Ebola diagnosed in Dallas

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<p>Sanjay Gupta is most concerned that the patient went to a hospital with symptoms and was sent home with antibiotics. I agree with Gupta. The CDC chief is blaming busy ER’s. omg.</p>

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<p>The CDC should be blaming itself for not advising the Stae Department to stop issuing visas for travel to the U. S. to persons from the infected countries.</p>

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<p>Tatin, the State Department does not report to the CDC. </p>

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<p>Could be that during these times we require anyone traveling from a country with an ebola outbreak to be quarantined for the incubation period. They have no symptoms, then they’re good to go. Sure, it’s very inconvenient, but I don’t see it as unreasonable. </p>

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<p>Cost-benefit analysis. What do you do with the flight crews and their families? It would be absolutely impossible to implement what you are suggesting. </p>

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<p>Here is my big beef: the US population in general, including a large portion of medical practitioners, is really not trained to do the most basic thing - wash their hands frequently! One can only hope that the recent HAI saga has taught some lessons. </p>

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<p>ALL medical practitioners are trained in the importance of hand washing. They are just not all compliant. Some of the worst behavior in this area that I have observed has been from physicians.</p>

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<p>Maybe white cotton gloves will come back into fashion.</p>

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<p>What lack of screening? He was screened. Clearly screening for symptoms is ineffective tool on the whole, since one could be infected yet asymptomatic at time of screening. </p>

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<p>Nrdsb, yes, that means not trained. When MRSA was all over the news, some of my doctors were clearly annoyed that I had the nerve to ask them about hand washing. </p>

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<p>@nrdsb4, I wasn’t talking about him if you read my post carefully. It referred to the CNN crew. </p>

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<p>Here is an interesting article. The author’s main issue is Korea’s readiness to deal with the epidemic, but he provides a very good, almost plain language overview of Ebola epidemiology:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153011/pdf/epih-36-e2014014.pdf”>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153011/pdf/epih-36-e2014014.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It seems to me that the only thing which will satisfy the US public will be to put a moratorium on travel to and from these affected areas and/or require 21day quarantine of anyone who is allowed in.</p>

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<p>Well, judging by what has been expressed in this thread, I think you are right, Nrdsb. </p>

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<p>I’m really annoyed at myself for missing the press conference which took place yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital. I read that it was asserted that the patient “did not reveal that he had traveled recently from Liberia.” Well, shame on him, and you KNOW he had to know that would be relevant. BUT: did the ER staff ask the question? I have not been able to find that out. If they didn’t ask the question, then some of this is on them.</p>

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<p>It is being reported today that NO they did not ask, and no he did not volunteer the info. </p>

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<p>Doctor uses HIV meds to treat Ebola patients, interesting. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/27/health/ebola-hiv-drug/index.html?iid=article_sidebar”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/27/health/ebola-hiv-drug/index.html?iid=article_sidebar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^^Wow. </p>

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<p>Personally, I have no faith in the ability of the medical establishment to control the outbreak if it starts to spread widely here. IMHO they are grossly overestimating their ability. At the same time, it’s possible that the virus will mutate to something that can spread more easily than it does now. </p>

<p>We shall see.</p>

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<p>They are beginning to talk about possible patient number two.</p>

<p><a href=“Officials: Second person being monitored for Ebola”>http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/01/texas-ebola-patient/16525649/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;