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Divernan

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20. Do forgive me for not relying on underfunded, understaffed & hyper-defensive CDC
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 04:35 AM
Oct 2014

And according to the FEMA website, FEMA is completely relying on CDC guidelines.

Second Ebola Nurse Told CDC About Slightly Elevated Temperature Before Flight

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-nurse-told-cdc-slightly-elevated-temperature-flight/story?id=26218029

The second nurse who has been diagnosed with Ebola told the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention she had a slightly elevated temperature prior to flying to Dallas from Cleveland, Ohio, but wasn't "told she couldn't fly" since she didn't meet the threshold for a fever, a CDC official told ABC News.

Amber Vinson, 29, a nurse at the Dallas hospital where an Ebola patient had died, was identified today as the second health care worker at the hospital to contract the deadly virus. She told the CDC her temperature was 99.5 degrees, which is below the 100.4 reading for a fever.

"She flew into Cleveland to prepare for her wedding. She came in to visit her mother and her mother’s fiance," said Toinette Parrilla, director of Cleveland Department of Public Health.

Vinson stayed at her relatives' home while visiting Ohio and those relatives are employees of Kent State University, the school said in a statement. "She did not step foot on our campus," Kent State President Beverly Warren said.

The relatives were sent home from the school and asked to monitor themselves for the next 21 days, school officials said.

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Easy. zappaman Oct 2014 #1
I don't know PAProgressive28 Oct 2014 #2
good old clorox (chlorine bleach) Kali Oct 2014 #3
Bleach is corrosive, but cheap. Any hospital grade disinfectant will do. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #10
There is a machine that emits a special light.... Uben Oct 2014 #4
It's an ultraviolet light. Daemonaquila Oct 2014 #5
Yes, I think I saw the same robot-type machine they have used for years, Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #7
Since it can only live for so long outside of the body, leaving those areas alone for safe period ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2014 #6
Latex gloves, disposable paper towels, hospital grade disinfectant. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #8
Investors share your concerns; airline stocks dropping. Divernan Oct 2014 #9
Quite a huge puzzle, isn't it? Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #11
Frontier Jet That Carried Ebola Patient Made Five More Flights Divernan Oct 2014 #16
Go to the WEBSITES! My God FEMA has information, CDC has information rustydog Oct 2014 #12
I, for one, am not in panic-mode, I'm just curious. Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #14
Asking logical questions doesn't equal panic;burying one's head in the sand does. Divernan Oct 2014 #18
Do forgive me for not relying on underfunded, understaffed & hyper-defensive CDC Divernan Oct 2014 #20
For porous material, foams, fabrics, lots of nooks and crannies, etc... pugetres Oct 2014 #13
Thanks, interesting. eom Frustratedlady Oct 2014 #15
Extremely expensive for airlines:they won't do it unless forced to by govt. regs or public demand Divernan Oct 2014 #19
Bleach, mostly. And sunlight if practical Recursion Oct 2014 #17
Copious amounts of chlorine TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #21
Alcohol or bleach from what I understand work wonders on Ebola. Live and Learn Oct 2014 #22
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