Posted on Nov 2, 2014
Potentially New Ebola Case in Durham, NC? Should we be alarmed?
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A recent article was in New Scientist with the title Cutting Off the Ebola Zone and yet tonight we receive news of a patient from Liberia at Duke University Hospital in Durham NC, just 35-40 miles from where I live.
What's more is the Durham VA Hospital is right across the road. The patient is running a fever and so how do we know that there hasn't been a lot of contact with that person. I have an article on this below.
http://www.wnct.com/story/27188479/nc-dhhs-monitoring-testing-patient-at-duke-for-ebola
I am sure that panic is yet a concern but if what we are being told the truth, then there should be no problem, right? Please no Politically Correct stuff. Just do you think we should be extra careful?
What's more is the Durham VA Hospital is right across the road. The patient is running a fever and so how do we know that there hasn't been a lot of contact with that person. I have an article on this below.
http://www.wnct.com/story/27188479/nc-dhhs-monitoring-testing-patient-at-duke-for-ebola
I am sure that panic is yet a concern but if what we are being told the truth, then there should be no problem, right? Please no Politically Correct stuff. Just do you think we should be extra careful?
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Not really. We Americans watch too much TV. If it's not sensational, it's not news.
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I don't think so, SSgt (Join to see). The chances of the disease being transmitted to you, assuming the guy has Ebola, are still very small.
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SSgt (Join to see), I use that phrase - cautiously optimistic - all the time. It's almost a life philosophy for me. Glad to hear you are feeling that way about this issue.
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SSgt (Join to see)
CW5 (Join to see) One cannot overreact. Cool minds under pressure. Working in weather has made me salty in the sense that I actually thrive on stress. You kind of become steeled to overreactions because people's lives are on the line.
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SP5 Michael Rathbun
There is historical evidence that at various times the public reaction to perceived plagues has been "Let's grab our most important stuff, flee the city and set it all on fire as we leave."
So we aren't doing too bad in that frame of reference.
Yet.
So we aren't doing too bad in that frame of reference.
Yet.
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I am currently more concerned with dying in a vehicle accident, or something along those lines.
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SSgt (Join to see)
Thanks SSG (Join to see) I appreciate your concerns and I will try to take precautions when I go to the VA this month.
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