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crøtch
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 1, 2014 - 08:57pm PT
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My opinion on this has changed over the day as I have thought about it more.
Given the extent of this outbreak in Africa, it's likely that somebody will fly to the US before they are symptomatic and then a few days later end up in an ER in some random hospital. The CDC can figure out their response when their hand is forced, or they can deal with it now under as close to ideal circumstances as you can have in such a situation. The CDC gets a practice run here in a semi-controlled setting that will help them make recommendations and take effective actions when this comes to an ER near you.
I presume that CDC will be screening all folks that come in and out of the quarantine facility with daily blood draws and will isolate anybody testing positive long before they are symptomatic.
edit - That isn't to say that I wouldn't prefer if this practice run was happening at a remote and fully equipped hospital at sea or in the desert. Doing this in America's 9th largest metro area still seems unnecessarily risky, and seems overly confident, but that's where the CDC is so you takes what you gets.
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Exactly, the virus is already here in unmonitored/unknown populations. We'll know for sure in less than 30 days.
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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It's being brought here to be studied. Saving those two lives is secondary, although the longer they can keep them alive, the longer they can study and test various methods/drugs. It's hard to study a disease like this on a continent that probably doesn't have any facilities to study this virus.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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A good Ebola outbreak takes the attention off the major issues with Russia and Israel . . . must diffuse the fears.
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TimH
Trad climber
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Thanks a lot, ken m, I'm shitting my pants now.
Given some of the symptoms of Ebola, are you sure you haven't traveled to Africa recently?
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overwatch
climber
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No monkey meat/f*#king for me.
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crankster
Trad climber
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A good Ebola outbreak takes the attention off the major issues with Russia and Israel . . . must diffuse the fears.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Its unbelievable that we did not react with the full might of the US and its allies when this Ebola outbreak started again, and make a concerted effprt to help contain it. This should have been number one on our governments list, instead of f*#king the dog in Ukraine where we have no business and all the other associated bs that is "news". Instead if this gets loose, half the population of the US could be wiped out. Insanity or .....?
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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"i'm reading an article in a spanish newspaper about some spanish dr that are working in liberia. Some of them are infected, the reason is that tests were not accurate and treated people thinking that they were not dealing with ebola. One of the infected dr wrote a letter about the lack of equipment and material. They asked for goverment help and received only 100 pairs of dissposable gloves, 1 pair of boots, 50 face masks, 5 dissposable suites and 2 bottles of disinfectant. This only lasts 1 day."
This from a comment section in a cnn article:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/01/health/ebola-outbreak-questions/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
I posted earlier that it was chimps in Reston Virginia who contracted Ebola Reston. It was actually crab-eating macaques that were exposed.
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crankster
Trad climber
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Apparently, there's nothing the crazies don't see as a conspiracy.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Keep posting your cutesy gauge photos and always contributing nothing but negativity Crankster. Maybe grow up a little.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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have they tried saying crab-eating macaques ten times fast?
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Zombies. . .so now it begins. . .
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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So what do you expect when you fly Gambia Bird airlines?
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