Worst Ebola Virus Outbreak Ever Happening Now

[Shub]

He lied to officials before boarding the flight

what does that have to do with his treatment at the hospital?

 

[Seymour]

There is no confirmed treatment for Ebola - it's all trial and error

 

[Enfuego]

what does that have to do with his treatment at the hospital?

Because they had no idea he may have had Ebola. Thought he had the flu just like anyone else...why they sent him home.

 

[Enfuego]

There is no confirmed treatment for Ebola - it's all trial and error

Confirmed as in the FDA approves?

 

[Shub]

Because they had no idea he may have had Ebola. Thought he had the flu just like anyone else...why they sent him home.

??????

 

[Shub]

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."

 

[MantisToboggan]

wonder why he was turned away when he first went to the hospital? Why wasn't he giving the experimental drug?

He was given an experimental drug, Brincidofovir.

 

[Shub]

He was given an experimental drug, Brincidofovir.

yeah i just read that. Trying to figure what the difference is between that and Zmapp.

 

[5teamparlay]

http://kfor.com/2014/10/20/oklahoma-woman-behind-bars-for-fake-ebola-threat/


[h=1]Oklahoma woman behind bars for fake Ebola threat[/h]Posted 6:47 pm, October 20, 2014, by Dallas Franklin and KFOR-TV





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According to KSWO, Beryl Rhines told staff at Comanche County Memorial Hospital she had a fever and may have contracted Ebola from an African foreign exchange student.
She told health care officials the foreign exchange student had been staying with her family.
The hospital called in extra staff before realizing Rhines was not infected with Ebola, but extremely intoxicated.
KSWO reports there wasn’t even an exchange student from Africa staying with her. She made the whole thing up.
Rhines is now facing a charge of disturbing the peace.

 

[5teamparlay]

ITS BACK--

http://news.yahoo.com/u-soldier-just-returned-west-africa-dies-near-202520685.html

[h=1]U.S. soldier monitoring himself for Ebola dies near Texas base[/h] <cite class="byline vcard top-line"><abbr>5 hours ago</abbr></cite>

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DALLAS (Reuters) - A U.S. Army soldier who just returned from West Africa and was self-monitoring for Ebola symptoms was found dead on Tuesday near the Texas base where he was posted, Fort Hood officials said.
Army officials said initial screening results showed the soldier was not infected with Ebola. A more conclusive test was underway "and results will be released when complete to confirm the preliminary findings," they said in a statement.
The unidentified soldier, who recently returned to Fort Hood in central Texas on emergency leave, was monitoring himself twice daily and reporting his status to medical officials, they said.
He was found dead at his off-post residence in the town of Killeen.
"We are not saying Ebola at all," Killeen police spokeswoman Carol Smith said. "It's just that because of the circumstances from West Africa, we are erring on the side of caution."
A brigade from Fort Hood has been deployed in Liberia since October in support of "Operation United Assistance," a program to help control the Ebola outbreak in the West African country.
(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza in Dallas and Jim Forsyth in San Antonio; Editing by Jon Herskovitz, Alan Crosby and Eric Beech)

 

[SECplayer]

Obesity, tobacco and alcohol are responsible for millions of deaths per year.

But for some reason Americans freak out when they hear about Ebola (which I'm guessing has killed less than 10 people in the US).

 

[PatsFanatic]

Obesity, tobacco and alcohol are responsible for millions of deaths per year.

But for some reason Americans freak out when they hear about Ebola (which I'm guessing has killed less than 10 people in the US).

Yeah but you can accidentally get fat, smoke, or drink alcohol.

 

[SECplayer]

Yeah but you can accidentally get fat, smoke, or drink alcohol.

Point taken. But you can just be unfortunate when it comes to hereditary heart problems (defects, high cholesterol/blood pressure, heart disease, etc). You could be a marathon runner and drop dead from heart disease just because of bad luck/bad genes.

Cancer is is seemingly the same. Obviously we know certain things that trigger certain cancers (smoking/lung cancer) but it seems like many forms of cancer are nothing short of just bad luck because of random cell mutations.

I was was just trying to convey that if you're just an average Joe living in America, I can't imagine having any concern whatsoever about Ebola.

 

[PatsFanatic]

I can't imagine having any concern whatsoever about Ebola.

me neither