Ebola Outbreak

[Kbop]

U.S. government to buy 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits to prepare for full-blown global pandemic...

Man I wish I owned stock in Dupont - especially since I cant trust gold and silver any more   

[Erick]

Ill gladly field specific questions if anyone has them :
http://unchainedpreppers.com/forum/physical-fitness-challange/ebola-discussion/

[Chasle]

Over 2000 dead from ebola but the cdc came out about a month ago sayine what ever themedia says its about 5-10x more than that. Not to mention it incubates in the carrier for 1-30 day before syptoms occur, ive heard that there will be more than 100,000 dead by dec, I think its so stupid for our gov. To be bringing the infected in to the country for treatment, it would be better if they were putting them in a high level bio cantained facility instead of a regular hospital, seems like they want it to spread.

[special-k]

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/health-officials-waiting-for-ship-to-dock-in-new-orleans-crew-showing-symptoms-of-malaria/28110618

NEW ORLEANS —The West Jefferson Medical Center said one crew member who was ill on a ship from Africa was at the hospital. At least three more crew members, plus the river pilot who boarded the ship, are expected to arrive at the hospital Wednesday night. The first crew member from the ship was listed in critical condition, according to Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.

"Our doctors and staff are ready and we have instituted full safety precautions in the unlikely event that this turns out to be something of concern," said WJMC spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo. "Everyone is using an abundance of caution until the patients can actually be assessed and appropriately diagnosed."

Embedded in the hospital's emergency room is the Region 1 disaster coordinator from the state, Alfonzo said.

Officials in New Orleans confirmed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Coast Guard and various government epidemiologists were at the scene in Belle Chasse, where the vessel, identified as the Marine Phoenix, docked at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base.

The Marine Phoenix is a refrigerated cargo vessel flagged out of the African nation of Liberia. The 20-year-old ship weighs more than 7,000 tons and has more than 400 cubic feet of space.

According to a release from the CDC, the ship was reported to have traveled to a port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and others in Africa.

"There is no evidence to suggest that the crew members traveled to, or had any contact with anyone from the remote island region of DRC where Ebola cases are occurring. Given this, the chance that the crew member could have Ebola is thought to be exceedingly low," the CDC stated.

Initial details state that the ship alerted Louisiana and U.S. health officials that the individuals on board were sick.

Officials with the CDC said a staff member had already been in New Orleans to train partners. He joined the Coast Guard and the Louisiana Department of Health when it docks Wednesday evening.

"Even if a person on the ship was exposed to Ebola, once they are screened by medical personnel in New Orleans, they would not be able to go anywhere," said WDSU Medical Editor Dr. Corey Hebert. "Even if they did get out, it has to be spread by direct bodily fluids."

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu's Office issued the following statement following the developments.

"The City of New Orleans is in close contact with officials at the Center for Disease Control, the Coast Guard, the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, and the Port of New Orleans. To protect the health and safety of our residents, the City has requested that all state and federal agencies take every precaution as though this is the worst-case scenario. We will continue to closely monitor the situation."

[special-k]

Second confirmed Ebola case in U.S.

[DMCakhunter]

 I watched the press briefing this morning and it was very obvious that all of these people, mayor, judge, and medical chief are in shock and haven't a clue about what to do.
That doctor that roamed airports in a tyvek suit is right. The CDC has not been telling the truth and their recommendations and procedures are not enough.

[Nemo]

Go to the 50 second point in that video.  Stop it and look at the rig in the parking space to the left.  The one I see says ATF. Why is that at that hospital.  That being in the area, whether involved or not concerns me.

Nemo

edit-- Just look at the end frame on the video above.  I see the ATF truck there.

[JohnyMac]

Good catch Nemo!  I completely missed it.

[gadget99]

Go to the 50 second point in that video.  Stop it and look at the rig in the parking space to the left.  The one I see says ATF. Why is that at that hospital.  That being in the area, whether involved or not concerns me.

Nemo

edit-- Just look at the end frame on the video above.  I see the ATF truck there.

