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Ebola in America

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Looks like Ebola made it to the USA.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States is at a hospital in Dallas.
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Sorry Texas but we have to burn you to the ground.
 
So how's that vaccine coming along, and could I get paid for human testing?
 
So far it doesn't seem to have infected anyone while on US soil:

The person, whose identity was not released, left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in the United States on September 20
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Denver said:
So far it doesn't seem to have infected anyone while on US soil:
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We don't know that. Right now it doesn't look like he could have infected anyone on the flight--because he was checked for symptoms; but I think it is fairly likely he infected someone in his family who he was staying with, as well as a healthcare provider he saw. [It would take several days for the symptoms to show up on anyone he infected.]
 
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PastTense said:
We don't know that. Right now it doesn't look like he could have infected anyone on the flight--because he was checked for symptoms; but I think it is fairly likely he infected someone in his family who he was staying with, as well as a healthcare provider he saw. [It would take several days for the symptoms to show up on anyone he infected.]
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You misread. It is true that "So far it does't seem to have infected anyone while on US soil". As you say, time will tell. Let's not crawl into our shelters just yet.
 
Newtons Bit said:
Only if you touched the dude while he was sick. I bet there's a bunch of doctors and nurses going "aaah crap" right about now.
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Particularly the ER doc who sent the patient home, not realizing that he was infected with Ebola (and contagious, since he was showing symptoms).
 
I'm not concerned about Ebola. I'm concerned about people who are concerned about Ebola.
 
We are all going to die!

But probably not of Ebola and probably not right away.
 
Belz... said:
You mean, just concerned or crazy concerned ? 'Cause I'm concerned.
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I think he/she/ze means that he is concerned about the potential (which, with something like Ebola, is a valid concern) for mass hysteria if there is any kind of Ebola outbreak in the US.
 
It's swine flu all over again. I'm losing sleep, waking up with my first thoughts being about this disease. Trying desperately to calm myself with the words of knowledgeable virologists, only to run into comments and stories about this being the end of the world, a conspiracy to depopulate.

I really wish I weren't so prone to panic. I just can't stop myself; I hate not knowing what will happen. Scenarios play in my head of my small, somewhat rural town being decimated by this disease, my family being ripped apart. It doesn't help that I was watching documentaries about the holocaust just a day before news of this man in Dallas. It helps paint pictures of chaos around me.

I need help. :(

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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-patients-texas-contacts-zoom-80-authorities/story?id=25912405

I really hope they just misheard '18' as '80'. :boxedin:
 
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