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re: it begins. first usa ebola case confirmed.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:07 pm to Thug On A Rug
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:07 pm to Thug On A Rug
quote:In this country? Not really a big deal. Easily quarantined and doesn't spread very quickly. Sucks for the people who get it, but unlike the African countries, we can easily quarantine it and people here actually believe that it exists.
What's the big deal?
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Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:09 pm to Scruffy
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It isn't easily treatable. Management is mainly supportive. IV hydration, maintaining airway, and protecting against other infections.
Ebola is self-limiting over a 2-week period. In the absence of a medication to treat the virus, supportive therapy is all you need. Add pressors and isolation to your supportive therapy, and you've got a significantly better chance of surviving here in the US than in Africa, where central lines, pressors, and trained nursing staff aren't commonplace.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:09 pm to LNCHBOX
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So should I just kill myself now before the eventual outbreak destroys this country?
No, but you should kill yourself before you breed more ignorance.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:10 pm to Hopeful Doc
quote:Would you call it "easily treatable" though?
Ebola is self-limiting over a 2-week period. In the absence of a medication to treat the virus, supportive therapy is all you need. Add pressors and isolation to your supportive therapy, and you've got a significantly better chance of surviving here in the US than in Africa, where central lines, pressors, and trained nursing staff aren't commonplace.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:10 pm to LNCHBOX
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:10 pm to WDE24
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Or sneeze on the plane and not wash his hands.
He wasn't symptomatic then. Ebola is only contagious when host is symptomatic.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:11 pm to Boats n Hose
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No, but you should kill yourself before you breed more ignorance.
Curable was not the right word, but treatable is. And so is contained. Sorry I'm not going to freak out about one random case of ebola.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:11 pm to Hopeful Doc
However, it can remain detectable in semen up to 3 months post recovery, so recovered patients are advised to remain abstinent or where protection during that time.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:11 pm to WDE24
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However, it can remain detectable in semen up to 3 months post recovery, so recovered patients are advised to remain abstinent or where protection during that time.
Someone is looking at a fox new page
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:12 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Is that the issue here? Yea, freaking out is stupid. This won't become an outbreak.
Sorry I'm not going to freak out about one random case of ebola.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:12 pm to Scruffy
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Would you call it "easily treatable" though?
Relative to Africa, absolutely.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:12 pm to WDE24
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it can remain detectable in semen up to 3 months post recovery, so recovered patients are advised to remain abstinent o
we're all fricked if the latinos or blacks catch this.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:13 pm to Mickey Donovan
quote:Ok. Or sneeze in public at the time he was becoming symptomatic. The point was, the danger in the US lies in it being transmitted prior to diagnosis.
He wasn't symptomatic then. Ebola is only contagious when host is symptomatic.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:13 pm to LNCHBOX
Straight from the cdc.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:13 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:Well, relative to Africa, EVERYTHING is easily treatable.
Relative to Africa, absolutely.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:13 pm to Scruffy
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Would you call it "easily treatable" though?
What about "chances for full recovery are quite good where supportive therapy and trained medical staff are readily available"?
I'm not in the med community, but a relative is an infection control specialist in Atlanta and that has been her indication to me. Also seems to be the general tenor of the CDC.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:15 pm to Scruffy
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Well, relative to Africa, EVERYTHING is easily treatable.
Like I said, treatable was the word I should have went with.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:16 pm to WDE24
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Straight from the cdc.
I wasn't knocking your source, just happened fox was the first link that came up when I was looking for something and I was looking at that exact sentence when I read your post.
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:17 pm to LNCHBOX
I have seen Outbreak. Dustin Hoffman already found a cure for this from that little monkey's blood. We're all good
Posted on 9/30/14 at 4:17 pm to LNCHBOX
Good thing we have plenty of that experimental vaccine they used on the 2 aid workers brought back to Atlanta... oh wait.
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