Patient In New York City Tests Positive For Ebola

Patient In New York City Tests Positive For Ebola

By barefooted on Thu, 10/23/2014 - 9:27pm |

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-ebola-virus-at-bellevue-hospital-in-new-york-city.html?referrer=

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I don't understand why Dr. Spencer didn't self-quarantine at home for 21 days, out of an abundance of caution.

by barefooted on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 3:54am

Maybe he listened to those who said there was really nothing to worry about? All the fear in the press and at Dagblog was overblown?

by Resistance on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 1:02am

Thank you for pointing out how easily my comment could be translated into the language of ignorance.

by barefooted on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 1:33am

Not hard to do, when it appears that those who fail to heed the warnings taking them lightly, ignoring or insulting the messenger, attesting to their own ignorance, and others may.will suffer for it.

by Resistance on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 10:42am

The United States Ebola survivals record this far

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2014/10/21/the-ebola-number-you-h...

by rmrd0000 on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 11:54am

The Ebola Number You Haven't Heard: 80% Of U.S. Ebola Patients Have Survived.

And as I understand it, it rises to 100% if you're talking about U.S. citizens.

Edit to add: Yes, Duncan, the only one to die in the US from Ebola so far, was a citizen of Liberia.

by Verified Atheist on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 12:45pm

What people at Dagblog have been pointing out that those without direct contact will the fluids of an infected person are at low risk

Here is to this physician recovering

by rmrd0000 on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 7:03am

Missy, can you redo the link?

Hit the link button and then put paste in the link.

Otherwise, paste the link into Word Perfect or a clone like I have and then re-paste it.

I am on NYT internet now.

I cannot get to the link!

by Richard Day on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 2:04am

Try it now ... it was working for me, but I put it in again. They've changed the title, yet the story's the same.

by barefooted on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 2:34am

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-e...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyregion/craig-spencer-is-tested-for-ebola-virus-at-bellevue-hospital-in-new-york-city.html?referrer=

It does not work.

I even put in on my clone and it does not work.

I think I can just search for it on NYT.

WE SHALL SEE.

by Richard Day on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 2:51am

I am sorry, I did finally find it at NYT.

I probably pushed the wrong buttons.

But damn.

There are plagues and there will always be plagues.

Speaking at the news conference, city officials said that while they were still investigating, they did not believe Dr. Spencer was symptomatic while he traveled around the city on Wednesday and therefore had not posed a risk to the public.

I have problems believing anything that the government tells me.

But the Government has many reasons to withhold information.

Panic is one reason.

What does 'symptomatic' mean?

We need to be observant, but we do not need to panic!

That is all I got right now Missy.

by Richard Day on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 3:02am

I have problems believing anything that the government tells me.

But the Government has many reasons to withhold information.

How true; even if it was out of control, industrialized nations citizens would have to get the knowledge from another source.

Our government has most definitely lied and kept things secret in the past, why would we expect otherwise.

Africa alone couldn't support the research or the cost of a cure. .

Tuskegee syphilis experiment - Wikipedia, the free ...

Research and pharmaceuticals need money too.

by Resistance on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 10:39am

When those who have been in direct contact with symptomatic Ebola patients return home, I think it's fair to consider the need for self-isolation. I do not believe that anyone in contact with an asymptomatic person is at risk. But once someone becomes ill, people they've been around are then personally affected, their lives turned upside-down, businesses are closed, etc. Catching the virus is not necessarily the only concern. Is asking someone who has been in close contact with the bodily fluids of an Ebola patient to isolate themselves for three weeks unreasonable? In all likelihood, the person would remain well, but if not, much of the ensuing "spider web" of concern would be minimized.

Of course, the practicalities of isolation are numerous. Groceries can be delivered, but what of the garbage? The need for clean clothes and linens? Not a convenient circumstance.

by barefooted on Fri, 10/24/2014 - 2:24pm

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