Ebola on US shores

[8mpg]

40 bags of waste a day from one patient.



Some companies don't want to touch it.



I am sure this "emergency deal" was worth $millions.

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Dont listen to that bullshit. I work in an ICU and trust me, there isnt some 40 bags of trash a day. On a crazy busy day with patients in contact isolation where we wear gowns/gloves/mask, we might go through 2 bags a day. This ebola shit is the same precautions as any other contact patient.

[slow99]

In the last 72 hours, the 9th reported case of West Nile in Dallas was about 1/4 mile from my house, we almost got blown away (literally) by yesterday's storm and ground zero for the US ebola craze was less than a mile from my office and less than 3 miles from my house. It'll be a miracle if I don't die sometime soon...

x2 and I still don't have power.

[Forever_frost]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997182/

Lethal experimental infections of rhesus monkeys by aerosolized Ebola virus.
E. Johnson, N. Jaax, J. White, and P. Jahrling
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Abstract

The potential of aerogenic infection by Ebola virus was established by using a head-only exposure aerosol system. Virus-containing droplets of 0.8-1.2 microns were generated and administered into the respiratory tract of rhesus monkeys via inhalation. Inhalation of viral doses as low as 400 plaque-forming units of virus caused a rapidly fatal disease in 4-5 days. The illness was clinically identical to that reported for parenteral virus inoculation, except for the occurrence of subcutaneous and venipuncture site bleeding and serosanguineous nasal discharge. Immunocytochemistry revealed cell-associated Ebola virus antigens present in airway epithelium, alveolar pneumocytes, and macrophages in the lung and pulmonary lymph nodes; extracellular antigen was present on mucosal surfaces of the nose, oropharynx and airways. Aggregates of characteristic filamentous virus were present within type I pneumocytes, macrophages, and air spaces of the lung by electron microscopy. Demonstration of fatal aerosol transmission of this virus in monkeys reinforces the importance of taking appropriate precautions to prevent its potential aerosol transmission to humans.

[CJ]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1997182/


Lethal experimental infections of rhesus monkeys by aerosolized Ebola virus.
E. Johnson, N. Jaax, J. White, and P. Jahrling
Author information ► Copyright and License information ►
This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.
Abstract

The potential of aerogenic infection by Ebola virus was established by using a head-only exposure aerosol system. Virus-containing droplets of 0.8-1.2 microns were generated and administered into the respiratory tract of rhesus monkeys via inhalation. Inhalation of viral doses as low as 400 plaque-forming units of virus caused a rapidly fatal disease in 4-5 days. The illness was clinically identical to that reported for parenteral virus inoculation, except for the occurrence of subcutaneous and venipuncture site bleeding and serosanguineous nasal discharge. Immunocytochemistry revealed cell-associated Ebola virus antigens present in airway epithelium, alveolar pneumocytes, and macrophages in the lung and pulmonary lymph nodes; extracellular antigen was present on mucosal surfaces of the nose, oropharynx and airways. Aggregates of characteristic filamentous virus were present within type I pneumocytes, macrophages, and air spaces of the lung by electron microscopy. Demonstration of fatal aerosol transmission of this virus in monkeys reinforces the importance of taking appropriate precautions to prevent its potential aerosol transmission to humans.

That experiment was nearly 20 years ago.

[pHILSANITY07]

so in other words this experiment made it airborne?

[CJ]

so in other words this experiment made it airborne?

It seems they made it into an aerosol and blasted it into monkey's faces. I'm pretty sure you could do that with any disease. I assume the purpose was to show it is possible to transmit the disease via sneezing, but someone with more knowledge than me would have to comment on whether or not a sneeze gets to 1 micon droplets.

[pHILSANITY07]

seems they made it into an aerosol and blasted it into monkey's faces. I'm pretty sure you could do that with any disease.

I hope your right with the latter.

[GhostTX]

It's like..."they're" trying to create a crisis. Be it incompetence or just some insidious behavior.

Five Dallas County sheriff’s deputies who were ordered Wednesday to go inside the Dallas apartment where an Ebola patient stayed are now worried about their health.

And the sheriff’s association that represents them is not happy about the department’s lack of preparations and precautions before sending them.

