<p>It’s silly season. </p>
<p>I love clipboard guy… Will he need a 21 day quarentine?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/16/airline-says-unprotected-man-during-ebola-patient-transport-was-a-protocol-supervisor/”>http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/16/airline-says-unprotected-man-during-ebola-patient-transport-was-a-protocol-supervisor/</a></p>
<p>Re: post #93 My dh was in Dallas this week on business along with several colleagues. No doubt they’d all welcome being told to telecommute for 21 days, but only if they weren’t expected to observe actual quarantine. That’s just unbelievable. </p>
<p>Dh mentioned that his flight to DFW was only about 60% - 70% when usually it’s packed, so he didn’t have anyone sitting next to him for a change. He said it reminded him of when we traveled in the months just after 9/11 and how everyone we dealt with in the travel/hospitality industry was appreciative of the business.</p>
<p>Mexico has denied entry of the cruise ship with the lab tech who handled Ebola fluids on board. Carnival is ending the cruise and headed home. The lab tech and her husband have been confined to their room. How horrible would that be? Those cruise ships don’t exactly have spacious cabins. </p>
<p>Yesterday I got an email from Starwood offering 35% discount on hotels in Dallas and Atlanta. :D</p>
<p>Anyone here live in Dallas? I’m curious. Is business down in stores and restaurants? Are people hunkering down at home and avoiding unnecessary contacts?</p>
<p>@BunsenBurner - are you serving red jello with gummy eyeballs floating in it?</p>
<p>I’m ready! I’ve got a costume! 
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<p>Just posted an article on the other thread and one of the reasons Dallas decided not to issue a state of emergency is the negative effect it would have on their convention business. Think that cat is out of the bag if people who travel to Dallas, like that teacher in Maine, are going to be forced to take 21 days off of work (although apparently there is nothing requiring the teacher to stay at home during the 21 days.) </p>
<p>People need to get a grip. </p>
<p>Yeah, they really do. So Dallas now has an Ebola force field around it, but not Lubbock? Austin? Wichita Falls? Or any other place people use Dallas as a connecting point to get to?</p>
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<p>There are also no non-stop flights from the west African countries with ebola to the US. But there are plenty of ways to get to the US from such countries with connecting flights.
<a href=“Why An Ebola Flight Ban Wouldn’t Work | FiveThirtyEight”>Why An Ebola Flight Ban Wouldn’t Work | FiveThirtyEight;
<p>It depends on what flight restrictions are in place in the connecting countries. And again, slowing transmission to better enable humanitarian support on the ground, not stopping all possible entrants.</p>
<p>When Duncan was in the ER the first time with symptoms, he must have been contagious then, yet none of the other patients in the waiting room, the intake clerks, or the nurses who attended him then have developed Ebola. But there are people who think it’s a big risk to be near a teacher who attended an unrelated conference in the same city? </p>
<p>This is just ridiculous. The only answer I can think of is that this is a media-driven hysteria. Nothing else explains it, given how many people die of flu each hear and how easy it is to catch the flu without even touching the affected person. </p>
<p>If this were a sci if movie, I’d be complaining that the writers were just too nuts. </p>
<p>Yes, it’s tough to understand why the teacher was given 21 day leave just for attending a convention in Dallas. It defies logic, any way you look at it. </p>
<p>None of the other patients have had symptoms for EITHER of Duncan’s visits–the first OR second time, nor anyone else, including the ambulance drivers and anyone else who rode the ambulance before it was thoroughly disinfected or the folks who cleaned the apartment parking lot OR the folks who cleaned his apartment.</p>
<p>All of which goes to show that, as originally stated, as far as anyone knows, and they have been studying it since the mid-70s, Ebola is spread by direct contact with bodily fluids, and most likely after the disease has significantly processed and the virus load is higher.</p>
<p>If only people could grasp the idea of being cautious <em>without</em> panic or hysteria.</p>
<p>And Dallas is an airline hub. Plenty of locals and visitors have boarded. So far none of the other passengers seem affected.</p>
<p>Exactly what i was thinking, I don’t think the flight ban would do any good.</p>
<p>This is a bigger threat, especially for our college-age kids. So sad.</p>
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<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/health/california-student-meningitis-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/17/health/california-student-meningitis-death/index.html?hpt=hp_t2</a></p>
<p>Ugh…she had been vaccinated too.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.10news.com/news/san-diego-state-student-with-meningococcal-meningitis-may-have-exposed-others_”>http://www.10news.com/news/san-diego-state-student-with-meningococcal-meningitis-may-have-exposed-others_</a></p>
<p>Very sad! That’s a lot of folks to notify!</p>
<p>Oh my! </p>