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[soxfan]

On 10/16/2014 kdgn said:

On 10/16/2014 terrier3 said:

On 10/16/2014 kdgn said:

I personally think it's an over-abundance of caution but I don't have a problem with the precautionary steps being taken. Although it may have been more helpful if they knew the staff member had been on the same plane first. If it wasn't the same plane then why the upset.

It was the same plane...but a DIFFERENT flight.

The staffer & the nurse were not in the same plane at the same time.

I understand that Terrier, that's why I said the same plane rather than the same flight.

From your OP:

local middle-school staff member may have been on the same plane

And the plane in question made five additional flights after Ms. Vinson's flight and has been taken out of commission for a thorough cleaning.

Terrier, you have been very cavalier about this Ebola situation. Maybe you could volunteer to help care for these Ebola patients. I'm sure they could use a hug.

[Preds]

On 10/16/2014 focksie said:

On 10/16/2014 chrystaltree said:

On 10/16/2014 focksie said:

I heard that it was 5 schools. As already said if it were your child attending those schools wouldn't you want them closed and cleaned? What is the alternative to "going overboard"? Possibly getting sick with ebola?

I also just heard on ABC news two additional issues. A bridal shop that Nurse Vinson visited while in Cleveland has closed.

A Yale University doctoral student returned home after a research trip to Liberia. He was not in contact with any ebola patients. He didn't feel well and has a low-grade fever. He is now in isolation as "an abundance of caution" while awaiting test results to be ready in 24 hours. Don't you think it's better to be careful?

A person presenting with a fever who spent time in an infected area is far, far cry from a bridal shop that the nurse supposedly visited. The two aren't even comparable.

Not if she was trying on dresses and then was diagnosed shortly thereafter.

And she already had a low grade fever. Trying on dresses will cause a lot of sweating ... body and hands ... that's normal.

[Jig Saw]

Soxfan

[nun ya]

On 10/16/2014 KittyLouWhoToo said:

I certainly wouldn't send my child to school just to make a point that I think people are being ""overly cautious"".

I agree.

[straykatz]

On 10/16/2014 Bird mama said:

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

[brii]

Terrior wants to quarantine Dallas though. That doesn't even make sense anymore since there are several states involved now

[Jig Saw]

On 10/16/2014 brii said: Terrior wants to quarantine Dallas though. That doesn't even make sense anymore since there are several states involved now

Why close the barn door now that the horses have escaped? Too little too late.

[Mama Mia]

If my children went there, they'd be out in a hot second. So everyone is full of panic, and it is going to be worse. I blame Thomas Eric Duncan for coming here, and then the hospital is more at fault for not treating properly.

Is this going to be a mankind plague?

mm

[focksie]

Breaking News: The Preliminary test on the Yale student is negative. They will do a second test. What a relief. But again, better to be cautious.

[brii]

I'm glad about the Yale student. Phew!!