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EBOLA TERROR AS PASSENGER DIES AT LONDON AIRPORT...
Quote:Staff tell of fears as jet from Africa is quarantined after the death of passenger who was 'sweating and vomiting' before she collapsed
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ebo...es-3977051
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Quote:ederal agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms that could be tied to the recent Ebola outbreak, as delegations from some 50 countries arrive in the nation's capital for a leadership summit this week.
Border patrol agents at Washington's Dulles International and New York's JFK airports in particular have been told to ask travelers about possible exposure to the virus and to be on the lookout for anyone with a fever, headache, achiness, sore throat, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, rash or red eyes. Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, which will receive several African heads of state, is screening passengers too, while U.S. Secret Service agents in charge of security for the three-day summit have been briefed on what to look for and how to respond, officials said.
If a passenger is suspected of carrying the deadly virus, they would be quarantined immediately and evaluated by medical personnel, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which provided the additional training to local airports.
"There is always the possibility that someone with an infectious disease can enter the U.S.," CDC spokeswoman Barbara Reynolds said. "The public health concern is whether it would spread, and, if so, how quickly.'"
The Ebola virus causes a hemorrhagic fever that has stricken more than 1,600 people, killing at least 887 of them in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The virus is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood or urine, unlike an airborne virus like influenza or the common cold. A person exposed to the virus can take up to 21 days to exhibit any symptoms, making it possible for infected travelers to enter the U.S. without knowing they have it.
While the CDC says it is not screening passengers boarding planes at African airports — the job of local authorities there — the center said it has encouraged vulnerable countries to follow certain precautions. Outbound passengers in the countries experiencing Ebola are being screened for fevers and with health questionnaires, Reynolds said.
Health officials say the threat to Americans remains relatively small, even with the uptick in travel this week between Africa and the U.S. In the past decade, five people have entered the U.S. known to have a viral hemorrhagic fever, including a case last March of a Minnesota man diagnosed with Lassa Fever after traveling to West Africa.
Reynolds said in all five instances, U.S. officials were able to contain the illness.
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Quote:Ebola Test Results Negative For 46-Year-Old Woman
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/26201803/46-y...ible-ebola
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Quote:Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-28684561
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Quote:A Canadian hospital put a patient in isolation after he arrived in the country from Nigeria with symptoms of fever and flu -- possible signs he is infected with Ebola -- l
http://news.yahoo.com/patient-quarantine...52959.html
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(08-08-2014, 08:17 PM)chuck white Wrote: Quote:A Canadian hospital put a patient in isolation after he arrived in the country from Nigeria with symptoms of fever and flu -- possible signs he is infected with Ebola -- l
http://news.yahoo.com/patient-quarantine...52959.html
Please save us oh great Grey one.
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Ebola got you worried?
Send money to
Chuck White's Ebola fund
and give your mind a rest
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(08-06-2014, 08:20 PM)chuck white Wrote: Quote:Liberia declares state of emergency over Ebola virus
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-28684561
Quote:Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan declared a national state of emergency on Friday over the Ebola outbreak in Africa's most populous country
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/afr...94046.html
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I'm imagining a Howard Cosell accented, play by play.
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08-09-2014, 07:21 PM
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Quote:Preventative Ebola vaccine to trial next month
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/09/pr...y-2015-un/
Quote:The rumor that the Ebola virus could be prevented by the consumption of salt appears to have caused the loss of some lives. According to Thisday, at least two people were killed and 20 others hospitalized in various hospitals in Plateau state after consuming an excessive amount of salt and bitter kola to prevent attack of the Ebola virus.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2014/...ebola.html
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Quote:A patient admitted to a South Sacramento hospital may have been exposed to the Ebola virus,
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sac...35511.html
Quote:The death toll from the Ebola oubreak in West Africa has risen to 1,350, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, with 106 new deaths reported between August 17-18
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/2...AX20140820
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Seen on Twitter:
Quote:God ?@TheTweetOfGod
"Doctor Who Survived Ebola: 'God Saved My Life'." Yep. And I killed the hundreds of Africans who died of it, because screw them.
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(08-21-2014, 09:13 AM)Scrapper Wrote: Seen on Twitter:
Quote:God ?@TheTweetOfGod
"Doctor Who Survived Ebola: 'God Saved My Life'." Yep. And I killed the hundreds of Africans who died of it, because screw them.
They didn't have the faith.
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Quote:CDC Director: Ebola Outbreak ‘Is Spiraling Out Of Control’
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/09/02/c...f-control/
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Quote:The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has surpassed 1,900 people, the World Health Organization’s chief said Wednesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world...-combined/
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Quote:World Health Organization: Ebola Has Killed 2,288, Nearly Half in Past 21 Days
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/...-days--WHO
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Quote:House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/go...ain-ebola/
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(09-09-2014, 11:27 PM)chuck white Wrote: Quote:House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/go...ain-ebola/
Why?
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09-10-2014, 12:08 PM
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(09-09-2014, 11:42 PM)Valuesize Wrote: (09-09-2014, 11:27 PM)chuck white Wrote: Quote:House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/go...ain-ebola/
Why?
Because not enough black people have died yet.
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(09-10-2014, 12:08 PM)chuck white Wrote: (09-09-2014, 11:42 PM)Valuesize Wrote: (09-09-2014, 11:27 PM)chuck white Wrote: Quote:House Republicans have gutted a White House-sponsored bill that would direct funding to the fight to contain the hemorrhagic fever Ebola, which is raging out of control in multiple African countries.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/go...ain-ebola/
Why?
Because not enough black people have died yet.
I wish that was not so funny.
I mean, it's not, so why am I laughing and nodding my head yes?
If it jumps into Manhattan, we will find fire up the NIH and nip it in the bud. Maybe.
By the way. I don't have a virus program. Can I get Ebola by email? (They told me I don't need a virus program because I have MAC). Oh sure. But so far so good. I think I'll be safe as long as I don't download anything from TVGuy.
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