A doctor’s mistaken Ebola test: ‘We were celebrating. .?.?. Then everything fell apart’ – The Washington Post FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — When Martin Salia’s Ebola test came back negative, his friends and colleagues threw their arms around him. They shook … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ebola
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As of 2 November 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a total of 13,042 suspected cases and 4,818 deaths,[2] though the WHO believes that this substantially understates … Continue reading
Dr. Craig Spencer continues to show improvement, remains in isolation: Health Department | New York’s PIX11 / WPIX-TV As of Wednesday, the Health Department is actively monitoring 357 people. The majority of those people are travelers who arrived in New … Continue reading
These scientific studies show that airport Ebola screenings are largely ineffective – The Washington Post Ultimately, researchers concluded that airport temperature checks were “ineffective in detecting cases of [Swine Flu].” Similarly, a study of fever screening in Japan during the pandemic determined that … Continue reading
Woman undergoing Ebola monitoring in Portland “Since there were no symptoms before that and there was no public exposure before that, there’s no risk to the public,” he said. On Saturday afternoon, health officials posted on their website: “We continue … Continue reading
RPT: ISIS Eyeing Ebola As Biological Weapon | Fox News Insider ISIS terrorists are reportedly urging supporters to use a new weapon against the West. A Spanish official claims ISIS is exploring how to use Ebola as a biological weapon. … Continue reading
Woman visiting from Liberia hospitalized in Portland area being tested for Ebola | OregonLive.com A woman visiting Portland from Liberia who was monitoring herself for Ebola symptoms under a voluntary program was whisked to the hospital at mid-day Friday with … Continue reading
CDC confusion over Ebola as it deletes warning that it can spread through coughs and sneezes | Daily Mail Online The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed a warning from its website that Ebola can, in rare cases, … Continue reading
Kaci Hickox: I’ve Decided That I’m Going to Ignore Quarantine and Just Do What I Want The Clerisy Class has decided that it is fashionable to lie about the risks of Ebola. Just yesterday, Chris Hayes claimed that only three … Continue reading
In Ebola response, Obama’s ‘czar’ stays behind the curtain – Yahoo News Singapore WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It’s not often that a White House official gets mocked on both Saturday Night Live and a major daily newspaper before he makes his … Continue reading
Ebola– Failures of Imagination (Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman article) We barely try to imagine what a developing-world pandemic would be like for people who live there. We try and fail to imagine what it would be like for … Continue reading
PJ Media » Breaching our Maginot Line: Ebola in U.S. Was Clearly Preventable Who would have thought the arrival of one ailing Liberian could have uncovered such unpreparedness and incompetence within our health care system? On the national and the … Continue reading
Ebola can last on surfaces for almost TWO months, tests reveal | Daily Mail Online The number of confirmed Ebola cases passed the 10,000 mark over the weekend, despite efforts to curb its spread. And while the disease typically dies … Continue reading
Just finished listening to yet another interview with a member of the ruling class in a west African nation. This one was the Guinean minister of health, but it doesn’t matter because they all say the same thing: rich Western … Continue reading
Travel Ban, Visa Ban—Either Way, It Won’t Work – Tara C. Smith – POLITICO Magazine 2) Visa restrictions What, then, about restrictions on visas or passports? With outright flight bans widely criticized as unrealistic, some Republican leaders now are looking … Continue reading
UTA grad isolated at New Jersey hospital as part of Ebola quarantine | Ebola in Dallas: Stories, videos, photos, graphics and resources from The Dallas Morning News I am a nurse who has just returned to the U.S. after working … Continue reading
Another doctor who treated Ebola came through JFK | New York Post Bucks didn’t know Spencer, but said, “It sounds like this is someone who’s cut from the same cloth as me who followed all the rules and has not … Continue reading
BBC News – Ebola outbreak: Cases pass 10,000, WHO reports The WHO said the number of cases was now 10,141 but that the figure could be much higher, as many families were keeping relatives at home rather than taking them … Continue reading
Ebola in New York: Feel O.K.? – The New Yorker “Paranoia is just having the right information,” William S. Burroughs said. But that’s just crazy talk. Right? Right. … Continue reading
Obama: ‘There’s a Silver Lining in All The Attention The Ebola Situation Has Received’ | CNS News (CNSNews.com)- In remarks delivered in the Oval Office late on Wednesday afternoon, President Barack Obama pointed to what he called “a silver lining” … Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: City health officials desperately search for experimental drug to use on Ebola patient Craig Spencer – NY Daily News Officials declined to comment on the email request or say whether it’s evidence of a lapse in the city’s preparedness … Continue reading
