Red alerts are being sounded for people who vomit or have fever, and MIGHT have been exposed to Ebola. The warnings sound for those with "Ebola symptoms."
Do remember that there are many viral and bacterial illnesses - far more common than ebola - that produce sudden fever, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Norovirus and other forms of "stomach flu" do; some forms of influenza do; some forms of food poisoning (salmonella, among others) do. Millions of people get these illnesses, year in and year out.
How do the authorities decide who has a routine illness, and who has "ebola symptoms"?
For those with remote contact with ebola ... not direct care givers, but those who traveled with ebola patients, or who handled sealed lab specimens ... do we have to press the panic button every time one of these people gets something that (just by the odds) is far more likely to be norovirus than ebola?
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Lee
Do remember that there are many viral and bacterial illnesses - far more common than ebola - that produce sudden fever, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. Norovirus and other forms of "stomach flu" do; some forms of influenza do; some forms of food poisoning (salmonella, among others) do. Millions of people get these illnesses, year in and year out.
How do the authorities decide who has a routine illness, and who has "ebola symptoms"?
For those with remote contact with ebola ... not direct care givers, but those who traveled with ebola patients, or who handled sealed lab specimens ... do we have to press the panic button every time one of these people gets something that (just by the odds) is far more likely to be norovirus than ebola?
Comments?
Lee