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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
I know right. I mean why hire someone to fix the situation or at least be a good personal counselor on infectious diseases right?
Well, there isn't a problem to fix and we've already covered the idea that the person in charge of logistics doesn't have to be a doctor.

Like D said mentioned before, look at the boards of hospitals and other healthcare facilities and you'll find the same thing. If this were the Surgeon General, you'd have a case... But it isn't.

EDIT: I'm convinced that if Obama had picked Jesus Christ for the position, people would still find something to bitch about.


Of course I'd complain, it's pure nepotism. He only got the job because of who his father is.
   
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 Bromsy wrote:
 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
 Frazzled wrote:
I know right. I mean why hire someone to fix the situation or at least be a good personal counselor on infectious diseases right?
Well, there isn't a problem to fix and we've already covered the idea that the person in charge of logistics doesn't have to be a doctor.

Like D said mentioned before, look at the boards of hospitals and other healthcare facilities and you'll find the same thing. If this were the Surgeon General, you'd have a case... But it isn't.

EDIT: I'm convinced that if Obama had picked Jesus Christ for the position, people would still find something to bitch about.


Of course I'd complain, it's pure nepotism. He only got the job because of who his father is.


That and the first thing everyone wants to see is a Miracle happen on 34th street. Proved Santa was real in the movie so what the Hell

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Leerstetten, Germany

Cameraman Ebola free:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/health/ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
   
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Good good.

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-1 to the "Outbreak" Tally!
   
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 Alpharius wrote:
-1 to the "Outbreak" Tally!


Come on now get with the program

Ebola is 1 death ahead in the US

Its like a


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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/ebola-up-to-speed/index.html?c=homepage-t

-One nurse leaving isolation
-other nurse upgraded
-no other person that had contact with Duncan developed Ebola
   
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Is the "outbreak in Dallas Texas" over then?
   
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 Alpharius wrote:
Is the "outbreak in Dallas Texas" over then?


November 7.

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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 Alpharius wrote:
Is the "outbreak in Dallas Texas" over then?
Well, to be fair there never was one.

Dallas only had three virus cubes at the most and luckily no one pulled the "Dallas" card out of the Infection Deck so we didn't have to spread it to the connecting cities and move our Outbreak counter to one.

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 Alpharius wrote:
Is the "outbreak in Dallas Texas" over then?


Don't be silly, don't you know that you can still catch the virus if you breast feed from those nurses? You really should be more worried about this very serious threat to your nation! And about all those irresponsible people that are panicking because they are worried too much!

   
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Northern IA

Dallas should still be nuked from orbit....it's the only way to be sure.

Please?

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The Great State of Texas

Spoken like a true Houstonian.

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 Bromsy wrote:

EDIT: I'm convinced that if Obama had picked Jesus Christ for the position, people would still find something to bitch about.


Of course I'd complain, it's pure nepotism. He only got the job because of who his father is.


Well done! If I had one handy, I would give yout he Orson Welles clapping GIF.

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I'll just leave this here for anyone still wiggin' out in fear over the coming American Ebola pandemic...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2014/10/23/america-is-beating-ebola-every-patient-taken-to-an-elite-u-s-hospital-has-survived/

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Leerstetten, Germany

A new physician is being tested in NY tonight, recently returned from West Africa after volunteering with MSF.

Current status:

8 cases treated in the US
2 people infected in the US
1 death (12.5% fatality rate, lots of lucky coins I guess)
43 people who had direct contact with Duncan did not get Ebola

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 d-usa wrote:

1 death (12.5% fatality rate, lots of lucky coins I guess)
It could be luck...

Or it could be that when caught early and treated by doctors in highly specialized care centers, the chance of death severely diminishes.

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Leerstetten, Germany

And NYC doctor is positive, so that brings the cases to 9.
   
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Some infos.

What Makes a Hospital “Ebola Ready”?
How New York City’s Bellevue Hospital prepared to treat a potential Ebola patient.
October 23, 2014 |By Nicholas St. Fleur

Bellevue Hospital is one of eight hospitals in New York State that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has designated as “Ebola ready.” The facility will care for confirmed cases from any of the 11 public hospitals in the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) and any suspected cases among patients who fly into John F. Kennedy or LaGuardia airports. The patient, who recently visited one of the West African nations ravaged by the Ebola outbreak, may put the hospital’s new safety protocols to the test. Preliminary results from a medical evaluation will confirm in the next 12 hours whether or not the patient has Ebola, the hospital said. Scientific American asked HHC spokesperson Ian Michaels to explain what it takes to be ready to care for potential Ebola patients.