Bellevue Staffers Call-In ‘Sick’ After Ebola Patient Arrives – Fox Nation An extraordinary number of Bellevue Hospital staffers called in sick on Friday rather than treat the city’s first Ebola patient — and those who showed up were terrified to … Continue reading
Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon | Stratfor One of the reasons I rarely bother with Stratfor is that it appears to me to be little more than a thinly disguised news-clipping operation that calls itself a private intelligence service. … Continue reading
Everywhere the NYC Ebola Patient Went During His ‘Self-Isolation’ Between Oct. 17, when he arrived back in New York City from West Africa, and Oct. 23, when he tested positive for Ebola, Dr. Craig Spencer “did attempt to self-isolate,” officials … Continue reading
Not exactly self-isolation: Ebola patient’s itinerary prompts questions about protocols « Hot Air Shorter CDC: Our protocols depend upon humans doing things they simply will not do, and doing them to perfection. Because our protocols require perfection in every aspect … Continue reading
New York, New Jersey Set Up Quarantine Requirement Amid Ebola Threat « CBS New York The patients with the highest level of possible exposure will be automatically quarantined for 21 days at a government-regulated facility. As WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb … Continue reading
Not exactly self-isolation: Ebola patient’s itinerary prompts questions about protocols « Hot Air At least this outbreak occurred before Obamacare had a chance to reduce the US healthcare system to the same level as Liberia’s. … Continue reading
Congressman Who Wants Ebola Travel Ban Unaware It’s Not Spread “By Airborne” Still, 85% of Americans said in a recent Harvard School of Public Health poll they thought you’d be “likely” to catch Ebola if you were coughed or sneezed … Continue reading
NYC Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer PASSED ‘enhanced screening’ at JFK Airport | Daily Mail Online Craig Spencer, the doctor whose confirmed Ebola diagnosis sent New York City into a tailspin on Thursday, successfully cleared the U.S. government’s newest ‘enhanced’ screening … Continue reading
Dem Rep: Government ‘Happy Talk’ on Ebola Makes Me Worry | National Review Online The Democratic lawmaker spoke Friday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on Ebola, where he questioned the government panelists’ rosy assessment of the health system’s preparations for … Continue reading
Craig Spencer was ‘Ebowling the night away!’ says Ebola-freaked New Yorker who went to same venue – NY Daily News MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said the agency was taking precautions to ensure the subways are safe. The agency has a … Continue reading
The world is in denial about Ebola’s true threat – The Washington Post Until there is a vaccine, limiting the spread of Ebola depends on education and behavior change. People must be persuaded to do things that violate powerful human … Continue reading
The latest spin is that “normal people” have nothing to worry about. It’s just health care workers who treat Ebola patients. Because even if normal people “have physical contact” with the virus, they won’t get it. But healthcare workers will. … Continue reading
Breaking: New Ebola case in NYC « Hot Air Before news of the positive test was reported, ABC News told people that they shouldn’t worry too much until more was known. It now seems that New Yorkers really do have … Continue reading
NYC tomorrow pic.twitter.com/fMwecbuY8Q — Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) October 24, 2014 Not to worry. I’m sure Mayor Bill has everything well under control.
Healthcare Workers in the Firing Line of Ebola Crisis “Healthcare professionals (HCPs) in particular have been affected. It is estimated that more than 425 HCPs have been infected, and 235 have died. According to estimates from the World Health Organization … Continue reading
Can You Get Ebola From a Bowling Ball? – NYTimes.com Although the surface of a shared bowling ball is a likely place to find germs — and some people avoid bowling for this very reason — it is extremely unlikely … Continue reading
NYC physician tests positive for Ebola – CNN.com New York (CNN) — [Breaking news update, posted at 10:20 p.m. ET] After confirming that tests showed a patient tested positive for Ebola, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “We want … Continue reading
“Machete-wielding mob” hinders Ebola relief effort « Hot Air This is one of the real challenges that healthcare workers face when traveling to remote regions of the world. Even if you could somehow manage to drop a 21st century medical … Continue reading
Doctor who treated Ebola patients in Guinea rushed to Bellevue Hospital with fever – NY Daily News Bellevue Hospital staff demonstrate earlier this month the protective clothing they’d wear while treating an Ebola patient — and on Thursday a man … Continue reading