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Don't worry guys, there was a dude in a CNBC article saying they have 100 doses of the Ebola drug they used on that doctor in Atlanta. All is well!
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LoL, during the live interview with TX Presbyterian Doctors CDC told them there was none available worldwide!Originally posted by Broncojohnny View PostComment
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Start another Ebola thread on dfwm.Comment
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time for an ebola shot, get it with your flu shotComment
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Chilling in Liberia.Originally posted by lincolnboyComment
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i'm gonna shoot it."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury." -Alexander Fraser TytlerComment
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A Dallas hospital patient has tested positive for Ebola, the first case ever diagnosed in the United States.
A statement sent out Monday night by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said that the patient was being isolated based on his or her symptoms and recent travel history.
Specimens from the patient were tested by a state lab and confirmed Tuesday by a separate test by the Centers for Disease Control, said Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.
THE PATIENT
A press conference with details about the diagnosis was held in Dallas Tuesday afternoon.
There, Tom Frieden, M.D., Director of the Center for Disease Control, said that the patient did not show any symptoms when leaving from Liberia on Sept. 19 or entering the U.S. Sept. 20.
The patient, an unidentified man, sought treatment Sept. 26 and was admitted to a hospital Sept. 28.
During his first visit to the hospital, he complained of illness but was released before returning Sept. 28 as his condition worsened. A hospital official said it wasn't until then that they discovered he was in West Africa.
Dr. Edward Goodman with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital wouldn't comment on drugs being used to treat the patient, but he said that there isn't any more ZMapp available, which is an experimental drug that was used on two previous Ebola patients.
However, Frieden said the hospital is discussing if experimental treatments would be appropriate.
State health officials described the patient as seriously ill. Goodman said he was able to communicate and was hungry.
The City of Dallas says the man moved to Dallas from Liberia a week ago, but not much more has been released.
RISK TO OTHERS AND PRECAUTIONS
Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with blood or bodily fluids of a person who is sick with Ebola, objects (like needles and syringes) that have been contaminated with the virus and infected animals.
Dallas Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Norman Seals said Tuesday night that the Ebola patient was transported to the hospital by three crew members from Fire Station 37, who are now in reverse isolation at home. That means they've been asked to stay home from work for 21 days, will be checked on daily and will have their temperatures monitored.
The ambulance that the Ebola patient traveled in is being quarantined. It was used 48 hours after the patient was transported to the hospital.
Dallas Fire-Rescue is waiting on experts to guide it on how to properly sanitize and decontaminate the ambulance.
There was no risk to anyone on the airplane because the man had no symptoms at the time of the flight, Frieden said.
CDC officials and doctors at the press conference emphasized that they believe the patient's diagnosis will be controlled, and that the risk for an outbreak in Dallas is low.
"The bottom line here is that I have no doubt we will control this importation, or this case of Ebola, so that it does not spread widely in this country," Frieden said.
Both the hospital and health officials said strict federal isolation and testing guidelines are being followed.
"Unless you have exchanged bodily fluids with this individual this is a low risk for people in Dallas County. So we want to ease the fear. We're talking about bodily fluids transmission, not just sitting right here together that being an issue," said Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson.
NEXT STEPS
The CDC has sent a team to Dallas from its Atlanta headquarters Part of the team landed Tuesday night in North Texas.
That team, of mostly epidemiologists, will help local and state health departments with tracing the disease to anyone who may have had contact with the patient, and the team will handle other parts of the investigation.
However, officials said Tuesday there are no other suspected cases in Texas.
"It is certainly possible that someone who had contact with this individual, a family member or other individual, could develop Ebola in the coming weeks," said Frieden. "But there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.
The City of Dallas has also opened its Emergency Operations Center in response to the Ebola diagnosis.
It's at level 2; high readiness status.
The office will help coordinate operations between the city, county, state and the CDC.
Gov. Perry will be in Dallas Wednesday as well to discuss the state's response.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he has full faith in the staff at Presbyterian Hospital to handle the Ebola diagnosis.
He says the state of Texas was tested in August as to how it would treat Ebola patients, and the plan enacted by Dallas County then is now in place.
“We have mobilized our resources to make sure everybody is safe,” said Rawlings. “I understand people's fears, but I think it's very, very hard to transmit if the proper procedures are in place.”
Four American aid workers who became infected in West Africa have been flown back to the U.S. for treatment after they became sick. They were cared for in special isolation facilities at hospitals in Atlanta and Nebraska. Three have recovered.
Also, a U.S. doctor exposed to the virus in Sierra Leone is under observation in a similar facility at the National Institutes of Health.
The U.S. has only four such isolation units. Asked whether the Texas patient would be moved to one of those specialty facilities, Frieden said there was no need and virtually any hospital can provide the proper care and infection control.
Thompson said that unlike Africa, Dallas County has the infrastructure needed to deal with Ebola.
Since the summer months, U.S. health officials have been preparing for the possibility that an individual traveler could unknowingly arrive with the infection. Health authorities have advised hospitals on how to prevent the virus from spreading within their facilities.
People boarding planes in the outbreak zone are checked for fever, but that does not guarantee that an infected person won't get through.
The CDC has said that 12 other people in the U.S. have been tested for Ebola since July 27. Those tests came back negative.
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 3,000 people.
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At this point if you don't have provisions in place, it's a bit late. I'm going for a run and then to work as normal.Originally posted by MR EDDComment
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Maybe Rick Modena can ban the Ebola virus?sigpic🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄
Without my gun hobby. I would cut off my own dick and let the rats eat it...
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I'm not shaking any new hands that's for damn sure. Has everyone forgotten that this is America and everyone thinks it's cool to come to work and get everyone else sick too? Or imagine some sweaty Ebola having fool using the gym
There are more visitors from west africa than many realize, especially with O&G companies.Comment
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Imagine if patient zero goes to a strip club...then it's all over.Comment
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Hahaha!!!!Comment
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