5 Dallas students in contact with Ebola

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26678652/five-dallas-isd-students-in-contact-with-ebola-patient-now-monitored

Five Dallas school-aged children who had contact with a man diagnosed with Ebola are being monitored.

Gov. Rick Perry said health officials learned Wednesday that the children have been identified as having contact with the man. 

Dallas ISD students in contact with the Ebola patient attended: Hotchkiss ES, Dan D. Rogers ES, Tasby MS and Conrad HS. Jack Lowe ES is being watched because it's adjacent to Tasby.

The students were in school earlier this week, but are now at home and being monitored. They will not attend classes for as many as three weeks, according to health officials.

"Since the students are not presenting any symptoms, there is nothing to suggest that the disease was spread to others including students and staff," Dallas ISD said in a release. Dallas ISD superintendent Mike Miles said additional health and custodial staff will be at the five schools.

Dallas ISD said in statement on its website it will "operate schools on a normal schedule" Thursday and "students are encouraged to attend."

Some parents were upset when they found out the news on Wednesday. District officials said they sent out emails and voicemails this morning and followed up with a flyer that was sent home at the end of the day.

"I just started crying. I was hysterical," said mother Lashundra Johnson. "We know how serious this is."

Some parents told FOX4 they plan on keeping their children out of school for the rest of the week.

"They need to tell us which child it is," said mother Andrea Lopez, who wondered if her children had classes with one of the students in contact with the Ebola patient. "They need to let us know."

The man, now identified by the Associated Press as Thomas Eric Duncan, has been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas since Sunday.

Duncan is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. Health authorities have not revealed his nationality or age. He was listed in serious condition Wednesday.


Authorities say the ambulance crew who transported the man and members of his family are among the 12 to 18 people being monitored after exposure to the man.


The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Pretty soon we will all be bleeding out of every orifice of our bodies and gushing blood from our assholes till Ebola eats us inside out...

CauseItsReal wrote:Pretty soon we will all be bleeding out of every orifice of our bodies and gushing blood from our assholes till Ebola eats us inside out...

I'm going to Mexico fuck this shit...

Lol at thinking Mexico is a safe place...





Holy shit man. I'm not sure this time whether it's another overblown propaganda scare to bring in Marshall law or if it's really time to panic..

History

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/outbreaks/history/chronology.html


And from the WHO


http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/ebola-study/en/


It is interesting that one of the students is attending such a diverse school. 32 languages spoken at one school is a lot. 

If it continues to spread in Texas, yes, it would be time to worry. Maybe just fear mongering...

http://www.salon.com/2014/10/02/jon_stewart_slams_media_for_ebola_fear_mongering/

The man died according to NBC news.

http://ktla.com/2014/10/08/8-people-tested-for-ebola-in-l-a-county/

jennierock wrote:http://ktla.com/2014/10/08/8-people-tested-for-ebola-in-l-a-county/

Wow.

http://jezebel.com/airport-ebola-screenings-wont-do-much-besides-calm-you-1644298605

Is it too soon to not allow flights from Africa here? How long before it becomes airborne?

jennierock wrote:http://jezebel.com/airport-ebola-screenings-wont-do-much-besides-calm-you-1644298605

Is it too soon to not allow flights from Africa here? How long before it becomes airborne?

Vaccine time.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/09/ebola-vaccine-test-subject/

Not there yet

http://blink.htcsense.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=30113641

jennierock wrote:http://blink.htcsense.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=30113641

Victims overwhelmingly increase each week, doesn't it?

CaliKid wrote:

jennierock wrote:http://blink.htcsense.com/Web/ArticleMobile.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=30113641

Victims overwhelmingly increase each week, doesn't it?

It is starting to appear that way.

http://www.fiercebiotech.com/story/can-glaxosmithkline-go-0-150-ebola-vaccine-program/2014-08-11
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Rabies/Pages/Symptoms.aspx
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/27/14127587-new-virus-in-africa-looks-like-rabies-acts-like-ebola

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/why-americans-need-to-calm-f234025-down-about-ebola/ - Check out this awesome article on Cracked.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/us/texas-health-worker-tests-positive-for-ebola.html?_r=0

DALLAS — A nurse here became the first person to contract Ebola within the United States, prompting local, state and federal officials who had settled into a choreographed response to scramble on Sunday to solve the mystery of how she became infected despite wearing protective gear and to monitor additional places and people possibly at risk.

We're doomed!!!! N

Maybe she came in contact like the nurse in Spain...

Second US Ebola case raises questions about safety protocols
http://blink.htcsense.com/web/articleweb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=30224203

She said she doesn't know how she contracted it since she thought she followed protocol with protective gear...

If someone with protective gear can contract it, that's not such a good sign...granted, she worked closely with a very ill patient..

But you would think if the disease is that hard to contract and is not airborne like they claim, then the protective gear should've easily protected her...

CauseItsReal wrote:She said she doesn't know how she contracted it since she thought she followed protocol with protective gear...

If someone with protective gear can contract it, that's not such a good sign...granted, she worked closely with a very ill patient..

But you would think if the disease is that hard to contract and is not airborne like they claim, then the protective gear should've easily protected her...

The nurse in Spain thinks she used the back of her glove to rub her face. I'm wondering if this nurse did the same. If you have ever worn that stuff, it is super hot. She could have very well done it too. 

What about the NBC crew?

http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/12/nancy-snyderman-ebola-restaurant-quarantine-peasant-grill/

Yes, I know, TMZ, but that is where I read this story first.

Even if a slight touch with the back of the glove is enough to contract the disease, that's still pretty worrisome. It doesn't sound all that hard to contract. They make it sound like its hard to contract but it isn't if health care workers with full gear are still getting it.

And if the virus becomes airborne and begins spreading quicker, will they really admit it?

I was reading about a few African countries outside the three that are heavily infected, and many of them have been able to contain the virus pretty well, but they had to stop those people coming from the most infected regions and quarantine the infected people.
The US has decided to keep allowing people from the heavily infected countries and I saw MSNBC is already calling people racist if they're in favor of stopping flights from the ebola stricken countries.

How is it racist? Ebola knows no ethnicity.

I don't know. Honestly, I don't know what they will tell us. I don't think it is time to worry excessively yet. Just take proper precautions. 

It's been around for decades and other illnesses kill more people yearly and don't get this attention.

They're trying to say that if you don't want people from ebola stricken countries to fly to the US, then you are racist. That's the "logic" of MSNBC and the Left these days. Its really gone that low.

Still I don't think it's time to panic because only a few thousands have died in Africa. If the virus was super contagious than we would see the numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

Sarcasm, but yes, I agree. It is not time to panic.