What makes Bellevue Hospital “Ebola ready”?
In Bellevue there are four rooms ready to receive potential Ebola patients. These rooms were originally regular isolation rooms but have been fitted to better serve these patients. We can convert additional isolation rooms into Ebola-ready rooms as well if necessary.

In the rooms we’ve added extra electrical capacity in case the patient needs intensive care. Bellevue is also currently building a separate laboratory to handle blood work for patients. Putting blood samples in with regular lab equipment will contaminate the existing laboratory.

The hospital is particularly well suited due to its long history of being on the front lines of epidemics and emerging public health threats. That includes managing an isolation unit for diseases such as tuberculosis for many years with support from and collaboration with the city health department

How are nurses trained to deal with a potential Ebola case?
We have established two levels of Ebola-preparedness training. The first is for all nurses and health care professionals throughout the HHC system. We’ve shown them how to identify and isolate potential Ebola cases that come into their hospitals.

They know that if someone comes in and displays Ebola-type symptoms, the important thing is to get that person’s travel history. From there the nurse would try to determine if that person had contact with an Ebola patient or if they were in one of the countries that had an outbreak in Africa. If the nurse confirms that the patient has been to an Ebola-infected country, then that patient is put into isolation. So far there have been no cases of Ebola in New York City but our hospital has isolated at least 30 people with malaria.

The second level of training comes into play when a patient has tested positive for Ebola. In the HHC system that patient is transferred to Bellevue where we have a team of health professionals especially equipped to treat an active Ebola patient. Our philosophy for treating a confirmed Ebola patient is to have as few people as possible exposed to the patient, and that those people are at the highest level of experience and competency.

How does your hospital screen for potential Ebola cases?
We have screened patients following CDC guidelines to identify risk for Ebola through the presence of symptoms, their recent travel history to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and/or potential exposure to Ebola. So far we have been able to rule out all potential Ebola patients based on this process. None have required a blood test for Ebola. A decision to test is done in consultation with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

What lessons has your hospital learned from the two cases in Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas?
People get hung up on that, but there have been other hospitals in this country that have handled confirmed Ebola cases and sent them home healthy without spreading it to other people. We know that if you follow the CDC guidelines, it is possible to treat patients successfully without putting your staff in harm’s way.


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I wonder if the Yankees and news will freak out now that its in their back yard.

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I'm a bit concerned that a 'Doctors Without Borders Common Sense' member acted as foolishly as he did.
   
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Evidently he was bowling when he started to get sick. It seems this disease is kind of badass in that you can be fine and it will hit you fast.

Having said that, even Ebola can't survive in a bowling alley. Ebola's tough in the jungle but a bowling alley is like Octarius, dem Germ's are Dreadnought sized!

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 Alpharius wrote:
I'm a bit concerned that a 'Doctors Without Borders Common Sense' member acted as foolishly as he did.

MSF are supposedly the world's leading experts in dealing with Ebola too given their experience of treating the disease in West Africa. That being said I'm not a huge fan of the media hype about his using the subway, going bowling, or jogging as all these activities took places before he was symptomatic and contagious

 
   
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Leerstetten, Germany

2nd nurse free of virus.
   
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 Jihadin wrote:
Stock up on ammo and food people

I think the worst thing we can do is overreact to the situation.

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 Ensis Ferrae wrote:





Proof enough for me


Nope.. looks like a catch to me

   
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 Occhiolini wrote:
 Jihadin wrote:
Stock up on ammo and food people

I think the worst thing we can do is overreact to the situation.


Occ......get with the program......

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 Jihadin wrote:
 Occhiolini wrote:
 Jihadin wrote:
Stock up on ammo and food people

I think the worst thing we can do is overreact to the situation.


Occ......get with the program......


inorite? It's flu season guys, you need to be prepared.

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Prestor Jon wrote:
 Jihadin wrote:
 Occhiolini wrote:
 Jihadin wrote:
Stock up on ammo and food people

I think the worst thing we can do is overreact to the situation.


Occ......get with the program......


inorite? It's flu season guys, you need to be prepared.


I already mention the Flu shot season

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