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Re: CDC confirms first Ebola case diagnosed in US

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Unfortunately, this doesn't put me at ease. Of course being in the same building doesn't matter, and you may be fine. But if you were one of the doctors who saw him the first time he came in, and then proceeded to help other patients that day after assuming this guy just had the flu... well, that's another story. Or maybe if you rode in the same ambulance he did over the next couple days. The thing is, the number of…

> But if you were one of the doctors who saw him the first time he came in, and then proceeded to help other patients that day after assuming this guy just had the flu... well, that's another story. He was infectious. That doctor should be wearing gloves and washing hands between each patient and that doctor would not be infectious until a few days after contact.

The doctors "should" have gotten a clear travel history too.

I recently went to a doctor, he came in and shook my hand, THEN went to put on hand sanitizer. Then I did too. He said he was sorry.

Well, with Ebola, "oops" isn't going to work out too well.

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I roll D20 to cast Nuke From Orbit.

This is quite an insensitive thing to say ... or maybe just an insensitive thing to say what everyone is wondering anyway. We don't have a cure ... and won't have one in time to help (almost) anyone who's contaminated in this outbreak. There's really not much we can do except to contain the virus (if we can do that). I don't necessary want to be nuked from orbit, but if I were to contract this illness I'd also rather…

It was only meant as a joke, not an actual suggestion. There are far more effective ways to contain Ebola than to introduce nuclear warfare.
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