Yeah I was wondering that myself.......

[KillJoy]

They are searching for full-auto diarrhea rifles with high capacity ebola clips.

[Nemo]

So they are part of the govt conspiracy to hide the facts from the American public and just spread chit information around about the pandemic?  Those rifles should work for another month or 3.  But not much past that.

I wrote that as a joke.  But after reading it upon completion (primarily for typo checks) I find it alot more plausible than a good bit of info the govt has already put out.

Nemo    

[special-k]

FOX NEWS TAKES SHIT-SPEWING CDC DIRECTOR TO TASK

WATCH: Megyn Kelly Goes Head to Head with CDC Director over Ebola in America

[JohnyMac]

Yeah I saw it last night SK.

OK, I am not the sharpest blade in the knife drawer. With that said, I do not like being talked down to.

Wasn't Dr. Frieden the Dr. behind NannyBloomburg's 32oz soft drink ban?

[Nemo]

Number 2 is here.  Better check Your boxes along with the stuff under the bed and make sure the fan it working.  It might get hit by stuff no one wants flying.  Airborne???   underline added by me

Nemo


http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/15/texas-health-officials-say-second-healthcare-worker-at-dallas-hospital-tests/

 

Texas health officials say second healthcare worker at Dallas hospital tests positive for Ebola
    Published October 15, 2014, FoxNews.com

    A second healthcare worker at the Dallas hospital where Ebola patient Thomas Duncan was treated has tested positive for the virus, Texas health officials say.

    The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed that the worker had tested positive in a statement early Wednesday. It did not specify what position the worker held at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, though officials did say that the person was among those who provided care for Duncan, who died from the virus Oct. 8.

    The statement said that the worker had reported a fever Tuesday and had been placed in isolation. Preliminary tests were run at the state public health lab in Austin and results came back at approximately midnight Wednesday. A separate test will be done at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

    The statement also said the health care worker, who wasn't identified, was interviewed to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures and that others will be monitored.  It added that the type of monitoring will depend on the nature of their interactions with the health care worker and the potential of exposure to the virus.

    On Sunday, officials confirmed that 26-year-old nurse Nina Pham had tested positive for the virus. More than 70 people who may have had contact with Duncan at the hospital were being monitored. Officials have said they don't know how Pham became infected. But the second case pointed to lapses beyond how one individual may have donned and removed personal protective garb.

    News of the latest positive test comes one day after the largest U.S. nurses' union charged that Duncan' caregivers worked for days without proper protective gear and faced constantly changing protocols.

    A statement from National Nurses United also says Thomas Eric Duncan was left in an open area of an emergency room for hours.

    A spokesman for the group says nurses were forced to use medical tape to secure openings in their flimsy garments. It's said that the patient had explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting.

    In a conference call with reporters executive director RoseAnn DeMoro says the allegations are based on revelations from "a few" nurses and that the claims were vetted.

    The nurses also said that Duncan's lab samples were allowed to travel through the hospital's pneumatic tubes, opening the possibility of contaminating the specimen delivery system. The nurses also alleged that hazardous waste was allowed to pile up to the ceiling.

    A hospital spokesman for told the Associated Press that the facility had not received similar complaints.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[JohnyMac]

Bad news for the Dallas Health worker - Good news that it is very centralized.

We should start a pool as to how many not centralized people catch Captain Tipps till we restrict people coming in from westerm African Countries.

[special-k]

http://www.naturalnews.com/047267_Ebola_outbreak_incubation_period_viral_transmission.html

(NaturalNews) A jaw-dropping report released by the World Health Organization on October 14, 2014 reveals that 1 in 20 Ebola infections has an incubation period longer than the 21 days which has been repeatedly claimed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

This may be the single most important -- and blatantly honest -- research report released by any official body since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak. The WHO's "Ebola situation assessment" report, found here, explains that only 95% of Ebola infections experience incubation within the widely-reported 21-day period. Here's the actual language from the report:

95% of confirmed cases have an incubation period in the range of 1 to 21 days; 98% have an incubation period that falls within the 1 to 42 day interval.

