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moriah

(8,312 posts)
7. Yeah, me too. But you already recall my thing about panic... heh.
Mon Aug 4, 2014, 05:00 PM
Aug 2014

You don't have to tell me again.

I was trying to point out that the most likely way Ebola would get here is like this guy who potentially, may, have it. Brantley was believed to have caught the disease from another healthcare worker who did not isolate themselves quickly enough upon feeling sick, Brantley did. The fact he caught it doesn't mean it's more likely to spread in a hospital than it is from a real-life Patient Zero like this guy *could* be (not is, yet).

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Yikes. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #1
Not airborne, therefore while a concern it is easily contained randys1 Aug 2014 #26
Damn! Little Star Aug 2014 #2
So far--being tested. nt raccoon Aug 2014 #3
WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!! No seriously....when I wrote a few days ago about Ebola already being msanthrope Aug 2014 #4
Yeah, you're right. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #5
Yeah, me too. But you already recall my thing about panic... heh. moriah Aug 2014 #7
Relax, progress is being made according to this report from The Onion gvstn Aug 2014 #9
I heard he's good friends with Donald Trump! B Calm Aug 2014 #6
??? moriah Aug 2014 #8
I guess you haven't watched the news lately. . . B Calm Aug 2014 #10
Oh, see, that explains it. No, I didn't hear that, but I would have tuned out anything Trump said.. moriah Aug 2014 #23
Yeah, it would have gotten here anyway. Just like SARS and MERS made it here. herding cats Aug 2014 #11
He probably just ate at Chik fil A and got food poisoning from the salmonella. nt Zorra Aug 2014 #12
Fortunately, the US is far better equipped to handle such a case than African nations on the whole Hekate Aug 2014 #13
globalism sucks Vattel Aug 2014 #14
So much for my fabulous NY trip flamingdem Aug 2014 #15
FYI: Ebola is viral. Laffy Kat Aug 2014 #27
Alcohol-based sanitizers (the best kind) do kill some viruses. redqueen Aug 2014 #30
"Looks like Ebola would have gotten here anyway" jberryhill Aug 2014 #16
And miss the opportunity for some pearl-clutching COLGATE4 Aug 2014 #19
I'd feel safer if they had reported how long the patient had been in the US Zorra Aug 2014 #17
Get ready for a new wave of Doomsday Prepping davidn3600 Aug 2014 #18
OOoooOOHH Prepping I got just the thing for the consumate prepper.... Drew Richards Aug 2014 #20
OMG! Evacuate NYC RFN! MineralMan Aug 2014 #21
The link has apparently been updated markpkessinger Aug 2014 #22
Yay, but that's how it'll get "in the wild" here, not humanitarian efforts for US citizens.... moriah Aug 2014 #24
More likely . . . markpkessinger Aug 2014 #25
More patients in bubbles waiting on test results: moriah Aug 2014 #28
If it weren't for the fact that people are actually dying of the disease in West Africa I'd say Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #29
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