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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 14, 2014 11:04:28 GMT -5
That's a pretty impressive virus if it can float several floors in the hospital, down the hall way, out the door, across the street (in negative digit temperatures no less) and up four floors to my lab.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 14, 2014 11:09:23 GMT -5
I do not see this as a bad thing (if anyone thinks it is) bringing this doctor to the Nebraska Medical Center which has the best facilties to treat Ebola
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People are horrified when they find out I work for UNMC. DH had a co-worker tell him he should demand I quit my job.
The biohazard unit is a locked door floor in the hospital. Not entirely sure how I am going to contract Ebola while sitting in the College of Pharmacy. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/crazy.gif)
It's in the air, like a heavy fog. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png) that is because the disease is airborne, like TB.....NOT.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 14, 2014 11:11:48 GMT -5
Even with TB you have to have somebody hack in your physical presence. Somebody hacking over in the DOC is not going to cause me to catch TB over here on the other side of campus. The Butterfly Effect does not apply to viruses. I was mean, I told DH since it was Halloween he should buy some fake blood to put in his eyes/ears and tell his co-worker he caught Ebola from me. He said no. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/devil.gif)
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 14, 2014 14:43:11 GMT -5
What? I am totally healthy ::wipes snot off of computer screen::
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 14, 2014 15:20:16 GMT -5
![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/rofl.gif) You guys are causing me a stomach ache. Old ladies should have to laugh this hard!
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on Nov 14, 2014 15:26:50 GMT -5
I need to check with mcafee to see if they have been updated to handle ebola
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Nov 14, 2014 16:07:37 GMT -5
You should probably quarantine your computers.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 14, 2014 16:23:32 GMT -5
we seem to have our sense of humor back, at least. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/grin.png)
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 18, 2014 9:59:55 GMT -5
You too can own an Ebola-free nurse action figure doll named Case-E, which looks very much like Ebola nurse, Kaci Hickox. Here’s the Ebola-Free Nurse Doll You Never Knew You WantedThe toy producer says that any resemblance to Kaci Hickox is purely coincidental With the holidays right around the corner, parents can now buy their children an untraditional yet socially relevant gift: The “Case-E Ebola Nurse Action Figure.” Herobuilders.com made the toy of an Ebola-free nurse with curly hair and a red “x” sewed over her eye, who bears a strong resemblance to Kaci Hickox, the nurse who made headlines for fighting New Jersey and Maine over their controversial quarantine policy for those returning from Ebola affected countries. "I don’t know who you’re talking about, I don’t know who Kaci Hickox is,” Hero Builders president Emil Vicale tells TIME, laughing. “This nurse’s name is Case-E. She bears no resemblance.” Rest of article below: Here’s the Ebola-Free Nurse Doll You Never Knew You Wanted
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 18, 2014 15:32:54 GMT -5
this is several degrees more awesome than the most awesome thing i have read or seen today, Tenn.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 18, 2014 17:03:07 GMT -5
this is several degrees more awesome than the most awesome thing i have read or seen today, Tenn. I'm hoping there is an active Ebola patient action figure out by Christmas. The heck with the amateurish game, Operation.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Nov 18, 2014 17:21:37 GMT -5
Why does the action figure have a red X on her eye?
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 18, 2014 17:23:25 GMT -5
Value Buy, I'm curious. I recall you had a trip planned. Did you ever reinstate those airline tickets you were talking about cancelling, or did you end up cancelling them? We are currently traveling, but I was not planning on flying during this trip.
I was talking about my grand daughter and great grandson, coming home in December by air. It looks like she will be flying the friendly skies.......but, believe it or not she is still waffling on flying, although my wife and I told her to fly. She is more concerned over the one year old picking something up.
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 18, 2014 17:28:52 GMT -5
Value Buy, I'm curious. I recall you had a trip planned. Did you ever reinstate those airline tickets you were talking about cancelling, or did you end up cancelling them? We are currently traveling, but I was not planning on flying during this trip.
I was talking about my grand daughter and great grandson, coming home in December by air. It looks like she will be flying the friendly skies.......but, believe it or not she is still waffling on flying, although my wife and I told her to fly. She is more concerned over the one year old picking something up.
