Canadian Chat → [Rant] Ebola quarantine

why, because we North American's are immune to it?

»www.cnbc.com/id/102037055

And from CNBC as well...........the panic will start now.

Tom Frieden, the CDC's director, said the patient had come from Liberia, and did not show any symptoms when he arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 20. During a news conference late Tuesday afternoon, Frieden said the situation is being closely monitored.

"It is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual ... could develop Ebola in the coming weeks," he said.

According to Frieden, public health officials will be working to identify all of those who may have had contact with the patient while he could have been infectious. Once identified, these individuals will be monitored for 21 days to see if they develop symptoms, he said.

Meh. Even if it is Ebola, there is little reason for us to be concerned.

That is the way - stick your head in the sand.

Airborne Ebola Is Extremely Unlikely, Expert Says

....the New York Times published an op-ed from infectious disease expert Michael T. Osterholm of the University of Minnesota called “What We’re Afraid To Say About Ebola.” In the piece, Osterholm addresses the dangerous possibility that Ebola, which is currently spread via direct contact with infected bodily fluids, could mutate and become transmittable through the air.

Osterholm is right in saying that possibility would be terrifying, but other experts say he’s off-base when it comes to how likely that situation is—and how concerned infectious disease experts should be about it.

“I am asked this often,” says Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). “The answer is always going to be ‘yes , it’s possible,’ but then people wind up in a panic. Practically speaking, it is not likely. I could never tell the New York Times editorial board that they’re wrong because it’s not impossible. But it’s very unusual for a virus to change how it’s transmitted.”

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Because Ebola isn't as contagious as most people think. And even on the off chance that someone ended up with Ebola here in North America, you still wouldn't have the wide-spread outbreaks like you have in Africa right now, and you'd have a much greater rate of survival even if you caught it.

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Hospital procedures are only as good as those implementing them.

Mark Lester, executive vice president at Texas Health Resources, said the patient "volunteered that he had been to Africa in response to the nurse operating the checklist and asking that question."

That information "wasn't present" as the man's health care team made its decision about whether to admit or release him, Lester said.

Your posts reflected a very shallow respect for the dangers of Ebola.

CDC okay but I choked at New Jersey Dept of Health. Gotta be one of the most unhealthiest populations in the US.

But the #1 cause of death in Jersey is mob hits. /rimshot

And Camden. Don't forget Camden.

Yes concur!, in our almighty quest to pay less, we boosted the chinese economy and killed our own. If only corporate fat cats appreciated the north american worker instead of being fixed on their greed, the north american worker could afford to buy north american.