EBOLA DR BEING TESTED FOR EBOLA IN NYC

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breezyhill

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have identified 4 people doc came in contact with during relevant period and they have contacted those 4

the situation is under control...:kaid:
 
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breezyhill

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nyc health commissioner now...
preparing last couple months to prepare for possibility of ebola in nyc
presumptive positive ebola test of doc, expected to be confirmed.
evolving situation, information will continue to come forward
 
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breezyhill

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doc departed guinea 17th of october, no symptoms
took temp twice a day since leaving guinea.
21st, began feeling somewhat tired
first symptoms displayed were today, between 10 and 11 am; fever.
contact with health department and pt brought to bellview then
 
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Waiting2go

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breezyhill said:
have identified 4 people doc came in contact with during relevant period and they have contacted those 4

the situation is under control...:kaid:
Click to expand...

But then you have the people those 4 came in contact with and the people they came in contact and so and so one.........never ending.
 
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breezyhill

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before pt became sick he left apartment
3 mile jog
took subway system
ridden on A-train, #1 train, Ltrain
bowling alley in williamsburg
 
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breezyhill

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in close contact with fiance and close friend
both are healthy and being quarantined.
contact with driver of uber car. no physical contact. no risk.
 
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breezyhill

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comment by me, breezyhill: how come the nurse in dallas had a slight fever and this doc starts out with first symptom of 103.5? he must not have been taking temp twice a day.
 
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breezyhill

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federal gmt to assist whatever is needed
people should undersatnd how ebola works
bellview is prepared
team on the ground several days reviewing bellview preperations before pt became ill
additional CDC ebola response team on the way now, to work in partnership with bellview
 
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breezyhill

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ebola is scary disease
does not spread easily like the flu or cold or measles

comment by me, breeazyhill..friedan is assuring everyone that all is well, it's all in control

media qustions now...
okay. Im done for now.
breezyhill.
 
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he was a doctor...
he had fatigue...
but he wasn't contagious yesterday...
but a few min's ago she said the bowling alley is closed...
(why? its so difficult to contract ebola)
 
LeViolinist

LeViolinist

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highly improbable that his subway trip was a risk to anyone...
(so why bother trying to track all the riders down?)

all his contacts are well, they're all being quarantined...no reason to test them unless they develop symptoms..
 
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Lies lies and more lies. "Ebola is extremely hard to get". False assurances so that people will continue to use the subway and not freak out. At one point "you can only get it through intimate contact". Man what b.s.
 
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night driver

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Not surprised at the fast onset fever. FOr SOME people it takes FOREVER for their immune system to recognize an issue and start the immune cascade that includes fever. And yeah for some of THEM the fever spikes unimaginably fast... They egt hit like a freight train. Shrug off most everything until SURPRISE this one is gonna hit ya.
 
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raven

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They don't say if you can get Ebola from the holes in the bowling ball or the rental shoes.
I wonder if the doctor had an upset stomach and went to the bathroom - wearing the rental shoes

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/can-you-get-ebola-from-a-bowling-ball/?src=twr
Q: Can you get Ebola from a bowling ball?

A. Dr. Craig Spencer, the patient with Ebola currently in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center, went bowling in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. According to city health officials, he had been taking his temperature twice a day since he left Guinea on Oct. 14. His temperature was normal on Wednesday evening, and he did not yet have any other symptoms, such as nausea or diarrhea. Ebola experts say the disease cannot be transmitted before the appearance of symptoms.

Although the surface of a shared bowling ball is a likely place to find germs — and some people avoid bowling for this very reason — it is extremely unlikely that Ebola could be passed that way. There is no evidence that it has been passed, as colds or flu sometimes are, by touching surfaces that someone else touched after sneezing into their hand. Ebola is normally passed through contact with blood, vomit or diarrhea.

If someone left blood, vomit or feces on a bowling ball, and the next person to touch it did not even notice, and then put his fingers into his eyes, nose or mouth, it might be possible. But, the Ebola virus does not not normally build up to high levels in saliva or mucus until very late in the disease — several days after the initial fever sets in — and it is unlikely that someone that ill would have just gone bowling. Also, the Ebola virus is fragile and susceptible to drying out. It does not normally survive for more than a few hours on a hard, dry surface.
 
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