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pnwmom

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65. And you've had the same over-confident attitude

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:04 PM

Oct 2014

that led the Dallas hospital and authorities to make so many mistakes.

You'd have more credibility if you hadn't been so busy in the first week trying to justify or minimize every stupid thing they did.

Fortunately, they -- and other hospitals, and the CDC -- appear to have learned from these mistakes and are taking precautions a lot more seriously now.

Still, any healthy young person known to be recently exposed to Ebola who is feeling "sluggish" shouldn't have sex because it is not "practically impossible" that there is virus in sperm, any more than it was practically impossible that a nurse in Dallas could get infected if she had some skin on her neck exposed.

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Doctor bowled early in week prior to symptoms; isolated himself as soon as he felt sick [View all] magical thyme Oct 2014 OP

K&R, thank you. uppityperson Oct 2014 #1

Thanks for the info. bigwillq Oct 2014 #2

Thank you. (nt) scarletwoman Oct 2014 #3

Everybody calm the fuck down. morningfog Oct 2014 #4

In other words, everyone did everything right alcibiades_mystery Oct 2014 #5

Curious as to why the NYT specifies that he went bowling on Wednesday? TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #6

That's what they said at the presser too. polichick Oct 2014 #7

in their rush to be 1st maybe they got it wrong magical thyme Oct 2014 #8

I don't know... TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #10

well that certainly contradicts this report...nt magical thyme Oct 2014 #12

I am pretty sure press conference was more accurate than fox news. LisaL Oct 2014 #14

He bowled on Wednesday. LisaL Oct 2014 #11

according to this, he was tired Tuesday but well enough to jog 3 miles magical thyme Oct 2014 #17

But someone on the hospital staff said he was very ill upon admittance pnwmom Oct 2014 #18

from what I understand, his symptoms developed overnight magical thyme Oct 2014 #22

Fevers often spike when the fever reducer wears off. For all any of us knows pnwmom Oct 2014 #27

that is pure speculation: you have no basis on which to suggest that. magical thyme Oct 2014 #33

there was a documentary by pbs? on ebola, doctors without border. showing the day to day development seabeyond Oct 2014 #28

exactly. the changes come very fast. nt magical thyme Oct 2014 #29

City officials said they didn't "believe" he had symptoms Wednesday night. pnwmom Oct 2014 #30

Your link does not agree with the press conference. LisaL Oct 2014 #13

and the press conference says he was asymptomatic when he went out. nt magical thyme Oct 2014 #24

he wasn't showing symptoms when he went out on Wednesday, per NYT and presser magical thyme Oct 2014 #19

He went out on Wednesday. LisaL Oct 2014 #20

AGREE Lisa L and Thank you for saying it! LovingA2andMI Oct 2014 #40

According to that report. NYT reports he started feeling "sluggish" as early as Tuesday. pnwmom Oct 2014 #9

He was feeling fatigue for several days but didn't have a fever. LisaL Oct 2014 #15

! uppityperson Oct 2014 #16

I flipped over to Hannity to get the "hair on fire" take on things and Snarkoleptic Oct 2014 #21

When ebowla strikes, no one is spared Blue Owl Oct 2014 #23

pinboy9er...that you? magical thyme Oct 2014 #25

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Oct 2014 #32

HAHA laundry_queen Oct 2014 #44

Gutter humor. I laughed, though. nt msanthrope Oct 2014 #62

We had better treat our heroes well, we need them! flamingdem Oct 2014 #26

Per NYC health commissioner, he went bowling yesterday LeftInTX Oct 2014 #31

yes, that has been discussed quite a bit above. In the presser they also say he was asymptomatic magical thyme Oct 2014 #34

But he was feeling fatigue for several days prior. LisaL Oct 2014 #35

apparently feeling a little tired is not considered a symptom magical thyme Oct 2014 #37

Well, it should be. LisaL Oct 2014 #39

hell, if I kept track of every time I was tired or felt "funny", it'd be a long list uppityperson Oct 2014 #43

Yeah, I think they need to add that symptom to the list. deurbano Oct 2014 #47

And she is Ebola-free and infected no one Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #51

That's what I've been thinking. WhiteAndNerdy Oct 2014 #54

What is the Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #58

malaise is more than feeling a little tired. It's a generalised feeling of sickness and weakness. magical thyme Oct 2014 #60

Thank you for that Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #61

But one is expected to feel fatigue when traveling halfway across the world TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #68

Thanks.......I should have looked further up the thread LeftInTX Oct 2014 #36

Thank you. That sounds much more like a reasonable time line Warpy Oct 2014 #38

I don't know why it would sound reasonable when it's not accurate. LisaL Oct 2014 #45

because it was prior to him showing any symptoms, which agrees with the press conference. nt magical thyme Oct 2014 #56

So Fox News contradicts other reports Man from Pickens Oct 2014 #41

Fox is being less inflammatory than other reports. not their reputation around here. that is all. nt magical thyme Oct 2014 #57

Ebola: It's Right Up your Alley mindwalker_i Oct 2014 #42

He didn't take a cab, he took an UBER............ mrmpa Oct 2014 #46

Did he test positive for Ebola? n/t Aerows Oct 2014 #48

Yes. LisaL Oct 2014 #49

damn :( n/t Aerows Oct 2014 #50

:( sakabatou Oct 2014 #55

Good news, for now. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #52

Except for the fianc� who is under hospital quarantine. pnwmom Oct 2014 #53

She should be fine. morningfog Oct 2014 #59

Oh. So you know they didn't exchange any bodily fluids since he started feeling "sluggish" pnwmom Oct 2014 #63

He didn't have a fever (100.3) until Wednesday night. morningfog Oct 2014 #64

And you've had the same over-confident attitude pnwmom Oct 2014 #65

Why is it so hard for people to recognize the difference in a late stage ebola patient and someone morningfog Oct 2014 #66

You keep ignoring the fact that Dr. Freiden himself regarded it as most likely that pnwmom Oct 2014 #67

Here is what Freided said: morningfog Oct 2014 #69

I have misstated nothing. As you know, because I gave you this link before, pnwmom Oct 2014 #70