Ebola in the US
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Possible Ebola patient in Washington D.C. just reported. Traveled to Nigeria recently
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This. It makes no sense why they still allowing travel. The only "monitoring" they do is a temperature test before boarding the plane.
As we have saw with the guy in Dallas, he lied. Just like anyone can do.
You can ban travel from Africa to US all you want, but it doesn't mean someone can't travel from Africa -> Wherever -> USA. It's going to get here in some way. There are too many people that travel to and from this country for it to not get here...and the fact it's already decently widespread in Africa.
You read my mind.
Steve@Tasca
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Apparently we learned nothing in 1918, granted that was much more easily transmitted but it was only able to do what it did due to the increased mobility of the worlds population and the mass troop movements due to the war.
-Steve
Steve@Tasca
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It could be done, peoples travel can be tracked quite easily these days. It just takes the will power to put a plan into effect and to act on it.
-Steve
True, but how far back do you look? Weeks? 1 Month? 4 Months? 6 Months?
That's A TOOON of people most likely. Every single person that has been to Africa (near or in infected regions) in the last some odd months....?! That's a lot of people to look up/find and then personally go find them. I'm sure it's possible though
That's A TOOON of people most likely. Every single person that has been to Africa (near or in infected regions) in the last some odd months....?! That's a lot of people to look up/find and then personally go find them. I'm sure it's possible though
Steve@Tasca
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Simple enough, you just have to check back far enough to cover the incubation period or require anyone that's traveled through those countries to be quarantined until tests can be run.
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/diagnosis/
They can test for it even if you aren't showing symptoms.
-Steve
I get to work the emergency room tomorrow! Anyone want to trade shifts ?
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I wonder just how hard it would be to find every person that has been in Africa in the last 21 days (says 2-21 day incubation; 8-10 being most common). I don't know enough about traveling, etc to know what they'd do. I guess every location is stamped in a passport PLUS filed digitally somewhere? So you'd just track down every person that has been to Africa within the last 21 days and go test them. So you'd have to:
1. Identify every person that traveled to Africa within the last 21 days
2. Find them
3. If they have the virus/symptoms before you reach them, then you'd have to isolate every person they've been in contact with
1. Identify every person that traveled to Africa within the last 21 days
2. Find them
3. If they have the virus/symptoms before you reach them, then you'd have to isolate every person they've been in contact with
The Surgeon General could shut the gates if they so chose:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE...011-title42-chap6A-subchapII-partG-sec265.htm
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE...011-title42-chap6A-subchapII-partG-sec265.htm
Don't agree with the US not limiting air travel, voice your vote here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ns-united-states-widespread-epidemic/1GmGhBKW
If not, pass on.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...ns-united-states-widespread-epidemic/1GmGhBKW
If not, pass on.
Correct....Unless they hold multiple passports, i.e .citizenship in two countries. You only have to present one of them to customs
I'm not to worried yet but our government is inept at best and they lie all the time so I don't trust anything they say or is reported by the media. With that said watch what you do and take care of you and your love ones and don't be stupid.
All true but what about the apartment complex in Texas where barely a lick of English is spoken and can't understand what's going on and what steps to take?
Heard the SAME crap with the HIV. They had charts and maps on TV that looked like "28 Days Later". They kept saying that 1 in 6 would get the HIV.
Of course, after two reporters who were stupid enough to go to the middle east get their heads cut off, we have to go to war. But then again that is different.
I refuse to acquiesce to the hype.
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EXACTLY!
If the government comes to us and asks for billions to save Africa we will say no. But we will happily spend anything to save our own @sses, by stopping the disease in Africa.
So they drum up the scare and let people into our country so we spend money while putting us at risk.
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check this out, from July 30:
What would happen if Ebola came to the US?
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/30/5948995/why-ebola-would-never-get-this-bad-in-america
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What would happen if Ebola came to the US?
http://www.vox.com/2014/7/30/5948995/why-ebola-would-never-get-this-bad-in-america
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