So basically avoid it the same way you about just about any other disease.
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CDC: First Ebola case is diagnosed in the US (Dallas)
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At the beginning the symptoms are very similar to the cold or the flu so yeah lots people people stay near a family member that has the cold or flu. Getting coughed on isn't some unlikely scenario if you think the person just has a cold.
perfectchaos007
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She probably believes Obamacare is responsible. Romneycare would have kept America safe from disease.
DXLelouch153
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because he didnt ban entry to africa
is this sarcasm? "Thanks obama" in response to a confirmed ebola case? I honestly can't tell.
Joe Shlabotnik
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commedieu you honestly sound genuinely excited about stuff like this.
lastflowers
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we have a outbreak in Dallas Texas. He's climbing in your windows and infecting your people up, trying to transmit ebola to them so ya'll need to hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband because they're expose everyone up in here.
Press conference has started.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...case-ebola-diagnosed-u-s-cdc-confirms-n215231
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...case-ebola-diagnosed-u-s-cdc-confirms-n215231
Well, he may have not washed his hands before clapping.
Obama was born in Africa. Of course it was his fault.
Gordon Shumway
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I'm aware of everyone who thinks like you, as I said, which is why I tried again to put into perspective what you and others are calling panic. There is ebola denial going on thats been happening since it was only a few hundred people. So, the more historic records that keep happening and the worse this is all getting, has me focusing on the problem spreading out of control. The reasons why things are better in america, aren't that much better than stealing bodies from a hospital, when you have a population that does avoid medical treatment for multiple reasons. The initial symptoms aren't even anything to really write home about, and most folks will probably wait it out in contact at work, with their families, and whatever else you do in public.
We have you saying "panic never helped anything." when I'm just discussing problems in our healthcare system that will contribute to the spread of ebola. And we have a historic outbreak which has reached america now. The list keeps getting worse in the face of those trying to downplay the situation. Its an insult to be told that I'm sitting here flailing my arms irrationally or whatever your personal description of panic is, when its a legitimate issue in America. Quite a lot of people do not frequent hospitals.
Incite panic for lifting CDC/WHO wording to describe this mess? And no, the post about me "thinking it can suddenly become airborne at a moments notice" is absurd. That comment was about there being a cure( I remember the at a moments notice bit), so start making it on a mass scale immediately. Wait, no, that was about the treatment trials starting. The airborne comments -- was reflecting WHO Chief, Dr. Margaret Chan "“This is not an airborne virus. Transmission requires close contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, also after death. Apart from this specific situation, the general public is not at high risk of infection by the Ebola virus,” explained Chan. “At the same time, it would be extremely unwise for national authorities and the international community to allow an Ebola virus to circulate widely and over a long period of time in human populations… Constant mutation and adaptation are the survival mechanisms of viruses and other microbes. We must not give this virus opportunities to deliver more surprises.”" This is interesting to see all this about me. In what world am I posting about "the next apocalypse" and shit that I want to be true? I'm a broke black man. I'm not getting any Ebola serum. There is nothing to look forward with. Again, its exactly the CDC's reasons why it wont happen in the USA that doesn't factor in the citizens inability to actual get into hospitals due to it being too expensive, or cultural fear of hospitals, or anything else. Which is specifically what I am talking about. I agree with you, there is NO EVIDENCE that Ebola will become airborne.
Now about that healthcare system in our country that is going to be counter productive to eliminating an outbreak.
My credibility has nothing to do with anything I'm posting. You know people that are afraid of the doctor, just like I do. You're also aware of our porous borders, shipping, and the sheer number of undocumented people from all over the world in America. Counting on the idea that the cdc said its ok because wealthy cities have very good healthcare, isn't much to put faith into.
She's a conservative radio host... So unlikely.
QuicheFontaine
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An unironic 'Thanks Obama'? Well I'll be...
EdibleExplosives
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I will sound the alarm!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-Bola!
Sorry, I had to.
Oh god, I hate that fucking thing.
It's midnight here and I laughed so hard at this I can't sleep.
ebola man? Is she bart simpson?
UberTag
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Plenty of time to infect lots of people. Nice to know.
Not infectious until you show symptoms...so not really.
Ebola is not transmittable until symptoms begin.
What? No. He would not be contagious until he was showing symptoms.
The level of stupidity in this country never fails to amaze me.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Sure sounds like their primary defense is quarantine not treatment but how do you quarantine something where the infected realize this and think if I go for help, they'll lock me up and let me die 
I can't stop laughing at how people are blaming Obama for this. He can never win. NEVER.
Tragicomedy
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This doctor doesn't inspire confidence with his word choice.
"Remember, you can't spread Ebola if you aren't infected." Ummm, duh?
"We don't know how this individual became infected." Ummm, he came in contact with body fluids of someone who was infected?
"Remember, you can't spread Ebola if you aren't infected." Ummm, duh?
"We don't know how this individual became infected." Ummm, he came in contact with body fluids of someone who was infected?
Sure sounds like their primary defense is quarantine not treatment but how do you quarantine something where the infected realize this and think if I go for help, they'll lock me up and let me die
1. We do have ways to try and treat someone infected with ebola
2. So you don't infect a ton of people you care about.
smokeandmirrors
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this needs to be written in the sky, read in the opening of every news show, daily letters, screamed from the rooftops, etc.
ThatCrazyGuy
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Man, people seriously think Obama has some fault are idiots.
YuriLowell
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Welp, we are all fucked.
Sure sounds like their primary defense is quarantine not treatment but how do you quarantine something where the infected realize this and think if I go for help, they'll lock me up and let me die
You have a better chance of living in a hospital, there is no cure but being in a hospital greatly increases your chances of surviving.
Also hopefully people will think about stopping themselves from spreading to others.
In case you missed it earlier in the thread: Ebola isn't infectious before symptoms begin. He would only have been able to infect anyone during the two days between the first symptoms and him getting to the hospital. And poorly at that, since Ebola is only reasonably infectious later on when you get to the whole fluid expulsion phase.
He meant people that are showing symptoms of Ebola. If you have Ebola, but aren't showing symptoms, you can't transmit the virus.
Masquerader
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... THAT WON'T GO WELL.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
People aren't very logical when afraid.
The narrative for vaccine in this country right now couldn't have happen at a worse time.
EDIT2: CNN is spreading that
No way to know to what extent, and tracing his contacts, there's plenty of time to monitor them and keep them from spreading the disease.
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