EBOLA What's your personal line in the sand re: Ebola?

mbabulldog

mbabulldog

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At what point will you self-quarantine against the Ebola virus? When "x" # of patients become infected in the United States, "x" # become infected in your state, or "x" # in your town?

Just curious what others are thinking...
 
Panner

Panner

Veteran Member
All counties that surround mine. We have a problem here with Las Vegas being only 100 miles away, and all the National Parks and Monuments in our area. Tons of tourists always coming through town. I know if anyone comes down with it in Vegas or even this area everything possible will be done to cover it up. There is too much money made by tourism. I know for a fact, even though I am traveling by air on several trips the next few months, I would never stay in a hotel or motel at this time. We all know how clean they keep these places during normal times. Most all of the tourists in the area are coming from overseas.
 
Repairman-Jack

Repairman-Jack

Veteran Member
Depends....either multiple confirmed cases on the eastern end of the state, or one or more confirmed cases one County out from mine.
 
joyfulheart

joyfulheart

Veteran Member
It's already in a hospital 19 miles from my home, 6 miles from husbands work.

I'm still trying to figure that out...
 
MtnGal

MtnGal

Has No Life - Lives on TB
It's a hard call. Me, I can stay at home for a lengthy time. DD works in medical so that's a whole different ball game. Hopefully we will be one of the safer places. Guess I'd say when it comes to one of our hospitals.

I worry about family in Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham far more than I worry about here.
 
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Terrwyn

Veteran Member
We start avoiding everyone as soon as the flu map shows Ca has the flu. DH wears a mask and gloves on his few trips to the store and P.O. and I don't leave the property. I can't see how anything will change much except for the trip to the store.

Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be.
 
Freeholder

Freeholder

This too shall pass.
My county. ETA: I'm going to take it on a case-by-case day-by-day thing. But I'm already figuring out how to rearrange my utility room so I can get at least six months of fifty-pound bags of dog, goat, and chicken feed stored in there. I've got a year's worth of hay, and most of the winter's firewood (with the rest coming shortly). As long as I can feed the goats and chickens, we'll have food to eat.

Kathleen
 
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Mama Ten Bears

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joyfulheart said:
It's already in a hospital 19 miles from my home, 6 miles from husbands work.

I'm still trying to figure that out...
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It's already in a hospital in my metroplex, where people from my town commute to work.

Me too! Currently we're still going to work and school. But, I have food and medical preps. We aren't going g anywhere other than that at this point.
 
ginnie6

ginnie6

Veteran Member
this is hard. It could very easily hit near me fast. I'm minutes out of Charlotte. I think that if I hear of a case or suspected case in say 100 miles the kids and I will self quarantine. Dh is a whole 'nother story...he travels for work. He is gone the majority of the week and comes in on weekends. He won't quarantine. I already know that. So I'm going to just have to pray he doesn't come in contact with it. If he did get sick I already know he wouldn't come home...........he wouldn't take the chance of infecting us. I'm already worrying about going to Charlotte.....
 
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Medical Maven

Deceased
Any city/location within 100 to 200 miles from me. It will take more than an imported case. It would have to be secondary spread or a case "out of the blue". I live out in a rural area of the country.
 
Vegas321

Vegas321

Live free and survive
It depends. If a case or a handful of cases are in my county or surrounding county's i may limit the family not to venture to stores, only family visits only. If gas is needed, use a mask and gloves and fill at the pump only and don't go inside. If i feel the threat is to great to venture, i'll stay home. If cases are showing up all over the country and now cases are confirmed within a 50 mi radius of home and work. I'll be staying home.
 
lindseyaz

lindseyaz

Contributing Member
If it hits our state for sure, but I will be watching surrounding states as well. We live near a college and students travel home across state lines often.
 
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Mama Ten Bears

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Medical Maven said:
Any city/location within 100 to 200 miles from me. It will take more than an imported case. It would have to be secondary spread or a case "out of the blue". I live out in a rural area of the country.
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Right now, this is why still going to work and school. Praying that we don't have a "runner."
 
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Dphintias

Veteran Member
I'm a snowbird and there are tons of us all over Canada and the northern States. We drive but lots fly. I'll be watching what develops in the States we drive through as well as in our destination State, Arizona. We've already paid for our pricey out of country health care costs (my DH has been through a lot health-wise and getting down into the sun is the one joy we can still experience - but I have to be really careful because his immune system is already compromised). I guess we'll see shortly if the health care officials are as good at containing this as they say they are. If they are not, believe me there will also be an enormous economic fallout. Folks will just stay put period. Up here, I'm rural and can remain quite isolated if we so choose. It's very hard to understand why restrictions have not been placed on persons trying to travel out of the hot zone. IMO it's criminal not to do so, and if this disease grains a serious foothold in North America, then heads should seriously roll.
 
Jonas Parker

Jonas Parker

Hooligan
Reports of simultaneous clusters of 5 or more cases in each of 5 different and widely spread US cities, ie: Dallas, NYC, LA, Chicago, and Atlanta. When I see this, we've got a problem. A few cases in one city (Dallas), is still pretty much a nothing-berger.
 
