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51. My manly doctor would be

Reply to redruddyred (Reply #44)

Sun Oct 5, 2014, 10:26 AM

Oct 2014

fired by me if he ever did that. We work as a team in my health care.

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Hospital: US Ebola patient in critical condition [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2014 OP

Going from serious but stable and now to critical.... PearliePoo2 Oct 2014 #1

Mrs O Leary's cow 1dogleft Oct 2014 #2

As long as he is not Typhoid Mary csziggy Oct 2014 #34

who wins with more Ebola? Republicans?, Democrats?, somebody else? quadrature Oct 2014 #3

You could blame the Republicans for the budget cuts katmondoo Oct 2014 #6

how do they benefit now? nt quadrature Oct 2014 #8

Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt. Authoritarianism always wins once FUD is instilled in the populace. Demit Oct 2014 #20

then why bring in more Ebola? ... nt quadrature Oct 2014 #22

I have no idea why you think it is deliberate. Demit Oct 2014 #25

I have been calling for a travel ban, for weeks now quadrature Oct 2014 #28

He's usually referred to as President Obama around here Turborama Oct 2014 #29

Only ignorant fascists want travel bans. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #35

don't like to acknowledge that he is heaven05 Oct 2014 #48

Only RWNJs like Gohmert are using it. Well, and race baiting Fox. I say to hell with them both. freshwest Oct 2014 #66

Not to mention the lack of an approval for a surgeon general nomination. Chemisse Oct 2014 #23

you could blame Medicare for not reimbursing 1dogleft Oct 2014 #26

But then you'd have to go back to the source, the Sequester, as I see on my papers. freshwest Oct 2014 #31

repukes don't even support Medicare Skittles Oct 2014 #33

actually I think it's the hospitals who have done that. redruddyred Oct 2014 #41

Whomever is perceived as letting it continue to come here loses seveneyes Oct 2014 #16

If there are no pharmaceuticals, then what is the treatment? mahannah Oct 2014 #4

General supportive measures, and pain control. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #7

Basically keep the body as strong as possible so it can fight off the infection. Salviati Oct 2014 #11

Essentially, yes. n/t ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #18

Blood transfusions and fluids. Lots and lots of fluids NickB79 Oct 2014 #17

Exactly. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #19

Has that been established? (50% survival with optimal medical care) Chemisse Oct 2014 #24

what happened to the heaven05 Oct 2014 #49

Supportive care. I'm sure those big words don't mean much to you. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #36

or putting an embargo on non-essential flights in the first place. redruddyred Oct 2014 #43

Seriously, how DARE MrDuncan fly to get married to his loved one? uppityperson Oct 2014 #61

I'm thinking there is a learning curve in the treatment of Ebola in the first world. There has to... marble falls Oct 2014 #5

By sending this man home instead of admitting him TM99 Oct 2014 #9

the white people were Americans 1dogleft Oct 2014 #27

so....the heaven05 Oct 2014 #52

he's in the hospital 1dogleft Oct 2014 #57

geez heaven05 Oct 2014 #62

only about you 1dogleft Oct 2014 #63

Don't bring race into this. 840high Oct 2014 #30

I dunno, being female and all redruddyred Oct 2014 #44

My manly doctor would be 840high Oct 2014 #51

Are you saying that even sublte racist TM99 Oct 2014 #59

it seems to be so very difficult to find one who is willing to do that. redruddyred Oct 2014 #64

I'd recommend finding one or more female doctors. calimary Oct 2014 #58

why would a guy want to become a gynecologist in the first place? redruddyred Oct 2014 #65

right heaven05 Oct 2014 #50

I know I couldn't help but think it was a possibility that the precious medicine valerief Oct 2014 #53

There was only enough zMAPP for 6 or 7 people. Not enough kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #37

Science denier? Hardly. TM99 Oct 2014 #54

When the Americans were flown in to hospitals here, it was known they eilen Oct 2014 #55

Actually and factually, TM99 Oct 2014 #60

To the hospital he was random. eilen Oct 2014 #67

There is NO treatment for Ebola...1st or 3rd world. Moostache Oct 2014 #10

^this CullenBohannon Oct 2014 #12

ARGH! Your organs do not "liquify" uppityperson Oct 2014 #13

What about the other people who flew on the flight with someone from Liberia and were possibly uppityperson Oct 2014 #14

you're only infectious once you start showing symptoms redruddyred Oct 2014 #45

Doesn't appear to be true anymore Shivering Jemmy Oct 2014 #15

Make that 4 week medical quarantine . . . JDPriestly Oct 2014 #21

21 days is sufficient quarantine for Ebola. Per CDC and WHO. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #39

I would add an extra week to be safe. Why not? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #42

clearly our own government knows better than the world's best epidemiologists. redruddyred Oct 2014 #46

Make it three weeks customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #32

Jesus wept. If you're going to go that route, absolutely nothing kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #38

hospitals in texas going bankrupt because perry turned down medicare money jonjensen Oct 2014 #40

man went a couple days without treatment, I hope he makes it. Are they using the new medicine? Sunlei Oct 2014 #47

If he lives madville Oct 2014 #56