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66 dmhlt

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5. Why? S/he was following CDC Protocol ...

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 09:16 AM

Oct 2014

Whether it's a good protocol or not (and as a pediatrician, I think it's too lenient) - but it doesn't classify temperature as a "fever" until it's 38.0°C (100.4°F).

Vinson had a temperature of 99.5°F, and acted responsibly in calling the CDC before she flew. They told her it didn't meet the no-fly protocol, so they gave her the go-ahead.

http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/air/managing-sick-travelers/ebola-guidance-airlines.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/15/health/texas-ebola-outbreak/index.html

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Has the CDC idiot, who ok'd nurse with ebola to fly, been identified ? [View all] MoonRiver Oct 2014 OP

Whoever it was needs to be brought up on charges of terrorism liberal N proud Oct 2014 #1

Definitely produced mayhem and chaos across the country. MoonRiver Oct 2014 #2

What mayhem and chaos? jen63 Oct 2014 #7

Wait it is still being artificially created lunasun Oct 2014 #55

It's friggin ridiculous. jen63 Oct 2014 #59

Yeah, me too. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #62

I hear ya, with the dictionary. jen63 Oct 2014 #64

I know! I flew yesterday from Phoenix back to DFW and it was crazy! snooper2 Oct 2014 #10

Yes we are... sendero Oct 2014 #19

Is this for real? Turbineguy Oct 2014 #51

Tell me this didn't happen -please lunasun Oct 2014 #56

LOL, no, all was normal- snooper2 Oct 2014 #57

Good I didn't expect that kind of panic until next week! lunasun Oct 2014 #58

What mayhem and chaos, aside from the media? Marrah_G Oct 2014 #34

she is a nurse whose coworker has ebola Evergreen Emerald Oct 2014 #3

I completely agree. MoonRiver Oct 2014 #4

No she called a specialist dsc Oct 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #9

the CDC is paid to be specialists on this stuff dsc Oct 2014 #17

Not everyone who works at the CDC is a specialist Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #23

then they should have put the woman on hold and gotten a specialist dsc Oct 2014 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #26

Here you are claiming to be so smart. Smarter than the nurse, in fact. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #49

wonderful question. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #63

And now CDC says she might have already had symptoms several days prior to going back to Dallas. LisaL Oct 2014 #39

What!? You cant expect a person to act with common sense... LostInAnomie Oct 2014 #35

If we're all supposed to be smarter than the supposed subject matter experts Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #50

Why? S/he was following CDC Protocol ... 66 dmhlt Oct 2014 #5

yup--no scumbags here librechik Oct 2014 #12

spineless too. GeorgeGist Oct 2014 #18

I had that temperature last time I donated platelets. randome Oct 2014 #20

had you treated a person who had Ebola? dsc Oct 2014 #32

A perfect example.. sendero Oct 2014 #22

"Period", huh... Why not make it 98.7? tridim Oct 2014 #27

Ain't that the truth! jen63 Oct 2014 #60

No, no, no damnit. TM99 Oct 2014 #30

She got permission from CDC to go to Celeveland. LisaL Oct 2014 #41

Facts are still emerging. TM99 Oct 2014 #66

Couple of points ... 66 dmhlt Oct 2014 #46

Data on the flight timeline aside, TM99 Oct 2014 #67

The first HCW infection had not been found when she went to Cleveland Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #61

Fact are still emerging. TM99 Oct 2014 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #8

Why? Recursion Oct 2014 #11

Perception v Reality.... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #16

The perception of idiots is of no concern at all. No one should perform panic shows or play up the Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #33

I did not say sick people... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #42

"This is a losing issue for Repubs, whose budgetary actions have restricted public health spending" FSogol Oct 2014 #54

I bet her fiance is concerned, though, since they almost certainly tblue37 Oct 2014 #36

No doubt. But given the... Whiskeytide Oct 2014 #43

Witch Hunt Him otohara Oct 2014 #13

We desperately need a scapegoat Fumesucker Oct 2014 #14

If they can just lay it all off on some undocumented janitorial staffperson, they will KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #21

We're at the tipping point Blue_Adept Oct 2014 #15

The CDC is incompetent.. sendero Oct 2014 #24

Thanks again for your misinformed, faux-expert opinion. nt tridim Oct 2014 #28

Low grade fever + no other symptoms = noncontagious Warpy Oct 2014 #29

+1 000 000 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #31

False. Totally false. LisaL Oct 2014 #37

That might be a very, very big "if." Warpy Oct 2014 #38

It's not a big if. LisaL Oct 2014 #40

For me what's more important is who met the plane in Dallas once the CDC knew she was sick? cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #44

Some articles I have read say that "clipboard man" might be a CDC representative. nt tblue37 Oct 2014 #45

Clipboard man was sendin her off LisaL Oct 2014 #48

he works for Phoenix Air TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #52

Nobody met the plane. LisaL Oct 2014 #47

Yes, you're right cwydro Oct 2014 #53