Ahh. I'd forgotten the particulars. I hope she can do so with ease. I can understand worrying about the little one. I used to do the same thing when we lived and worked abroad. When we flew, I always put the kids in inside seats next to us. I figured that gave them some protection. Wipes weren't available then, but I'd take some now. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png)
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 18, 2014 18:11:19 GMT -5
Why does the action figure have a red X on her eye? Who knows. Maybe it's supposed to be a wink or some other coded message. But if you want some other action figures, here is the Ebola nurse doll website where you can also order an ex-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford action doll, with accessories such as a beer bottle and baseball bat. If that is not enough for you, you can also buy a twerking Miley Cyrus action figure with a movable butt. Plenty more. HEROBUILDERS
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Post by EVT1 on Nov 18, 2014 22:28:47 GMT -5
this is several degrees more awesome than the most awesome thing i have read or seen today, Tenn. I'm hoping there is an active Ebola patient action figure out by Christmas. The heck with the amateurish game, Operation.If I remember right- the man that created 'operation' got about jack for it and ended up needing an operation to live- because our health care system sucks ass- and I guess it was Parker Brothers that bough his prototype so he could be operated on- think a couple weeks ago. ![](http://images.proboards.com/new/smiley.png)
I don't know if I mentioned this before- but we are in a lot of states and one of our managers from TX butted heads with a local judge that wanted infrared thermometers purchased and added to the screening at the courthouse. ![](http://syonidv.hodginsmedia.com/vsmileys/crazy.gif)
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 19, 2014 9:00:36 GMT -5
I see we lost another doctor to Ebola here in the states. They waited too long to bring him back for treatment.
I concede we NOW HAVE PROTOCOLS in place to protect the American public, but it is also obvious some medical workers feel like they can do whatever they want when they return. I think it should be obvious that there should be a protocol in place restricting interaction "in public" for three weeks after returning home.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Nov 19, 2014 9:07:27 GMT -5
I see we lost another doctor to Ebola here in the states. They waited too long to bring him back for treatment.
I concede we NOW HAVE PROTOCOLS in place to protect the American public, but it is also obvious some medical workers feel like they can do whatever they want when they return. I think it should be obvious that there should be a protocol in place restricting interaction "in public" for three weeks after returning home. I think it's obvious that the protocols in place per the CDC's guidelines (which have been followed by returning medical workers) have worked well, given that zero returning medical workers have infected anyone "in public", as would be expected from something that's not transmitted by casual contact.
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 19, 2014 9:10:39 GMT -5
I see we lost another doctor to Ebola here in the states. They waited too long to bring him back for treatment.
I concede we NOW HAVE PROTOCOLS in place to protect the American public, but it is also obvious some medical workers feel like they can do whatever they want when they return. I think it should be obvious that there should be a protocol in place restricting interaction "in public" for three weeks after returning home. I think it's obvious that the protocols in place per the CDC's guidelines (which have been followed by returning medical workers) have worked well, given that zero returning medical workers have infected anyone "in public", as would be expected from something that's not transmitted by casual contact. True, but we were two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country when she went wedding dress hunting. Two freaking days.
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 19, 2014 9:16:27 GMT -5
I think it's obvious that the protocols in place per the CDC's guidelines (which have been followed by returning medical workers) have worked well, given that zero returning medical workers have infected anyone "in public", as would be expected from something that's not transmitted by casual contact. True, but we were two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country when she went wedding dress hunting. Two freaking days.
Hyperbole much? No, we weren't "two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country". We were two days away, perhaps, from this woman getting so sick she needed to get to the hospital immediately. She may have infected others very close to her in the process of getting there. That does not equate to "spreading Ebola all over the country."
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 19, 2014 9:20:46 GMT -5
True, but we were two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country when she went wedding dress hunting. Two freaking days.
Hyperbole much? No, we weren't "two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country". We were two days away, perhaps, from this woman getting so sick she needed to get to the hospital immediately. She may have infected others very close to her in the process of getting there. That does not equate to "spreading Ebola all over the country." Disagree. If she is walking through the airport, boarding the plane in an infectious state, the plane POSSIBLY becomes the control factor passing the disease across the country. I ADMIT the plausibility is small, but still very plausible
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Nov 19, 2014 9:24:06 GMT -5
I think it's obvious that the protocols in place per the CDC's guidelines (which have been followed by returning medical workers) have worked well, given that zero returning medical workers have infected anyone "in public", as would be expected from something that's not transmitted by casual contact. True, but we were two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country when she went wedding dress hunting. Two freaking days.
