<p>According to this media source, New Yorkers are in fact, panicking over this Ebola case, and sadly, the bowling alley had to close its doors and cancel a concert showcase. <a href=“Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer's NYC itinerary spreads fear and panic | Daily Mail Online”>Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer's NYC itinerary spreads fear and panic | Daily Mail Online;
<p>Would he be shedding the virus while running?</p>
<p>^^^From what I understand, when a fever first presents, the virus still not always even detectable in the blood. It shows up in vomit and feces before it shows up in sweat, so I would say it is highly unlikely one could actually feel well enough to go running if the viral load was high enough to be present in sweat.</p>
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<p>I did NOT say that they weren’t concerned about it, I said they weren’t angry at the hospital or panicked.</p>
<p>I think that denial is showing itself to be a very powerful thing. And since health care workers are human, perhaps it should be taken out of their hands and mandatory protocols enforced on HCW coming from these areas.</p>
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<p>I daresay even the most intelligent human is capable of thinking irrationally at times. I bet even you are capable of it, depending on the circumstances.</p>
<p>I dunno. Runners can be crazy. Bunsen knows what I’m talking about. They think that if they go on a good, hard run, they will start feeling better. Ha! Gimme a soft bed, a glass of wine and a couple of warm dogs, not a run! Though if I had been exposed to ebola patients, I would quarantine myself from my dogs. Even if it’s over the top, but just in case, because I love them.</p>
<p>Sounds like this guy even exposed his fiancé, the same day he ran a 103 degree fever. I hope that is wrong. And if he slept with her after he became sick? I sure hope he didn’t.</p>
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<p>Okay, but let’s assume what I said is correct. It shows up in vomit and feces before sweat. I know runners are tough, but we are really going to have to suspend disbelief to accept that this guy could have been jogging while vomiting and having diarrhea. </p>
<p>Come on.</p>
<p>No, no running of any kind while vomiting or… : D
(jogging to the john does not count).</p>
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<p>Someone earlier seemed to think that New Yorkers were too sophisticated or too educated, or too some other quality to panic, and I thought, “hmm, we’ll see.” This particular illness seems to bring out high levels of anxiety in people regardless of their prior experiences, their education, etc. Maybe panic has to do with personality rather than geography.</p>
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<p>I hope not either.</p>
<p>I don’t know that assumption is correct, are you certain? Sure, he could have been having diarrhea. I can easily see people going running after having a bout of diarrhea, thinking it was temporary. But he didn’t say he had that until the day of the 103 degree fever. Regardless, maybe he was not contagious when he was running, who knows. But my point is that he could have felt ill and still gone running, because runners are nuts. That was my entire point. Not that his sweat was contagious.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine that he was a health risk to anyone while he was running or ran while he was emitting body fluids other than sweat and maybe spit. My running input is just that a 3 mile run is no indication that a person if feeling healthy. I am not a crazed runner and back when I had young knees I often ran to feel better when I was sick. </p>
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<p>From a recent article:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/ebola-us-reader-questions/”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/01/health/ebola-us-reader-questions/</a></p>
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<p>The media source cited is the Daily Mail…just saying. No doubt people in NYC have feelings about this and perhaps the bowling alley did close for a night but the DM is a tabloid.</p>
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<p>But that wasn’t MY POINT. I was answering a question:</p>
<p>“Would he be shedding the virus while running?”</p>
<p>And the answer is, NOT LIKELY for reasons I gave. </p>
<p>Geez!</p>
<p>I went on the Internet and pulled up Fox 5 DC news and listened to it again. They reported that his fiance was placed into quarantine and the doctor did have physical contact with her that same morning.</p>
<p>Maybe it will be soon-to-be-ex-fiancé. The MD was seriously not showing much consideration to this woman!</p>
<p>" But that wasn’t MY POINT. I was answering a question: “Would he be shedding the virus while running?”
And the answer is, NOT LIKELY for reasons I gave.
Geez!"</p>
<p>Except what I was responding to, was when you quoted my post., which said, “I dunno. Runners can be crazy. Bunsen knows what I’m talking about,” To which you said:" Okay, but let’s assume what I said is correct. It shows up in vomit and feces before sweat. I know runners are tough, but we are really going to have to suspend disbelief to accept that this guy could have been jogging while vomiting and having diarrhea. Come on"</p>
<p>If you quote my post, and answer to it, I will assume that you are responding to my post. It is unlikely that I am going to assume that you are responding to someone else’s post. Though I’ll just take it for granted that if you say, “Geez, you are such an idiot, come on!” that you MUST be responding to someone else’s post. 
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<p>^^^DONE, busdriver. I don’t think you are remotely discussing my comments in good faith. </p>
<p>I think the gist of my response was quite clear that it is highly unlikely that this guy was shedding virus while jogging regardless of how tough runners are.</p>
<p>Read your posts back, Nrdsb4. You quoted me, and answered to someone else’s post. It has nothing to do with good faith. Quote the post that you are addressing, otherwise those of us whom are obviously peabrains will be unable to connect the dots that you are actually talking about something else, that someone else said.</p>
<p>As you might say, “Jeez! Come on!”</p>