Dallas Ebola patient vomited outside apartment on way to hospital

[spookyturtle 9,465]

That is why you shut off travel with these countries. Limit the visa applications. This man knew he could be infected.. He helped put a woman with ebola in a taxi How many hundred or thousands of folks will do the same thing...I may be sick Fly to a country that will save me... We were assured that ebola was not in the usa. The person at the desk did not recognize the country. This was due to taking an ebonics class,common core, or something silly like that.. The decision was just a case of the flu .. send you home because of a bug. If you are to blame anything is the lack of geography being taught in todays classroom..... Countries of Africa .. Why study that.... Liberia .... is that not around russia?..

Any credible link to where the Republican's have/are calling for this?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Still waiting.......

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Still waiting.......

Better pull up a chair and get comfortable - methinks you'll be waiting awhile.

[decocker 7,198]

Still waiting.......

SEE YOU IN NY!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

SEE YOU IN NY!

Fixed for you.

See you in St. Louis...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Still waiting.......

There's no internet reception in the bunker ;-)

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

There's no internet reception in the bunker ;-)

Of course there is. His router has it's own router to keep the government from hacking in.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

There's no internet reception in the bunker ;-)

[lostinblue 1,989]

Any credible link to where the Republican's have/are calling for this?

What do you think needs to be done?

That was my response to the question asked... Sorry I am not on here all day to monitor your questions

[lostinblue 1,989]

Any credible link to where the Republican's have/are calling for this?

http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-administration-asked-to-impose-ebola-travel-ban-to-us/1968617.html

US Lawmaker: Ban Travel to US from Ebola-stricken Countries

James Butty

Last updated on: July 31, 2014 4:02 AM

A U.S. congressman has asked the Obama administration to impose an immediate travel ban on the citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as on foreigners who have visited those countries, to contain the spread of Ebola to the United States.

Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida, a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the restriction should be lifted only when 90 days have passed without a newly reported case.

He said the ban should be expanded to any other country that reports a case of Ebola.

Danger to American public

Grayson said the Ebola virus presents an enhanced danger to the American public.

“The countries represent a danger to the rest of the world and because the best way to deal with the situation is to isolate the areas that are affected until hopefully the infection burns itself out, as it has in the past," Grayson said. "We are talking about this time a fundamentally different circumstance, however.

"This is the largest outbreak in history; it’s the deadliest outbreak in history,” he added.

Grayson said, with Liberia already taking steps to close its borders, his travel ban request will only be assisting in that effort by saying that the Ebola-affected countries remain isolated until the infection disappears.

He said his travel ban, if granted by the Obama administration, would not include Nigeria, at least for now.

“Under the definition set forth in my letter, not yet, because the only case we’ve seen so far in Nigeria is the case that originated in Liberia," Grayson said. "So, there hasn’t been, as yet, any case that originated in Nigeria or anywhere other than the three countries I named in the letter – Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia."

The U.S. Peace Corps announced Wednesday it was temporarily removing its volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea due to the increasing spread of the Ebola virus.

Returning Americans

Grayson said the travel ban he’s requesting would only apply to foreign visitors to the United States and not Americans returning from abroad.

“If they are Americans, then we’re expecting that, when they return, they’ll take prudent measures," he said.

"There are ways that can be employed to try to identify people who have been infected, and I would hope that they will voluntarily and enthusiastically submit themselves to those tests so that we can make sure that, if they are returning, they’re not returning with disease,” Grayson said.

The World Health Organization recently said nearly 700 people have died from Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone during the current outbreak of the virus that began in February.

There is no vaccine or cure for Ebola, which is characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, body aches, and unstoppable bleeding from areas such as the eyes, ears and nose.

Butty interview with Congressman Grayson

Edited October 2, 2014 by lostinblue

[Teddy B 17,251]

Isn't Alan Grayson a Democrat?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Isn't Alan Grayson a Democrat?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grayson

Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is the United States Representative for Florida's 9th congressional district and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as Representative for Florida's 8th congressional district from 2009 to 2011. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by Republican Daniel Webster^[3] and was then elected in 2012 for a second, non-consecutive term in the House of Representatives, defeating Republican Todd Long.^[4]

[lostinblue 1,989]

People Carrying Ebola, in Some Cases, May Be Free of Symptoms

By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
Published: June 27, 2000

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The Ebola virus, which has caused deaths from high fever and bleeding in African outbreaks, can also infect without producing illness, according to a new finding by African and European scientists.

