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by: 13 OP
~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 3:41pm

Dallas hospital is holding a patient in "strict isolation" as that person is evaluated for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus.

In a statement issued Tuesday night, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said the patient was admitted based on symptoms and "recent travel history."

Any more negative comments regarding the US involvement in trying to contain this disease in Africa?

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14
~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 3:56pm

SCARY.......

If you travel to these countries now, I believe you should be checked before allowed reentry into the country.....

This aint the same world we live as little as 20 years ago......

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13 OP
~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 3:57pm

Update!

DALLAS — A patient in a Dallas hospital has been confirmed to have the Ebola virus

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 4:11pm

Update!

DALLAS — A patient in a Dallas hospital has been confirmed to have the Ebola virus

@redneck roy:

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 4:14pm

SCARY.......

If you travel to these countries now, I believe you should be checked before allowed reentry into the country.....

This aint the same world we live as little as 20 years ago......

@macdaddy:

I agree. I wonder how long the virus has to incubate in the human body before it shows up on a test. The test seems to take a while, not like an instant flu swab.

Scary for sure!

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 4:14pm

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 4:22pm

What if it's just a false flag to garner more support? The gov't is always doing some really f'd up COG exercises.

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 4:51pm

What if it's just a false flag to garner more support? The gov't is always doing some really f'd up COG exercises.

@Jevans:

Since when has the Obama administration ever given a frog's flying fat *** whether we support its actions or not?

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:00pm

They are saying the person in Dallas was not a healthcare worker in Liberia. Is it safe to assume he picked it up in the general population? Very scarey!

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:03pm

Have they released the victim's gender? Just curious.

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14
~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:05pm

Not a US citizen and a male patient

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13 OP
~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:06pm

Haven't heard - returned to US on 9/20

sought medical care on 9/26

was sent home

returned on 9/28

scary

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:17pm

Damn. We are going to Texas OU weekend. And the fair. My stomach is turning. I know it's pretty slim chances. But this is scary. Especially since he was sent home. That means whoever cared for him are suspect as are those staying with him and those they were around. He was sick for 4 days before isolated.

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:41pm

@Lace:

You have to have direct contact with the infected (i.e. bodily fluids, secretions, etc.), but it can also be transmitted through fabrics (clothing, bedding, towels, shoes) contaminated with said fluids for a period of time. Just don't touch anyone!

I understand, though...I have several friends panicking in Dallas. I'd be on high alert, too (but I'm a germophobe).

Go enjoy your weekend and remember what a HUGELY slim chance of any reason to worry exists!

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~ 9 years ago Sep 30, '14 5:45pm

Yea. I know. I keep telling myself that. But then you see those workers wearing those hazmat suits. And he's in isolation. So you know it's not Impossible to spread.

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