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MontyPow

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45. Some light reading

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Fri Oct 24, 2014, 04:32 AM

Oct 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025698921

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So another heroic Doctor Without Borders doctor has managed to get infected with Ebola [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

K&R! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #1

When did this doctor Caretha Oct 2014 #2

Last friday B2G Oct 2014 #4

I think we are going to have to start requiring self-isolation for LisaL Oct 2014 #5

So, Treat An Ebola Patient = Become A Pariah? TomCADem Oct 2014 #9

For 21 days, yes. woolldog Oct 2014 #24

so let me see if I got this right NJCher Oct 2014 #40

You know laundry_queen Oct 2014 #43

agree. Very worried about this attitude of, Oh, I'm different we get from certain people. librechik Oct 2014 #52

Hell one doesn't have to look at Nigeria. notadmblnd Oct 2014 #33

Another doctor who finds it too difficult to stay out of public places for three weeks - wonderful! polichick Oct 2014 #6

Read up on how Ebola is transfered. MontyPow Oct 2014 #13

Sweat. Urine. Etc. Good thing nobody leaves sweat or urine anywhere... polichick Oct 2014 #15

You need to do more reading. MontyPow Oct 2014 #26

oops, my mistake - it can live for days in bodily fluids outside the host. polichick Oct 2014 #37

Just be sure to injest it, or otherwise exchange body fluids. MontyPow Oct 2014 #44

Some light reading MontyPow Oct 2014 #45

Only in liquids. It dies FAST if it dries, unless it's under a layer of dried BF. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #53

Same Was Said of AIDS... TomCADem Oct 2014 #42

No, we can't! And ISIS! BENGHAAAAZI! MontyPow Oct 2014 #46

Perhaps, just perhaps... greytdemocrat Oct 2014 #49

Not losing any sleep. Not gonna happen. MontyPow Oct 2014 #51

Unfortunately, the same bravery that sent him to Africa to work with Ebola patients pnwmom Oct 2014 #7

I highly doubt that. I'm sure this doctor was fully aware of the risks. MontyPow Oct 2014 #11

This Good Doctor is no hero. bigwillq Oct 2014 #12

He isolated himself once his symptoms started, was not contagious before that. uppityperson Oct 2014 #16

Thanks for the info bigwillq Oct 2014 #17

Other articles said he started feeling unnamed symptoms on Tuesday. n/t pnwmom Oct 2014 #23

He was feeling fatigue according to the press conference. LisaL Oct 2014 #28

I'm quite sure I made no such statement. MontyPow Oct 2014 #25

This bigwillq Oct 2014 #8

Perhaps you should learn about how Ebola is transmitted. MontyPow Oct 2014 #10

Perhaps Caretha Oct 2014 #48

Yeah. What a clueless jack. MontyPow Oct 2014 #50

October 17th LovingA2andMI Oct 2014 #21

To be perfectly fair Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #3

Thank you for your post, +1000000000000 uppityperson Oct 2014 #14

Thanks. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #22

Have you any idea where he was working, the conditions? Not just what protective gear he wore but uppityperson Oct 2014 #18

Yes, I'm familiar with that. But the protective gear took into account those conditions, pnwmom Oct 2014 #20

Nothing can take those conditions into account. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #29

I hope are right about prepared American hospitals, but our over-confidence led to lots of mistakes pnwmom Oct 2014 #31

He doesn't wear protective gear out in the world, where he was living, when he ate, etc. uppityperson Oct 2014 #32

But wouldn't a doctor know better than to get near an open latrine? pnwmom Oct 2014 #34

Have you seen any of the videos from W Africa, of the field hospitals, villages, towns? uppityperson Oct 2014 #35

Yes, and no. But if anyone could avoid contagion, it would be a trained doctor. pnwmom Oct 2014 #38

Scolds the 99.9999% of Americans who haven't done fuck all for West Africa. Barack_America Oct 2014 #19

+ uppityperson Oct 2014 #36

Dr. Brantly thinks he caught it outside of the hospital setting ecstatic Oct 2014 #27

Brantly doesn't know how exactly he got it. LisaL Oct 2014 #30

oh yes what a hero Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #39

It is not countless. The number outside the hospital is easy to count: zero. morningfog Oct 2014 #41

The virus was going to arrive here sooner or later in any case . . markpkessinger Oct 2014 #47