Sgt. Chris Dyer, president of the association, said a lieutenant, sergeant and three deputies went inside the apartment to serve the containment warrant that asked the occupants not to leave. The deputies accompanied the county’s health director, Zachary Thompson, and its medical director, Christopher Perkins, to the apartment, Dyer said.

The deputies were not wearing any protective gear, not even latex gloves, Dyer said.

The sheriff’s department later took their vehicles out of service for quarantine and asked the deputies to remove and bag their uniforms and boots, Dyer said. But the deputies were not given any information about potential health hazards, he said.

“These guys are really upset,” he said. “Their families are really upset.”

Dyer said he asked that they all be sent home. He also asked his department’s second in command for a meeting Friday between the deputies and county health officials to provide information about the Ebola virus and to answer questions.

Dyer said the meeting with Perkins and Thompson went well and that his deputies feel better about their situation. They will take their temperature each morning and night for several days and seek medical treatment if they develop a fever or other symptoms, he said.

Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carmen Castro said: “We are simply taking extra precautions so our deputies have some peace of mind.”

Dyer also went to the Ivy Apartments on Wednesday night but did not go inside. He said he and another deputy stood guard all night to monitor the complex and make sure no one entered or left. There were no incidents, he said.

Dyer said he thought federal health officials should have taken control of the scene immediately. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have contained the entire building, he said.

“That may be overkill, but what’s a little overkill when you’re talking about something as serious as this?” he said.

He said the sheriff’s department did not follow its own procedures about coming into contact with potentially hazardous material.

“We went out there with no protection,” he said. “There was a lot of miscommunication and lack of communication.”

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/dallas-sheriffs-deputies-upset-about-being-ordered-inside-ebola-patients-apartment-without-protective-gear.html/

[Forever_frost]

http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/80-penn-state-students-being-monitored-ebola-virus-symptoms-3713.shtml

text size 80 Penn State students are being monitored for Ebola Virus symptoms Updated: Friday, September 19 2014, 11:34 AM EDT Reported by: Erin Calandra Written by: WJAC Web Staff STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State has identified 80 students who traveled to areas near the Ebola Virus outbreak. University officials said these students are spread out across all Penn State Campuses and are now being monitored for virus symptoms. Experts said the chance of these students falling ill is very low. Ebola is spread through bodily fluids and is spread from person to person but is not as easily spread as other illnesses like a cold or flu.

Read More at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/...oms-3713.shtml

[SMKR]

Oh noes in DC now!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/03/d-c-hospital-evaluating-patient-who-has-ebola-like-symptoms/

Two Washington area hospitals said within hours of each other Friday that they had each admitted a patient with symptoms and travel histories associated with Ebola.

A person who had recently traveled to Nigeria came to Howard University Hospital in the District overnight "presenting symptoms that could be associated with Ebola," spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said in a statement.

"In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate infection control protocols, including isolating the patient," she said. "Our medical team continues to evaluate and monitor progress in close collaboration with the CDC and the Department of Health."

Just hours later, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Md., north of Washington, confirmed that it was evaluating a patient who "presented with flu-like symptoms and a travel history that matches criteria for possible Ebola."

But on Friday night, Shady Grove Adventist officials said they had ruled out Ebola. "Our medical team has determined that the patient has malaria and does not have Ebola," the hospital said in a statement.

While Ebola continues to devastate West African nations including Liberia and Sierra Leone, the outbreak in Nigeria – where the Howard patient had traveled – may actually be coming to an end, with no new cases since Aug. 31, the CDC reported earlier this week. At one point, 894 people in Nigeria were being monitored since they had come into contact with someone sick with Ebola.

[racrguy]

Every fucking sniffle is Ebola now. Give me a fucking break.

[dsrtuckteezy]

Haha who changed racrguys name to racrgay? Kudos, it's appropriate!!

[racrguy]

Haha who changed racrguys name to racrgay? Kudos, it's appropriate!!

Don would be my guess. Lol

[matts5.0]

Every fucking sniffle is Ebola now. Give me a fucking break.

Jesus doesn't love you. You will burn in hell.

[LANTIRN]

Good, maybe ebola will clean up DC for us.