The possibility of asymptomatic infection was only suggested in earlier studies, they said in last week's issue of The Lancet, a medical journal published in London. Now they said they had documented such infections for the first time. They found that the Ebola virus could persist in the blood of asymptomatic infected individuals for two weeks after they were first exposed to an infected individual. How much longer the virus can persist is unknown.

All outbreaks of Ebola have been controlled by standard infection control measures such as effective body disposal, destroying or sterilizing contaminated equipment and appropriate use of gloves. But if people can be carriers without showing symptoms, it means control might be more difficult.

''This degree of containment would be virtually impossible if symptom-free carriers posed a significant threat of infection,'' Dr. Alan G. Baxter of Newtown, Australia, wrote in an editorial in the same issue of The Lancet.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/27/world/people-carrying-ebola-in-some-cases-may-be-free-of-symptoms.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

He was not symptomatic when flying into the US nor was he symptomatic for several days after his arrival. There is no recorded case where non-symptomaic patients have infected anyone else. Their bodily fluid become infectuous once the patient is symptomatic. Which is why it is a crying shame that the US health care system sent this patient who had early Ebola like symptoms and identified himself to the hospital staff as a visitor from Liberia home with a prescription for antibiotics.

That is why you shut off travel with these countries. Limit the visa applications. This man knew he could be infected.. He helped put a woman with ebola in a taxi How many hundred or thousands of folks will do the same thing...I may be sick Fly to a country that will save me... We were assured that ebola was not in the usa. The person at the desk did not recognize the country. This was due to taking an ebonics class,common core, or something silly like that.. The decision was just a case of the flu .. send you home because of a bug. If you are to blame anything is the lack of geography being taught in todays classroom..... Countries of Africa .. Why study that.... Liberia .... is that not around russia?..

Any credible link to where the Republican's have/are calling for this?

What do you think needs to be done?

That was my response to the question asked... Sorry I am not on here all day to monitor your questions

No, your incoherent and racist rant was actually a response to my post where no such question was asked.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

http://www.voanews.com/content/obama-administration-asked-to-impose-ebola-travel-ban-to-us/1968617.html

US Lawmaker: Ban Travel to US from Ebola-stricken Countries

James Butty

Last updated on: July 31, 2014 4:02 AM

A U.S. congressman has asked the Obama administration to impose an immediate travel ban on the citizens of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as on foreigners who have visited those countries, to contain the spread of Ebola to the United States.

Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida, a member of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the restriction should be lifted only when 90 days have passed without a newly reported case.

He said the ban should be expanded to any other country that reports a case of Ebola.

Danger to American public

Grayson said the Ebola virus presents an enhanced danger to the American public.

“The countries represent a danger to the rest of the world and because the best way to deal with the situation is to isolate the areas that are affected until hopefully the infection burns itself out, as it has in the past," Grayson said. "We are talking about this time a fundamentally different circumstance, however.

"This is the largest outbreak in history; it’s the deadliest outbreak in history,” he added.

Grayson said, with Liberia already taking steps to close its borders, his travel ban request will only be assisting in that effort by saying that the Ebola-affected countries remain isolated until the infection disappears.

He said his travel ban, if granted by the Obama administration, would not include Nigeria, at least for now.

“Under the definition set forth in my letter, not yet, because the only case we’ve seen so far in Nigeria is the case that originated in Liberia," Grayson said. "So, there hasn’t been, as yet, any case that originated in Nigeria or anywhere other than the three countries I named in the letter – Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia."

The U.S. Peace Corps announced Wednesday it was temporarily removing its volunteers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea due to the increasing spread of the Ebola virus.

Returning Americans

Grayson said the travel ban he’s requesting would only apply to foreign visitors to the United States and not Americans returning from abroad.

“If they are Americans, then we’re expecting that, when they return, they’ll take prudent measures," he said.

"There are ways that can be employed to try to identify people who have been infected, and I would hope that they will voluntarily and enthusiastically submit themselves to those tests so that we can make sure that, if they are returning, they’re not returning with disease,” Grayson said.

The World Health Organization recently said nearly 700 people have died from Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone during the current outbreak of the virus that began in February.

There is no vaccine or cure for Ebola, which is characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhea, body aches, and unstoppable bleeding from areas such as the eyes, ears and nose.

Butty interview with Congressman Grayson

You do realize that the person you're touting is not a Republican, right?