I have already had people say this. I’ve been told by other bloggers that I waste too much of my site time on the topic. It will never go anywhere except Africa.
Of course it won’t.
From dfw.cbslocal.com:
CDC Confirms Patient In Dallas Has The Ebola Virus
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Officials with the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed that a person in Dallas definitely has the Ebola virus. Tuesday’s official determination makes the Dallas patient the first diagnosed Ebola case in the United States.
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are holding a press conference now. CDC Director Thomas Frieden related the information that the individual had traveled to Liberia. The person left Liberia on September 19, and arrived in the United States on September 20 with no virus symptoms. Frieden said it was four or five days later that the patient, who is believed to be male, began developing symptoms and was ultimately admitted to Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Sunday, September 28.
The CDC has already told airlines to “treat bodily fluids as infectious.”
The CDC has already told US hospital to “prepare for Ebola.”
I wrote on July 29th that Ebola was “just one plane ride away” from infecting other nations.
Ebola is quite readily transmitted aboard any aircraft, and the patient in Dallas flew from Liberia to DFW. On a regular commercial aircraft.
In all, four infected patients have returned to the United States in specially outfitted planes — three were treated in Atlanta and the fourth, who Dr. Brantly donated blood to, in Omaha. An American physician who was exposed to the virus, but not infected, was flown to Maryland over the weekend.
This man is now Patient Zero in America. The American index case.
Incubation can range from 2 to 20 days. The patient in Dallas could possibly have been infectious on the aircraft itself, which is not “specially outfitted.” Hospital staff admit this.
The hospital also admits that a family member or someone else could have come in contact with this person whilst he was in fact infectious.
Every aircraft has a closed system of recycled air. Everyone could potentially be infected. Everyone who handled his baggage. Everyone who helped him or serviced him at any point in his trip. And needs to be at least temporarily quarantined until tested and cleared.
Further, infection points would include places where he washed his hands, where he used silverware on the plane, where he sneezed, where he blew his nose, and where he urinated or defecated — those places are likewise potentially infected.
Sweating? Vomiting? Bodily fluids, ladies and gentlemen.
Where he touched his oily or sweating face and touched another object or person, in purposeful or unconscious gestures.
Experts say Ebola isn’t airborne. Unless that person sneezed, uncovered, and you were sitting next to him with an open sore on your face or neck or arms or hands. Or you were unfortunate enough to be yawning when he sneezed in your direction.
No, of course not, there is nothing to worry about regarding Ebola.
I’m just a nutjob.
BZ
P.S.
This does not even take into account the 3,000 soldiers Mr Obama has sent purposely into Ebola’s path.
