Ebola

[Great-Kazoo]

What a tool.

well i'm thankful he's not putting troops on the border. What sort of message would that send to our Hispanic brothers & sisters from mexico to the tip of Chili and Argentina.
Si Se Puede'

[muddywings]

Here we go...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/0...e-ebola-in-us/

CDC confirms first case of Ebola in US

[thvigil11]

If I've learned anything from playing Pandemic 2, its that Madagascar is the only place with a good chance of surviving this. That is, if they shut down their ports in time.

http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html

[roberth]

Here we go...
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/0...e-ebola-in-us/

CDC confirms first case of Ebola in US

Swell.

[hollohas]

The CDC and other health officials believe Ebola won't become a big deal here because we have better facilities and can identify infected patients quickly. And that may all be true. However, by their own admission, the number one red flag they have been using with potential patients here is IF they have been to Africa. The symptoms aren't really an indicator.

Today, if a person with flu like symptoms comes to the hospital and says they have been to Africa, they are flagged as a potential Ebola case. If a person with flu like symptoms comes to the hospital and says they have never been to Africa, they get sent home.

So what happens when travel to Africa can't be used as a factor for diagnosis? Like now that people could have been exposed while on US soil? Do they isolate ANYONE that has flu like symptoms that have been to Dallas? What if more people turn up infected in other cities? The test isn't quick, so what's the plan for identifying potential cases quickly when travel to Africa no longer matters?

IF more cases turn up here, I think it's a real possibility that hospitals miss some infected individuals and send them home with a seasonal flu diagnosis. And if that happens, I believe Ebola has the potential to spread more than they want us to believe.

PS - turns out this guy in Dallas went to the hospital on the 26th looking for treatment but they sent him home (don't know if he told them his travel history or not, but it lends some proof to my theory above). He didn't go back until two days later when he was finally admitted and isloated. In other words, he was symptomatic, traveled around town and had contact with people for many days before being isolated.

[bobbyfairbanks]

I feel like I need to do something. Like buy gloves and masks. Heck I don't know but I know that this just got super real

[Irving]

I feel like I need to do something. Like buy gloves and masks. Heck I don't know but I know that this just got super real

I feel similar, but I have no idea how to prepare for this.

[hollohas]

Some ideas to get you thinking...

http://readynutrition.com/resources/...ness_16122011/

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-new...erica_09302014

[bobbyfairbanks]

No shit man.

[MED]

No, we most certainly do not. We say we do, but we rarely back it up. Many Americans during the recent history have gotten into trouble in foreign lands and the American government does NOTHING to help them. American missionaries get locked up for having bibles, we leave them to rot. American soldiers take wrong turns, get locked up and we leave them to rot. American children get kidnapped and taken to other countries and we don't go get them. American people die from terrible diseases everyday and the government doesn't do anything to help (not saying they should) and many times even creates red tape that makes it harder for them to get help.

So why spend the money and effort this time to bring these two people home when they are surely going to die??? Something is different this time. This goes against CDC protocol and I for one don't believe our government does ANYTHING for the good of the people. This just doesn't fit the .gov's SOP.

Do I think the gov is doing something evil? No. But they are up to something. Maybe they just wanted training in American facilities with American experts...who knows. But it is absolutely outside the ordinary reaction our government is known for.

My co-worker was in Cobo a couple of weeks ago when Hurricane Odile hit. All the foreign nationals were being attended by their governments except the US. Basically, US citizens were SOL. Alaska airlines came in and evacuated a lot of people (free of charge), and a lot of them were evacuated by the Mexican government. The US government, especially under the Obama administration, doesn't give a shit about the citizens. However, we will send troops to Africa during an ebola epidemic; even through I know our government's priorities, I was still shocked when he got back and told us about the experience.