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Justin Worland @justinworland
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[h2]The patient had recently traveled to Nigeria[/h2]
A patient with Ebola-like symptoms who recently traveled to Nigeria has been admitted to Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C., according to a Howard spokesperson, but the person has not yet been confirmed to be infected with the disease.
“In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate infection control protocols, including isolating the patient,” said Howard spokesperson Kerry-Ann Hamilton in a statement.
Hamilton declined to identify the patient, citing privacy concerns. The hospital is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials, she said.
This week marks a dramatic escalation in the spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa. If confirmed, the D.C. patient would be the second person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Earlier this week, a Liberian man was diagnosed with the disease and is currently being treated at a hospital in Dallas.
http://time.com/3461573/ebola-washington-dc/
12:19 PM ET
[h2]The patient had recently traveled to Nigeria[/h2]
A patient with Ebola-like symptoms who recently traveled to Nigeria has been admitted to Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C., according to a Howard spokesperson, but the person has not yet been confirmed to be infected with the disease.
“In an abundance of caution, we have activated the appropriate infection control protocols, including isolating the patient,” said Howard spokesperson Kerry-Ann Hamilton in a statement.
Hamilton declined to identify the patient, citing privacy concerns. The hospital is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials, she said.
This week marks a dramatic escalation in the spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak, which has killed more than 3,000 people in West Africa. If confirmed, the D.C. patient would be the second person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Earlier this week, a Liberian man was diagnosed with the disease and is currently being treated at a hospital in Dallas.
http://time.com/3461573/ebola-washington-dc/
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Ebola is big in the news, naturally every person who is sick who came from West Africa recently is going to believe they have ebola.
Hopefully it isnt, and hopefully they contain it and do something about air travel.
Ebola is big in the news, naturally every person who is sick who came from West Africa recently is going to believe they have ebola.
Hopefully it isnt, and hopefully they contain it and do something about air travel.
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How are some of you Texans doing?
Ya'll freaking out? especially those of you guys in Dallas?
Ya'll freaking out? especially those of you guys in Dallas?
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this is the most interesting aspect to me...hopefully they can be more successful this way
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I don't even understand how people this dense function in our society.
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Given your reading comprehension skills, it's evident that there are a lot of things you don't understand.
It's too bad your parent and first grade teacher failed you.
It's too bad your parent and first grade teacher failed you.
http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-fight-against-ebola
An interesting look into why this is spreading so rapidly in West Africa.
An interesting look into why this is spreading so rapidly in West Africa.
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Your cat pissed in your Wheaties bruhh? You've honestly been negative towards other people in your comments this entire thread. You're the same person who said it won't happen here and the CDC will prevent it. Look what happened...
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fontaine
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chillin, mayne...
aside from people cracking some wack *** jokes... all is straight on my end.
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No, an outbreak won't happen here because the CDC has strict quarantine protocols. One guy having it, and the CDC quarantining everyone that person came into contact with, does not constitute an outbreak. Like I said earlier, travelers with other hemorrhagic viruses (like Lassa, which kills more people annually than Ebola has killed in 40 years) are treated in this country from time to time, and the CDC steps in and quarantines it. This is no different. We just never hear about those cases because it's not glamorous like Ebola.
im in Houston we chilling keeping
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White lady checking me out at the grocery store today gave me my change back like she was Korean. Smh.
RustyShackleford
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Stay safe brah.
If da YambGod get caught up, some of the dudes in TAY gonna be in shambles
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I work in a hospital and people keep bringing it up sounding mad worried about it but I'm chillin.
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It's disheartening seeing this outbreak unfold. Since it's first discovery in 1976, there have been several epidemic outbreaks but not at this level which has spread throughout east and central Africa. Three core interventions have stopped every previous outbreak and can stop this one as well: exhaustive case and contact finding, effective response to patients and the community, and preventive intervention. However, identifying infected persons quickly requires accessible diagnostic and treatment facilities. In this current outbreak, the number of patients has far exceeded local capacity, which has resulted in a vicious cycle in which more cases lead to overloading of facilities which leads to more cases. Laboratory testing in real-time polymerase chain reaction is sensitive and specific and can return results within hours. These are straightforward interventions, but if a single case is missed, a single contact becomes ill and isn't isolated, or a single lapse in infection control or funeral practice safety occurs, another chain of transmission can start.
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Guess all you Texans just straight up chill. 
Must be the lean...
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i'm ok with putting ebola patients here in the us on a ship and throwing them overboard into the middle of the pacific ocean
bravelude
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tthat is not nice
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Is it just me, or does anyone think Texas kind of dropped the ball? If they couldn't find a company to decon the apartment why didn't they deploy a cerfp? Why didn't it take a week to decon?
I can't even hold Texas 100% accountable, why didn't the Fed step in when Texas couldn't find a team to decon? You have state and fed teams that drill for things like this.
I can't even hold Texas 100% accountable, why didn't the Fed step in when Texas couldn't find a team to decon? You have state and fed teams that drill for things like this.
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My coworkers started freaking out when they heard bout the DC case.
Now they starting to think it has something to do with the whole healthcare system, that the government is spreading the disease on purpose for some reason
Now they starting to think it has something to do with the whole healthcare system, that the government is spreading the disease on purpose for some reason
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My coworkers started freaking out when they heard bout the DC case.
Now they starting to think it has something to do with the whole healthcare system, that the government is spreading the disease on purpose for some reason
Anything possible bruh, TRUST NO ONE!!!!!!!!!
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If they produce a vaccine, I am not taking it, that's all I know. The way I see it is, if everybody else is vaccinated, then I will never catch it regardless ...
But in all seriousness, I don't believe that these diseases/illnesses are man made ... But I do think that at times, they hype the scare, in order to make a vaccine that will be in high demand. I also think they put something more deadly in the vaccine, then the illness itself, but that is just the conspiracist in me ...
But in all seriousness, I don't believe that these diseases/illnesses are man made ... But I do think that at times, they hype the scare, in order to make a vaccine that will be in high demand. I also think they put something more deadly in the vaccine, then the illness itself, but that is just the conspiracist in me ...
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This. I really dont think this is gonna be a major issue in the states. I Pray this all gets resolved in Africa though.
im in Houston we chilling keepingbut we good
