CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
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Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#2The first questions that came to mind were: a) how did this person become exposed to Ebola and b) how did they end up in Dallas, Texas?
Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#3The first questions that came to mind were: a) how did this person become exposed to Ebola and b) how did they end up in Dallas, Texas?
The article says they placed them in quarantine based on their symptoms and recent travel history.
Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#4Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#5The first questions that came to mind were: a) how did this person become exposed to Ebola and b) how did they end up in Dallas, Texas?
The article says they placed them in quarantine based on their symptoms and recent travel history.
Yes, but was this person intercepted at a point of entry into the United States, or did they go to a healthcare facility voluntarily once they started noticing symptoms, after they were already in the country?
The former implies that there may be sufficient mechanisms in place to prevent a repeat incident. The latter does not.
Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#6Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
Depends on whether you listen to your government or the nurses [0] that work in your hospitals.
You'll probably be alright as long as the virus is exposed to a small enough group of people that health workers are able to do contact tracing and secure those that may have the virus.
Edit: Something quite worrying is the number of people infected in Liberia that have resulted in this. What happens if the estimates are right and 100s of thousands of people die - do we expect a percentage of these to arrive on US soils?
[0] http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/24/6731509/nurses-to-march-on-...
Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#7Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
Probably. Ebola spreads through bodily fluids. This isn't the major, world-ending epidemic that the apocalypse chasers are looking for.
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#8Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
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Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US
#9Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
It depends in part on how willing you are to assume that the transmission mechanism won't evolve.
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#10Am I correct in assuming that cultural differences concerning death and the dead along with our healthcare system mean Ebola in America would be relatively containable?
Yes. Theoretically this is correct.
However (though I don't think this will be an issue for Ebola) before we get on any high cultural horse, let us stop to consider how many modern Americans have been perfectly willing to allow serious diseases like whooping cough to make a strong comeback because some Playboy model made lots of public claims which are demonstrably false.