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LisaL

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28. It's spreading.

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 08:06 AM

Aug 2014

"A second case of Ebola has been recorded in Lagos. The Nigerian Health Minister said it was the doctor who treated US victim Patrick Sawyer."

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2014-08-04/doctor-becomes-second-ebola-case-in-lagos/

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EBOLA Outbreak Thread [View all] morningfog Aug 2014 OP

Thank you for an informative thread. Aerows Aug 2014 #1

Unfamiliar (to me) sources from Lagos: 2 of Sawyer's contacts with fever, negative morningfog Aug 2014 #2

I wish some of these reports defacto7 Aug 2014 #3

I know. I heard laundry_queen Aug 2014 #9

Ebola Zaire has a mortality rate of 90% without care; 60% with care magical thyme Aug 2014 #16

I had not heard this was Zaire. Thanks. nt laundry_queen Aug 2014 #18

a belated thank you. n/t defacto7 Aug 2014 #26

timeline? this week: US deliberately brings ebola infected people into the country msongs Aug 2014 #4

Those two cwydro Aug 2014 #13

they had every right and deserve the best we can give them magical thyme Aug 2014 #17

What a soft people we Americans have become. Katashi_itto Aug 2014 #22

Is it time to call Dustin Hoffman in yet? snooper2 Aug 2014 #31

As we should! n/t hootinholler Aug 2014 #32

US citizens. jberryhill Aug 2014 #58

the gov't absolutely can deny return ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #65

Show me the statute jberryhill Aug 2014 #66

you are correct... ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #67

And that's pretty much what happened here jberryhill Aug 2014 #69

i should have been more careful in my assumptions ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #70

"a little escort" included the FBI magical thyme Aug 2014 #74

and no one has ever made a mistake ProdigalJunkMail Aug 2014 #75

Two workers who helped Sawyer into wheelchair had fever, not yet positive for Ebola. morningfog Aug 2014 #5

Not so lucky after all. LisaL Aug 2014 #29

National Geographic: Why Deadly Ebola Virus Is Likely to Hit the U.S. But Not Spread morningfog Aug 2014 #6

Scary. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #7

CNN opinion: What Obama can do about Ebola Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #8

Here are some numbers that show how Ebola has spread (number of dead) CoffeeCat Aug 2014 #10

So the rate of spread is increasing quickly, which is not good news. Squinch Aug 2014 #14

It is scary. 840high Aug 2014 #57

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2014 #11

kick dembotoz Aug 2014 #12

Aug. 2:American Doctor With Ebola Able to Walk Into Georgia Hospital morningfog Aug 2014 #15

Looks like he may make it KamaAina Aug 2014 #36

Bayesian methods to judge expectations in the coming months for 3 countries: morningfog Aug 2014 #19

(very good interactive) Mapping the Ebola epidemic morningfog Aug 2014 #20

Between July 27 and July 30, an average of almost 40 new cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #21

Between July 30 and Aug 1, an average of 82 new cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #43

Where ebola is gaining momentum (Liberia and Sierra Leone): morningfog Aug 2014 #23

Transmission of this virus, as understood by the CDC... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #24

Important clarification - it's an epidemic, not a pandemic. Avalux Aug 2014 #25

Thanks for the clarification. morningfog Aug 2014 #27

It's spreading. LisaL Aug 2014 #28

The second American--woman missionary--is expected to fly to the US tomorrow (Tuesday, 8/5) mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #30

It's a serious outbreak to be sure, but the media isn't helping with their scaremongering tactics Hugabear Aug 2014 #33

If it was so hard to get, how did the doctors get it? LisaL Aug 2014 #34

Because they're working in close proximity to bodily fluids Hugabear Aug 2014 #35

Because we are not being told the entire story, which is: THEY DON'T KNOW HOW. And victims are said WinkyDink Aug 2014 #40

I think scientists do have a fairly good grasp on how the virus spreads Hugabear Aug 2014 #41

I agree… It's a matter of how it's transmitted... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #47

Conakry is the capital of Guinea KamaAina Aug 2014 #38

Thanks, I've edited to correct that Hugabear Aug 2014 #39

Patrick Sawyer's doctor just diagnosed with Ebola (What---Me Worry?): WinkyDink Aug 2014 #37

Once the news focused on the US doc, it ignored the toll. morningfog Aug 2014 #42

UPDATE from Nigeria: 2nd case confirmed, "hope to have 8" quarantined by Monday. morningfog Aug 2014 #44

21 days from Aug. 4 (doctor's confirmed infection) is Aug. 25. morningfog Aug 2014 #49

Sierra Leone, Liberia deploy troops as Ebola toll hits 887 (3 new suspected cases in Nigeria) morningfog Aug 2014 #45

Charting the spread: morningfog Aug 2014 #46

"can only be declared over after two successive incubation periods, or six weeks, have passed" morningfog Aug 2014 #48

Aug. 10 will be 21 days after Saywer's July 20 collapse. morningfog Aug 2014 #50

British Airways suspends flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone, citing Ebola concerns morningfog Aug 2014 #51

Thanks and glad to hear, still no word on the Mount Sinai patient. n/t slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #52

The hospital said it will take up to 48 hours for testing to be completed. morningfog Aug 2014 #53

Thank you for the link and also for the thread ... slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #56

Mount Sinai Hospital: Patient In Isolation Does Not Have Ebola morningfog Aug 2014 #76

Many thanks for the update :))) n/t slipslidingaway Aug 2014 #77

Thanks for the updates. Puzzledtraveller Aug 2014 #55

Wow, thank you all for the information davidpdx Aug 2014 #54

Very helpful and well researched--thank you emsimon33 Aug 2014 #59

Nigeria confirms 5 new cases, second death morningfog Aug 2014 #60

Spain sends plane to evacuate missionary with Ebola morningfog Aug 2014 #61

Saudi being tested for Ebola dies in hospital morningfog Aug 2014 #62

Nigeria details, good info here: morningfog Aug 2014 #63

New WHO numbers out B2G Aug 2014 #64

107 reported new cases between Aug 1 and Aug 4. Hopefully the fewer avg. # reported cases per day Zorra Aug 2014 #71

Doesn't look like it to me B2G Aug 2014 #72

Hope that is the case. Still, with hospitals closing, people dying at homes and reports that people suffragette Aug 2014 #79

Thanks for this thread. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2014 #68

U.S. allows use of Ebola test overseas as crisis deepens morningfog Aug 2014 #73

Liberia, Sierra Leone Impose Ebola Quarantines (of entire districts and counties) morningfog Aug 2014 #78