No, we were not. We were, in fact, seeing the truth of what medical experts have been saying all along - that the disease is not transmitted easily and not by casual contact. This disease will not be spread 'all over the country' by a single person being monitored by the CDC and actively self-monitoring as well. The case you mention proves exactly the point - that even being the in the early stages of the disease and being on a plane as everyone has developed mass hysteria over - did not result in even one person getting the disease. Because it's not transmitted easily. If a man who died a few days later could be cared for by his fiance in a small apartment - and no one else got the disease in that household - it seems obvious that it's not easily transmittable. Don't worry, I'm sure there will come along something else that people can panic about soon.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Nov 19, 2014 9:27:31 GMT -5
Hyperbole much? No, we weren't "two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country". We were two days away, perhaps, from this woman getting so sick she needed to get to the hospital immediately. She may have infected others very close to her in the process of getting there. That does not equate to "spreading Ebola all over the country." Disagree. If she is walking through the airport, boarding the plane in an infectious state, the plane POSSIBLY becomes the control factor passing the disease across the country. I ADMIT the plausibility is small, but still very plausible
She had the disease while on the plane. She was self-monitoring. She had a slight fever and was in the hospital in isolation shortly thereafter. Did anyone get sick? Besides, even if her seatmate had licked her or something and come up positive, we've seen from other isolated outbreaks that this does not in any way, shape, or form equate to "spreading Ebola all over the country". Because it's not easily transmitted, particularly by casual contact. We have factual evidence in our own borders of what happens when a single case pops up. And that evidence makes it clear that isolated cases in the modern US do not lead to ebola-armageddon.
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 19, 2014 9:27:56 GMT -5
True, but we were two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country when she went wedding dress hunting. Two freaking days.
No, we were not. We were, in fact, seeing the truth of what medical experts have been saying all along - that the disease is not transmitted easily and not by casual contact. This disease will not be spread 'all over the country' by a single person being monitored by the CDC and actively self-monitoring as well. The case you mention proves exactly the point - that even being the in the early stages of the disease and being on a plane as everyone has developed mass hysteria over - did not result in even one person getting the disease. Because it's not transmitted easily. If a man who died a few days later could be cared for by his fiance in a small apartment - and no one else got the disease in that household - it seems obvious that it's not easily transmittable. Don't worry, I'm sure there will come along something else that people can panic about soon. "it's not easily transmittable"
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 19, 2014 9:33:10 GMT -5
Hyperbole much? No, we weren't "two days away from spreading Ebola all over the country". We were two days away, perhaps, from this woman getting so sick she needed to get to the hospital immediately. She may have infected others very close to her in the process of getting there. That does not equate to "spreading Ebola all over the country." Disagree. If she is walking through the airport, boarding the plane in an infectious state, the plane POSSIBLY becomes the control factor passing the disease across the country. I ADMIT the plausibility is small, but still very plausible
Umm, no. If she's sick enough to pass this stuff on, VB, she won't be casually strolling through an airport. She'll be doing her dead-level best to get somebody to take her to the hospital. She's not going to infect anyone unless she's puking or diarrhetic, or - and this is very, very unlikely - sneezes or coughs (for some reason, as that's not a symptom of Ebola) directly into someone's face.
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Post by Rocky Mtn Saver on Nov 19, 2014 9:33:13 GMT -5
"it's not easily transmittable"
Right.
Yup, it's right. Facts in Europe, NYC, Dallas, Ohio, and on an airplane now prove what medical experts have been saying all along.
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Post by mmhmm on Nov 19, 2014 9:33:59 GMT -5
No, we were not. We were, in fact, seeing the truth of what medical experts have been saying all along - that the disease is not transmitted easily and not by casual contact. This disease will not be spread 'all over the country' by a single person being monitored by the CDC and actively self-monitoring as well. The case you mention proves exactly the point - that even being the in the early stages of the disease and being on a plane as everyone has developed mass hysteria over - did not result in even one person getting the disease. Because it's not transmitted easily. If a man who died a few days later could be cared for by his fiance in a small apartment - and no one else got the disease in that household - it seems obvious that it's not easily transmittable. Don't worry, I'm sure there will come along something else that people can panic about soon. "it's not easily transmittable"
Right.
That is most definitely correct, VB. It IS NOT easily transmittable.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 19, 2014 13:03:05 GMT -5
"it's not easily transmittable"
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That is most definitely correct, VB. It IS NOT easily transmittable. the proof of that fact is actually the first US casualty. he was sick. he went home and spent two days with is family and his fiance. presumably, having been away for a while, he was affectionate with all of them. none of them contracted ebola. i really don't know what more needs to be said about transmittability than that case, but i am sure FOX will find something anyway.
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Post by Value Buy on Nov 20, 2014 7:18:40 GMT -5
I understand what everyone is saying about not easily transmittable. Please understand it only takes one idiot to do it. One uninformed person, who does not understand the process. Or....one unbalanced person with an agenda.
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Post by djAdvocate on Nov 20, 2014 10:06:36 GMT -5
I understand what everyone is saying about not easily transmittable. Please understand it only takes one idiot to do it. One uninformed person, who does not understand the process. Or....one unbalanced person with an agenda. that's not really true. for a person to be highly contagious, they would have to be highly sick. at that point, a person could barely walk, and would be vomiting everywhere. and sure, it is possible for one really sick idiot with an agenda to do that, but it is a helluvalot easier just to strap a bomb to yourself and go to an NFL playoff game.
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