Unless the sentence structure is somehow misleading, this passage appears to indicate the following:

• 95% of Ebola incubations occur from 1 - 21 days
• 3% of Ebola incubations occur from 21 - 42 days
• 2% of Ebola incubations are not explained (why?)

If this interpretation of the WHO's statistics are correct, it would mean that:

• 1 in 20 Ebola infections may result in incubations lasting significantly longer than 21 days

• The 21-day quarantine currently being enforced by the CDC is entirely insufficient to halt an outbreak

• People who are released from observation or self-quarantine after 21 days may still become full-blown Ebola patients in the subsequent three weeks, even if they have shown no symptoms of infection during the first 21 days. (Yes, read that again...)

Any declaration that an outbreak is over requires 42 days with no new infections
Underscoring the importance of the 42-day rule, the WHO document openly states that a 42-day observation period with no new outbreaks is required before declaring the outbreak is under control. In the WHO's own words:

WHO is therefore confident that detection of no new cases, with active surveillance in place, throughout this 42-day period means that an Ebola outbreak is indeed over.

W.H.O. "alarmed" over false pronouncements of negative Ebola tests
Just as disturbing is the WHO's open warning that government health officials who are announcing negative Ebola findings in patients mere hours after them being tested are grossly misleading the public and essentially practicing quack medicine.

As explained by the WHO:

WHO is alarmed by media reports of suspected Ebola cases imported into new countries that are said, by government officials or ministries of health, to be discarded as "negative" within hours after the suspected case enters the country. Such rapid determination of infection status is impossible, casting grave doubts on some of the official information that is being communicated to the public and the media.

In other words, WHO is telling us that all those public pronouncements by government health authorities are meaningless. An Ebola infection determination cannot be made in mere hours, it turns out. In fact, as WHO explains, a suspected case of Ebola must be observed and tested for 48 hours before any degree of certainty can be reached about the Ebola infection status:

Two negative RT-PCR test results, at least 48 hours apart, are required for a clinically asymptomatic patient to be discharged from hospital, or for a suspected Ebola case to be discarded as testing negative for the virus.

"No signs" that outbreaks are under control
Finally, this WHO report goes on to conclude that the Ebola outbreaks of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are multiplying out of control. The report even cites the curious phenomenon of unexpected outbreak surges taking place in areas once thought to be eradicated:

In Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, new cases continue to explode in areas that looked like they were coming under control. An unusual characteristic of this epidemic is a persistent cyclical pattern of gradual dips in the number of new cases, followed by sudden flare-ups. WHO epidemiologists see no signs that the outbreaks in any of these 3 countries are coming under control.

Is it possible that these resurging outbreaks are being caused by governments failing to monitor potentially infected Ebola victims for a full 42 days? If they only observe them for 21 days, then 1 out of 20 infected victims may be cleared as "clean" and allowed back into the population where they soon become symptomatic and spread the disease even further.

U.S. doctors and health officials have been taught the wrong number: 21 days is only HALF the duration
It is extremely disturbing to realize that, to our best knowledge, every single person in the United States who has been suspected of harboring Ebola has been instructed to monitor symptoms for only 21 days, not the necessary 42 days.

This means that Ebola-infected U.S. citizens who are "cleared" of Ebola may still erupt with the deadly virus for a period of three more weeks.

Why hasn't anyone reported this until now? How is this not one of the single most important pieces of information in the world at this moment when all human life on our planet is now legitimately threatened by an uncontrolled viral outbreak with a 70 percent fatality rate and no recognized treatments or cures?

[special-k]

Check out this happy horse shit:

Shep Smith's rejoinder to "irresponsible" Ebola coverage

[Burt Gummer]

If you show no symptoms you are not contagious.

fuck you shep, talk about irresponsible.

[brat]

Airborne research claim ......

http://www.inquisitr.com/1541821/ebola-is-airborne-university-of-minnesota-cidrap-researchers-claim/

[Burt Gummer]

aw well sheeeeeet....