Genevieve

Genevieve

working on it
since a large amount of people who live in my area work in dc/balt metro area I'll be watching not only my county, but the next one over east of me and especially the dc area. when it hits dc then I know it will be here probably at the same time and I'll be staying home all the time.
Hubby works at the local hospital and occasionally the hospital in the county east of me and we haven't discussed yet what would be the cut off point for him to go to work. I'm thinking maybe this evening I should bring it up for the idea to sit in his head for a day or two and let him stew on it. thats what I have to do with a number of things with him. More than likely tell him he needs to think about the subject and then let me know so I can stay on top of the numbers and areas afflicted so we can go from there
 
Loon

Loon

Inactive
If I hear it's here in my state of Michigan we're hunkering down for good. We pretty much do that already but will stop going anywhere and letting anyone in.
 
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summerthyme

Administrator
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Border guard said:
If it hits our State, we'll leave. Drive North where the cold and dry air are more inhospitable to Ebola.
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WHOA!! Cold and dry lets the virus live nearly indefinitely on surfaces!! Warmer, moist conditions degrade it much faster.

For us, it will be if it's anywhere in western NY state, or in any bordering county in Ohio or Pennsylvania. Although I do have to factor in that there are several people *I know of* (which means likely many more I don't) in our small rural town who have grown kids working in New York City. Any one of them could come "home" to bugout if it gets to the city... and bring it with them.

Crap... I guess I need to revise my plans to say that if it reaches the Big Apple, we're closing everything down.

Summerthyme
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

EN66iq
In the county. Suspected case is immediate travel restriction. Confirmed case and I'm out 'sick' for an extended period of time. It's going to be a hard call for most of us who are working. Lose your job or maybe your life.
 
Freeholder

Freeholder

This too shall pass.
Border guard said:
If it hits our State, we'll leave. Drive North where the cold and dry air are more inhospitable to Ebola.
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Two things: First, do you have a place to go? Because just taking off and driving North without a solid plan could very well be fatal in and of itself.

Second, do we know if cold weather kills the Ebola virus? It doesn't seem to affect the flu virus, and I think I remember someone commenting on another thread (a while back) that the flu virus actually does better in the winter. Not sure if that's because it survives longer outside the body in cold weather, or because people are cooped up inside and closer to each other (esp. at school and work).

Kathleen
 
Dennis Olson

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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More than 100 cases in my town or general area and I'll self-quarantine. The pups are getting a new shipment of kibble (2 month supply) in the mail in the next day or so, and their meds are all refilled. The house is pretty well stocked with people food as well (if I don't mind some monotony).

The problem is this:

AS THE SITUATION WORSENS, WILL THE MSM LET PEOPLE KNOW, OR WILL THEY FOLLOW GOVERNMENT ORDERS NOT TO REPORT ABOUT IT???

And THAT kiddies, is the $64,000 question....
 
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coloradohermit

Veteran Member
Dennis Olson said:
AS THE SITUATION WORSENS, WILL THE MSM LET PEOPLE KNOW, OR WILL THEY FOLLOW GOVERNMENT ORDERS NOT TO REPORT ABOUT IT???
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You even ask? Of course they won't let people know, using the excuse of not causing a panic. BUT, I think it'll make your head spin how fast it'll get out on twitter and the web in general.

My heads up will go alert if multiple cases start turning up in Colorado Springs(60-90 miles). I'll consider staying home or at least wearing protective mask/gloves if it hits the next town over(35-40 miles) where I have my volunteer job and do my shopping and business.
 
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Mysty

Veteran Member
We will close up house as soon as there is any 'grouping' anywhere in the country. My DH is the one that always says 'don't worry, this happens every year' , but with Ebola he has taken a huge step in the other direction. I was thinking our state, but he thinks anywhere in the country with an outbreak of 20 or more .
 
Avatar

Avatar

Human test subject #58652
My County
But regardless of distance if this goes truly airborne.

That's a whole different ballgame.

And just the sheer numbers projected by this time next year.
that's a WHOLE lot of chances to get the combination just right.
 
LightEcho

LightEcho

Has No Life - Lives on TB
When word gets out that Africa is being systematically wiped out be airborne strain.
When a few cases are reported in diverse locations with no known links to infectious source.

At that point, you must consider public places at risk. It could happen as soon as December.
 
Leigh19717

Leigh19717

Senior Member
County next to mine, kids will stay home from middle school and college. County, husband will have to call in sick I guess. We haven't really discussed it, but the kids will not go anywhere.
 
Dex

Dex

Constitutional Patriot
Duncan changed planes in DC so I'm expecting a case to pop up in this area soon...my optimistic side hopes that he wasn't spreading it when he was on the plane but the prepper in me says "don't count on it." Then we have the doctor in Bethesda who checked himself in. I'm not too worried about him because he is being smart about it and checked himself in before showing symptoms, he probably doesn't even have it.

I think it's important to differentiate between cases that can be tracked to patient zero and those that can't. Once we start seeing cases that can't logically be tracked to Duncan, we are in big trouble and I believe that will be a true tipping point; this could happen any day now or maybe they will be able to track all cases for a few days, who knows. :shr: I think we are already getting to the point that we will be seeing cases "in the wild" that we have no clue where they came from due to runners, terrorism and incompetence. Duncan rode on several planes too, seems like we should be seeing cases in Europe.

When more than one case starts popping up in DC and/or Baltimore, particularly if they are unable to track it's vector, we will begin self quarantine.
 
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