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74. Nigeria and Sierra Leone have been super aggressive--

Reply to AverageJoe90 (Reply #68)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 01:02 AM

Oct 2014

rounding up and quarantining any suspected infected people at gunpoint. That will never happen here.

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Texas Officials Say 80 People May Have Been Exposed To Ebola Patient: Report [View all] cali Oct 2014 OP

FUD! FSogol Oct 2014 #1

Glad to see we have got this under control. n/t djean111 Oct 2014 #2

But the question is was he infectious when those possible exposures happened? Botany Oct 2014 #3

I'm assuming that the 80 people were in contact with him during the time he was infectious cali Oct 2014 #4

An abundance of caution, perhaps? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #12

I just read that those 80 people are being monitored cali Oct 2014 #14

+1 nt Live and Learn Oct 2014 #75

Yes. LisaL Oct 2014 #7

So in other words TM99 Oct 2014 #5

one case ='s africas crisis? seabeyond Oct 2014 #6

Liberia only had a single case five months ago. Soon they will have 10,000. pnwmom Oct 2014 #54

it doesnt appear, even from case one, we are handling it anywhere like liberia and the other places seabeyond Oct 2014 #56

Oh, really. We handled it so much better? pnwmom Oct 2014 #57

yes seabeyond Oct 2014 #59

So it was better the way we sent him home with antibiotics? pnwmom Oct 2014 #76

Wow! ecstatic Oct 2014 #72

oh come on abundance of caution... snooper2 Oct 2014 #9

Sad, that I need a sarcasm tag TM99 Oct 2014 #34

"Africa is a third world country" Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #45

Seriously? TM99 Oct 2014 #47

Sorry. I didn't know it was sarcasm. You just can't tell these days... Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #48

No worries. TM99 Oct 2014 #51

yesss, that's what's so dangerous about exceptionalism: not that it institutionalizes hypocrisy MisterP Oct 2014 #53

Thank you. TM99 Oct 2014 #58

"culture/subjectivity is what *other* people have" MisterP Oct 2014 #60

Oh, yes, I am quite familiar with Whig History. TM99 Oct 2014 #65

heck, that's what Tylor himself was writing against--the Positivist idea of brains and societies MisterP Oct 2014 #69

It amazes me that it takes a single case Live and Learn Oct 2014 #77

I definitely agree that there is no need to panic. TM99 Oct 2014 #81

Africa is a CONTINENT...NOT a country, TM99 Ecumenist Oct 2014 #78

Reading comprehension has gotten atrocious. TM99 Oct 2014 #80

But there's nothing to worry about. PeteSelman Oct 2014 #8

All right, I'm going to level with you all. deutsey Oct 2014 #10

Haha! PeteSelman Oct 2014 #29

probably more than that. while he was 'sick' he waited in emergency room, was sent home. Sunlei Oct 2014 #11

And the ambulance he took while symptomatic was left in service for another two days. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #55

I'm floored that the paramedics and Duncan's family TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #13

I agree. LisaL Oct 2014 #15

It's outrageous TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #19

if they live in the home together they are already exposed VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #28

No, they aren't already exposed. MelungeonWoman Oct 2014 #38

my point is .. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #42

Homes are fine as long as someone is watching that the residents do not leave. I am assuming that jwirr Oct 2014 #41

There is no need for quarantine unless there are symptoms. morningfog Oct 2014 #20

they are quarantined at home with their FAMILIES TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #30

In the case of the ebola victim - his entire family were exposed. And I read it to say that they are jwirr Oct 2014 #43

the paramedics were also exposed TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #44

I assume that they are also quarantined to their homes. If I were being quarantined in my home I jwirr Oct 2014 #46

You make a good point. morningfog Oct 2014 #64

Per MSNBC up to 100 now. bklyncowgirl Oct 2014 #16

Their is no epidemic just because 100 are being monitored. morningfog Oct 2014 #21

Actually, even a few cases of a very rare disease, JimDandy Oct 2014 #33

Does this include everybody on the airplane? nt TBF Oct 2014 #62

It is my understanding that it doesn't include anyone on the plane. morningfog Oct 2014 #63

Symptoms started on the 24th, according to Duncan--who has already been exposed as a liar. nt ecstatic Oct 2014 #73

up to 100 *may* have had *possible* contact with him. not necessarily magical thyme Oct 2014 #24

Don't buy into the media hype herding cats Oct 2014 #49

True. And, as has been pointed out, even the Nigerians managed to get their issue under control. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #68

Nigeria and Sierra Leone have been super aggressive-- ecstatic Oct 2014 #74

Get back to me when those 80 people contract the virus jambo101 Oct 2014 #17

Very true. No one is showing any signs of infeection yet. morningfog Oct 2014 #23

the average window is 8 to 10 days and up to 21 TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #32

Yep, this is all about hype and fear. cbdo2007 Oct 2014 #37

To date its just one guy jambo101 Oct 2014 #70

Is this people he contacted AFTER symptoms were showing? Because we were ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #18

Contagiousness does not occur until symptoms are showing. morningfog Oct 2014 #22

Thanks, morningfog! That's what I thought. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #27

OK, that's helpful to know. nt TBF Oct 2014 #66

he became symptomatic after he was already here with his family TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #25

Thank you, TTW. I didn't know they were out of ZMapp. I know one thing though, ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #26

"they better not let Mr. Duncan die after saving those docs" seveneyes Oct 2014 #31

better yet just not let anyone come here from a hot zone TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #35

The reason that won't happen is oil - TBF Oct 2014 #67

there's only ever been but a handful of doses TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #36

Because it killed so rapidly, and was over in poor Africa, no profit to be made. n/t djean111 Oct 2014 #52

exactly TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #71

Includes more casual contact & indirect contact ctaylors6 Oct 2014 #39

"As many as 500,000,0000, as few as 1 may have....". Qualifiers, not real numbers and cya stuff. uppityperson Oct 2014 #40

Let's hope they have identified all of them. B2G Oct 2014 #50

Hopefully, they didn't touch his bodily fluids and then rub their eyes or lick their fingers. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #61

My family is in San Antonio Puzzledtraveller Oct 2014 #79