due to the patient's symptoms and recent travel history.

Crankbait · #2 09-30-2014, 03:21 PM

75% of the article on NBC read like this;

Last week, the CDC warned that between 550,000 and 1.4 million people in West Africa could be infected with Ebola by January 2015.

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News of the virus' appearance sent the share prices of key biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies skyrocketing in after-hours trading. BioCryst Pharma shot up 15 percent in after-market trading, while Tekmira soared by nearly 17 percent.

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connexion123 · #3 09-30-2014, 04:30 PM

Well. Here we friggin go.

Oh but that will NEVER happen.

3blade · #4 09-30-2014, 04:39 PM

First thought: Rainbow Six.

FYI, ebola is an RNA virus, same as rhinovirus and influenza. That means it can mutate to spread by the aerosol/respiratory route. In fact, one sub-type did, in asia, however it was only lethal to monkeys.

Prepping time

st99 · #5 09-30-2014, 04:43 PM

nobody should have been allowed to enter and/or leave those countrys since the start of the out break...... those in power are not being very responsible for public safety

3blade · #6 09-30-2014, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by st99

nobody should have been allowed to enter and/or leave those countrys since the start of the out break...... those in power are not being very responsible for public safety

yeah, good luck with that. Land borders are nonexistent in that part of the world. You would have to put the whole continent on quarantine, although that may not be a bad idea.....

doetracks · #7 09-30-2014, 05:11 PM

http://www.cbs46.com/story/26657838/...-funeral-homes

ROSWELL, GA (CBS46) -
CBS46 News has confirmed the Centers for Disease Control has issued guidelines to U.S. funeral homes on how to handle the remains of Ebola patients. If the outbreak of the potentially deadly virus is in West Africa, why are funeral homes in America being given guidelines?

bigjohncdn · #8 09-30-2014, 05:45 PM

And so it begins.....

Will be interesting to see how many cases in three weeks.

Twisted Canuck · #9 09-30-2014, 05:56 PM

Is Grande Prairie remote enough , or will I need to move to La Crete.....?

So, how far will it go? Black Plague Redux?

score · #10 09-30-2014, 06:33 PM

Should be a travel ban imposed.

NEWB · #11 09-30-2014, 06:41 PM

This reminds me of the H1N1 debacle.

rugatika · #12 09-30-2014, 07:12 PM

Ebola is pretty easy to contain apparently. It only spreads once you start exhibiting symptoms and is only spread by direct contact with bodily fluids. Washing your hands kills the virus (on your hands...hehe)

I think the UK already banned flights from Liberia.

Trudeau getting elected is still my no.1 worry.

220swifty · #13 09-30-2014, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rugatika

Trudeau getting elected is still my no.1 worry.

Time for him to go check out the Ebola outbreak first hand.

canadiantdi · #14 09-30-2014, 07:49 PM

Oh boy I'm in Texas right now! Wish me luck Lol!!

doetracks · #15 09-30-2014, 08:11 PM

You're probably ok for now

fordtruckin · #16 09-30-2014, 09:38 PM

Well I guess I'm glad I live in 1 of 4 cities in the US that have a hospital that have a specific ward for treating Ebola. It may only have 4 beds but its here.... Sounds exactly like the Flu thing at the beginning of this year, not enough vaccinations, end of the world blah blah blah. Unfortunately with how easy/fast you can travel internationally, you're going to have these problems. You can either stay at home and live in fear or go about your life. I know what I'm going to do, how about you?

twofifty · #17 09-30-2014, 10:15 PM

When are we going to have the guts to close the borders to returnees or travellers from Africa? What will it take?

elkdump · #18 09-30-2014, 11:19 PM

And I was beginning to think having a " Zombi-Gun " was a waste of money,,,

Dog hunter · #19 10-01-2014, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by twofifty

When are we going to have the guts to close the borders to returnees or travellers from Africa? What will it take?

It will take "we the people" to close the borders,politicians are useless , we canadians need to start standing up to protect our future

doetracks · #20 10-01-2014, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dog hunter

It will take "we the people" to close the borders,politicians are useless , we canadians need to start standing up to protect our future

That's what it's looking like.

