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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Mon Oct 6, 2014, 01:40 PM Oct 2014

Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain [View all]

Source: BBC

The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease.

The Spanish nurse is the first person in the current outbreak known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa.

She was a member of the team that treated Spanish priest Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of the virus on 25 September.

Some 3,400 people have died in the outbreak - mostly in West Africa.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29514920

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Ebola outbreak: Nurse infected in Spain [View all] Bosonic Oct 2014 OP

So all the assurances that it only spread in Africa because they don't have TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #1

Press conference bravado? Hell, yeah. Safeguards? Meh. nt valerief Oct 2014 #2

time to build up ye olde immune system Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #3

That which doesn't kill you... TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #4

comin to git you Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #6

It's your Immune System that Kills You PeoViejo Oct 2014 #7

hmm.. that could be a problem. unless the immune system is already primed to Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #11

Why was she allowed to wallow naked in his bodily fluids?? kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #5

Everyone working on the patients here have just collectively had a shiver go down TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #8

Yep. We need a vaccine for medical personnel and we need it FAST. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #9

Yep. They PLANNED for this patient B2G Oct 2014 #10

Proof this strain is much stronger. Won't see the harun Oct 2014 #14

Does one case qualify as an outbreak? ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #12

It's concerning for a couple of reasons B2G Oct 2014 #13

If she was on holiday... spinbaby Oct 2014 #15

Well, she's the second case, technically. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #17

Now couple this with the recent news that 87% of US nurses state they believe their hospitals... Earth_First Oct 2014 #16