Second Ebola patient

[Flossy]

<p>No-one can come into this country without a Visa. It’s not necessarily easy to get a Visa. Duncan tried for long time according to news reports. People with communicable diseases do not get Visas. And, the Visa he got was a tourist Visa. He was not a tourist by any definition. The State Department messed up before the Dallas hospital messed up, imho. </p>

[awcntdb]

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As has been repeatedly explained, people can take buses to other countries, then take planes to other countries, etc. before flying here.

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<p>Wrong - it is not that easy for they still need a visa and passport from the home country! You screen from right there. </p>

<p>It does not matter if you travel to another country, if your VISA and PASSPORT are from one of the problem countries, then you get banned or tested to surety before being allowed on a flight to the US.</p>

<p>Simply, just ban all visas from those countries until the people with those visas are tested or quarantined. It is not that hard. That people are acting like we are helpless is just plain weird. </p>

[Madison85]

<p><a href=“Texas nurse stricken with Ebola: young and caring”>Texas nurse stricken with Ebola: young and caring;

<p>The second ebola patient graduated from Texas Christian University in 2010:</p>

<p>* After graduating from Texas Christian University, she pursued a career in nursing and in August posted on her Facebook site that she had became a registered nurse and obtained credentials as a critical care nurse, the newspaper reported.</p>

<p>The newspaper reported that the woman owns a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and that officials said the dog was being cared for.</p>

<p>At the Fort Worth church she attended with her family, she is known for her caring. *</p>

[TatinG]

<p><a href=“South Africa Issues Travel Ban for Countries Gripped by Ebola Virus - WSJ”>http://online.wsj.com/articles/south-africa-issues-travel-ban-for-countries-hit-by-ebola-virus-outbreak-1408638457&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Two people with possible Ebola symptoms taken to Bellevue in New York City. Both had recently returned from Africa.</p>

[awcntdb]

<p>Congress is finally stepping up and getting in the act re visa ban. As expected, it is Texas congressman taking the lead because he is seeing the costs first-hand.</p>

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Time to get serious about keeping Ebola from reaching the United States. So says one Congressman, who wants to see the Obama Administration take some concrete action when it comes to travel between the U.S. and West Africa. </p>

<p>House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul admits a complete ban on all flights is probably going too far. </p>

<p>“Allowing health care workers to go in, because they have to contain the threat” McCaul told CBS’ “Face the Nation” illustrating an example of travel that should be allowed. However, the Texas Republican also said it’s time to begin using some common sense too. </p>

<p>“When ti comes to the original population of West Africa leaving–until this gets under control, I think that’s a measure policy makers ought to be looking at” McCaul said. </p>

<p>McCaul’s committee held Congress’ first hearing on Ebola last week in Dallas.

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<p><a href=“http://www.ktsa.com/West-Africa-Visa-Ban-/20099048”>http://www.ktsa.com/West-Africa-Visa-Ban-/20099048&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Bay]

<p>Not sure if this was already mentioned (fast thread), but the Texas nurse was NOT one of the 48 people the CDC was monitoring after Duncan. That makes it sounds like she was not a front-line or major care-giver, yet she contracted the virus somehow. </p>

[LasMa]

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If there’s a cure or a vaccine againt Ebola, no travel ban will be necessary.

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<p>If we hadn’t cut funding to NIH, there probably would be a vaccine by now.</p>

<p><a href=“There’s No Ebola Vaccine Yet Because We Cut the NIH Budget Ten Years Ago – Mother Jones”>http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/10/theres-no-ebola-vaccine-yet-because-we-cut-nih-budget-ten-years-ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Iglooo]

<p>We did good or bad. So we have to deal with this with tools we have at hand not with tools we could have had. Not that I agree we would have a vaccine by now. We don’t even have a vaccine against entrovirus.</p>

<p><a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?;

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U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, a physician, suggested that once Ebola is confirmed, patients ought to be stabilized and transferred to specialized hospitals that are scientifically equipped to deal with highly infectious diseases.</p>

<p>“Why should your average community hospital now be required to staff up and run the type of isolation unit that” specialized hospitals have spent years preparing, Burgess, a Texas Republican, said today on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.</p>

<p>Burgess said that people from the infected nations ought to wait longer to obtain a U.S. visa.</p>

<p>“Not that you’re going to shut them off, but you do pause things for a little bit,” he said.

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<p>I hope it gains steam.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>The esteemed professionals (insert sarcasm here) at USA Today have just “broadcast” the name of the nurse. Shame! Yes this health crisis is a public event but the ill woman and her family deserve the most privacy we can allow them. She’s the one who tended to a patient whom had a fatal disease. I won’t be buying your newspaper or visiting your website anytime soon, USA Today.</p>

[scout59]

<p>Bay - only those people who were in contact with Mr. Duncan BEFORE he came to the hospital are being tracked. This means that none of the hospital personnel are being tracked. In fact, according to many news sources, the nurse who contracted the disease from Mr. Duncan had “extensive contact with him before his death.”</p>

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None of the 48 people in the Dallas area whom officials had been closely tracking and evaluating were hospital workers who had come into contact with Duncan after he was admitted and placed into isolation

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<p><a href=“http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/10/13/questions-risk-vigilance-after-dallas-nurse-contracts-ebola/PbiC4rZ3dpjszBv7DKX3SI/story.html”>http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/10/13/questions-risk-vigilance-after-dallas-nurse-contracts-ebola/PbiC4rZ3dpjszBv7DKX3SI/story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Bay]

<p>LW,
HuffPo also printed it and published a photo (darling girl), and said the photo was provided by the family.</p>

[Bay]

<p>Ok, thanks scout59.</p>

[actingmt]

<p>The nurse’s identity wasn’t really a secret. Her family, friends, and neighbors have all been interviewed by various news outlets.</p>

[sally305]

<p>Wow, she’s only 26. I hope she makes it.</p>

<p>I guess if Thomas Duncan wasn’t guaranteed privacy no one else should expect it.</p>

[actingmt]

<p>It’s kind of hard to have privacy when every distant relative is on television talking about you all day.</p>

[LakeWashington]

<p>ABC TV said it confirmed her name and obtained her photo from her family AFTER another news organization revealed her identity.</p>

[actingmt]

<p>Well, sure. I have no idea who was first but local reporters were at her apartment so it wasn’t a secret.</p>

[Flossy]

<p>The nurse’s name has been out since yesterday. Even the international tabloids have her photos. And, honestly, I think that’s why the CDC director felt compelled to apologize this morning for what sounded like blaming her for breaching protocol. It was never going to stay private. Privacy is a thing of the past in many ways…</p>

[emilybee]

<p>“emily, it’s the third time you mention flight bans from Texas. Very witty.”</p>

<p>I am not trying to be witty. </p>

[zoosermom]

<p>Nigeria is being held up as a model of stopping the spread of Ebola, so perhaps we should follow their procedures. Unless, of course, we think the Nigerians are raaaaaacist. Stopping the spread of disease will save more black lives, which seems to be less important to some than stopping the spread of offense to their own delicate sensibilities. How to stop the spread? Heaven only knows, because the CDC surely doesn’t, but, again, perhaps the experts in Nigeria.</p>