Awareness is key. Like ford said, do we have to run scared? No. Do we have to be aware? Yes.

There is a portion of the population in Canada that has family in west Africa. I wonder how much of a chore it would be to restrict travel to and from "hot zones"?

Bushrat · #21 10-01-2014, 07:12 AM

[QUOTE=fordtruckin;2565459]Well I guess I'm glad I live in 1 of 4 cities in the US that have a hospital that have a specific ward for treating Ebola.QUOTE]

You think that's a good thing? Every case for hundreds perhaps thousands of miles around you will be coming to visit and infect your community.

Grizzly Adams · #22 10-01-2014, 07:26 AM

Let's not forget, this isn't Africa on ANY level. I'm going to carry life on as usual and expect most of us are going to do the same .

Grizz

great white whaler · #23 10-01-2014, 07:38 AM

Stay out of populated areas,,,wash hands ,,,,just a matter of time before the big cleansing,,,, the human race well be gone and the gaint black beetle well roam the earth freely ,,,,,

Dog hunter · #24 10-01-2014, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by doetracks

That's what it's looking like.

Awareness is key. Like ford said, do we have to run scared? No. Do we have to be aware? Yes.

There is a portion of the population in Canada that has family in west Africa. I wonder how much of a chore it would be to restrict travel to and from "hot zones"?

Easy, we just need a large percent of the population to voice concern,a bunch of healthcare staff to state the obvious and lock up all the human rights lawyers, easy, lol

zero · #25 10-01-2014, 01:22 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA

waiting for the pale horse

I think its a conspiracy, first cases hit NA, people rush to get vaccines that are not tested and that mutates, bingo bango zombies and death everywhere.

TBH I dont know what to think of it, but I will be prepared, whether its bugging out or bugging in we should all have supplies to last a few months while things equalize and quarantines to be lifted if something does happen, imagine if the food stops coming to the markets/stores... what now.

Badgerbadger · #26 10-01-2014, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by twofifty

When are we going to have the guts to close the borders to returnees or travellers from Africa? What will it take?

You forgot Texans, too.

fordtruckin · #27 10-01-2014, 08:25 PM

[QUOTE=Bushrat;2565641]

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Originally Posted by fordtruckin

Well I guess I'm glad I live in 1 of 4 cities in the US that have a hospital that have a specific ward for treating Ebola.QUOTE]

You think that's a good thing? Every case for hundreds perhaps thousands of miles around you will be coming to visit and infect your community.

And does that thought scare me? Nope. I'm more worried about getting hit by a crazy truck driver than I am of Ebola. Even if this Ebola thing goes nuts in NA, if I were to get sick here at least I would have a team of DR's who knows how to treat it and has the facilities to treat it, as opposed to where ever you may live where the best DR you could come up with is still washing his hands from preg testing cows!

zero · #28 10-01-2014, 08:27 PM

your team of doctors would be over run and you would die before anyone would be able to help you!

fordtruckin · #29 10-01-2014, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by zero

your team of doctors would be over run and you would die before anyone would be able to help you!

I highly doubt that. Even regular treatments such as IV fluids, electrolytes and clotting control you can reduce Ebola's mortality rate from 70-80% down to 30-40%. Not to mention a large majority of victims who receive treatment recover at clinics in Africa recovered. Either way when you compare general medicine and sanitary conditions here in NA to those in Africa who comes out on top? When you figure in those countries affected have how many millions of people living in poverty without access to health care and there have only been 3000 or so confirmed fatalities? I say again, I highly doubt that. You can be gullible and be a sheep following the media around like a damn fool. Hell according to the media last year the world was ending in all of Canada due to the flu outbreak around Christmas/new years. We see how far that apocalypse went....

Smokey · #30 10-01-2014, 10:48 PM

I don't know what to make of it. Frankly I know we are more sanitary with better protections, but viruses mutate or evolve. No one really knows, and a person getting off a plane from Africa, going to a hospital , and then being released while having flu type symptoms is a bit alarming.

I guess pharmaceuticals stocks were huge. Wonder if there was a little inside trading?