Ebola here in Dallas USA

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You are contagious once you show symptoms according to the CDC.

he was showing symptoms when he went to the er on 9-24 but no tests were done. he went back on 9-26 and that's when they did the test. So how many people were exposed to it in those two days.

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Did anyone see the press conference done at the Dallas hospital? I didn't tune in until it was almost over. Did they answer whether or not they asked the patient about his recent travel history when he came in on 9/26?

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
How do they dispose of the waste products from these patients? The waste removal services for Emory at first refused to. And when they have up top 40 bags a day of human waste just sitting around waiting for disposal that puts people at risk.

The NIH takes all their potential and infected waste and sterilizes it prior to actually of turning it over for normal waste disposal. I would imagine they are doing something similar at this hospital also.

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Key phrase...They actually have studied it very little it wasn't important until recently.

How did you arrive at the conclusion that the CDC has studied it "very little"? "very little" compared to what? They have been studying Ebola since the first known outbreak in 1976; maybe that doesn't count as much to you ... The CDC has an entire division specifically devoted to studying zoonotic diseases, including Ebola.

Here is a link to the official report of the internation commission put together by WHO to intervene in the original Zaire outbreak in 1976; the very last page lists the members of the commission, and you can see how many people from the CDC were directly involved.

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/bulletin/1978/Vol56-No2/bulletin_1978_56(2)_271-293.pdf

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In spite of what the CDC says, I firmly believe that EBOLA, is going to be the next, "Spanish Influenza", of the 20th Century.

My grandmother lost her sister, brother in law, and unborn niece or nephew, to the Spanish Influenza in 1918, in NYC. Along with a number if neighbors.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret),

Somewhere in the PACNW.

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He came from Liberia on September 19th. He was screened before he left and started having symptoms on the 24th, I think. It's scary because even though tests were negative, he still brought it here. He probably won't be the last person to bring it here.

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He came from Liberia on September 19th. He was screened before he left and started having symptoms on the 24th, I think. It's scary because even though tests were negative, he still brought it here. He probably won't be the last person to bring it here.

He was screened, not tested. He didn't show signs until a couple of days after he got here. The ER didn't screen him again, (didn't ask questions, etc) which is why they sent him home without testing him.

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How did you arrive at the conclusion that the CDC has studied it "very little"? "very little" compared to what? They have been studying Ebola since the first known outbreak in 1976; maybe that doesn't count as much to you ... The CDC has an entire division specifically devoted to studying zoonotic diseases, including Ebola.

Here is a link to the official report of the internation commission put together by WHO to intervene in the original Zaire outbreak in 1976; the very last page lists the members of the commission, and you can see how many people from the CDC were directly involved.

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/bulletin/1978/Vol56-No2/bulletin_1978_56(2)_271-293.pdf

You said they have been studying it since 1976, yet what you posted was disbanded in January 1977. It doesn't state how much the CDC has been studying it since then.

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Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.

I think this is going to get as bad as anyone can imagine.

Even if Ebola is contained, can you imagine the ERs in Texas?

There will be waves of people with the flu, convinced they've contracted the disease. ERs will be overrun.

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Specializes in LTC Rehab Med/Surg.
In spite of what the CDC says, I firmly believe that EBOLA, is going to be the next, "Spanish Influenza", of the 20th Century.

My grandmother lost her sister, brother in law, and unborn niece or nephew, to the Spanish Influenza in 1918, in NYC. Along with a number if neighbors.

Lindarn, RN, BSN, CCRN (ret),

Somewhere in the PACNW.

You risk ridicule from your fellow AN posters when you post the above.

But I believe you're correct.

I guess we'll see. I just won't take any pleasure in being right.

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You said they have been studying it since 1976, yet what you posted was disbanded in January 1977. It doesn't state how much the CDC has been studying it since then.

Yes, that specific commission was disbanded after its work (dealing with the initial Ebola outbreak) was completed. I linked it to show that CDC personnel have been involved in researching and dealing with Ebola since the illness was first identified in 1976. If you visit the main CDC website, there are pages for the division specifically devoted to zoonotic illnesses, including Ebola and the other hemorrhagic viruses. I am not making any claims about how much research is being done, since I have no firsthand knowledge of that, but they have been studying it, to some degree, since 1976, almost 40 years, which is why I questioned Esme12's comment that "very little" study has been done by the CDC. I don't know for a fact that she's wrong about that; I'd just like to know more about how she arrived at that conclusion.

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Specializes in NICU.

I'm guessing a few more people will get it, either his relatives or a health care worker. But I don't think it will spread past that since they have gotten so on top of identifying and isolating his contacts. That is, until a different pt brings it.

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