<p>Frugal Doctor, there is this virus, too - Chikungunya - but at least it’s not fatal. </p>
<p>I had a dr. appt this afternoon (a specialist) and there was a sign on the entrance door to office that asked you to report at check-in if you had done any international travel in the last 21 days. Anyone else seeing this? </p>
<p>I’ll try this one more time and try to be as neutral as possible then let it go . . . there are honest disagreements about jurisdiction, chain of command, regulatory power, the ability to recommend vs compel and local/state’s rights that pre-existed ebola in the US. When we have a problem that is too large for a local entity to cope with or has implications that are farther reaching the question comes up of who is in charge and who has the power to make and enforce executive decisions. It can slow things down and make them less efficient in such circumstances and so far as I have seen it doesn’t seem to matter what the power distribution is at each level.</p>
<p>I have a friend who lives in Jamaica who is just recovering from it. We were teasing her that the name, chick-v, is too cute sounding. ~:> </p>
<p>Should we be on Third Ebola Patient thread now?</p>
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<p>My doctor’s office asked me that back during the third week of August. When I told them I had just returned from South Africa, they asked me to wear a mask in the office. The doctor laughed when he came in and told me I could take it off (Monrovia is 3,400 miles from Cape Town).</p>
<p>@saintfan, don’t forget to add the proverbial statement, “what about my rights?” All of those can collapse the response process.</p>
<p>@MaineLonghorn, the other funny thing is the fact that the mask would not prevent contact with infected bodily fluids.</p>
<p>Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Nigeria have 20 infected patients after the their own patient zero before they reined it in? </p>
<p>Mentally trying to prepare for at least that bad, though I do think ultimately they will contain it. </p>
<p>Now the nephew says that Duncan has no idea how he contracted ebola and that the “helping pregnant neighbor” story is a fabrication and he had no part in that.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20141014-exclusive-ebola-didnt-have-to-kill-thomas-eric-duncan-nephew-says.ece”>http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20141014-exclusive-ebola-didnt-have-to-kill-thomas-eric-duncan-nephew-says.ece</a></p>
<p>“I have a friend who lives in Jamaica who is just recovering from it. We were teasing her that the name, chick-v, is too cute sounding.”</p>
<p>I heard Jamaica is under a state of national emergency because of this virus. </p>
<p>“they asked me to wear a mask in the office.”</p>
<p>A lot of people don’t know any of the geography of Africa. </p>
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<p>Didn’t CNN send reporters to his home town and find it to be ravaged by ebola? If so, that just doesn’t sound convincing. I’m not going to go so far as to say for sure that he knew, but I’m nowhere near convinced that on some level he didn’t suspect.</p>
<p>Taxi driver Jiminez Grugbaye says Thomas Eric Duncan was in his taxi with the pregnant dying 19 year old and her family members, in contrast to what nephew Josephus Weeks is now saying.</p>
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We were just told that a Krav Maga instructor was hospitalized for fever and nausea after returning “from Africa.” When I asked where in Africa he had been, I got a lot of blank looks. I hope it’s just something innocuous he picked up on his travels. </p>
<p>^^^City?</p>
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<p>And all I ask is to include human error in coming up policies. We are not exactly regimental in many aspects of life.</p>
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<p>Isn’t it what they are wearing when they take temperature at the airport? I I guess they are also afraid of catching a cold.</p>
<p>Patsmom, by their own criteria…</p>
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<p>… I assume they’re admitting no students from the US, and especially not from Texas.</p>
<p>Once more, ignorance on parade. </p>
<p>Maybe one of the health professionals can answer this question. After exposure, how long does it take to test positive for Ebola? Instead of waiting for contacts to become ill, wouldnt it make sense just to go ahead and test them? I would think they should just proactively test everyone who on the hospital staff who came in contact with Duncan.</p>
<p>Testing methods:</p>
<p><a href=“Diagnosis | Ebola (Ebola Virus Disease) | CDC”>http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/diagnosis/</a></p>
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<p>If you are tested when you are not symptomatic, the test will be negative.</p>
<p>Thanks frugal! </p>