NYC Doc Tests Positive for Ebola - Page 7

GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

On 10/23/2014 adelle38 said:
On 10/23/2014 GrettaGarbled said:
On 10/23/2014 minkbunny said:
On 10/23/2014 GrettaGarbled said: OMG. Bowling bowls and bowling shoes? Only if he threw up on them and you put them on. Or licked the bowling bowl. Good grief.

I am no alarmist but one can spread the disease through sweat.

I would think you would need much more intimate contact than with a bowling bowl or bowling shoes.

But isn't this disease called ebowla?

Autumn in NY · ‎09-22-2014

On 10/23/2014 imaclotheshog said:
If we can't trust DOCTORS to not get on the NYC subway and go to a bowling alley and a NURSE not to hop on a plane and run to a bridal shop and look at wedding dresses after they have been exposed to infectious fluids of dead Ebola patients who in the heck can we trust to be smart about risk and infecting others? Are these people stupid or just lacking in common sense? Why would these people not care about who they infect? Ewww. This is just not acceptable.

Really, I don't understand this at all. Shouldn't these medical professionals be smart enough to quarantine themselves long enough to determine if they are infected or not? Not run around on public transportation and potentially infect others. Just really dumb and careless.

When will this lack of common sense stop??

ITA!

Well he stayed in his apartment most of the time but he had a sudden urge to go bowling, take the subways and a cab, even though he admitted to feeling under the weather the whole time. Not very smart.

bluejeansluvr · ‎03-09-2010

I'm sure he didn't use the restroom at the bowling alley.

pitdakota · ‎03-16-2010

On 10/23/2014 minkbunny said:
On 10/23/2014 GrettaGarbled said: OMG. Bowling bowls and bowling shoes? Only if he threw up on them and you put them on. Or licked the bowling bowl. Good grief.

I am no alarmist but one can spread the disease through sweat.

Highly unlikely anyone at the bowling alley would have been exposed via sweat. For one thing the doctor wasn't symptomatic so the viral load in any sweat he theoretically may have had would not have been any concern.

Think of Mr. Duncan...he probably kissed his finance, had close contact with several people in a small apartment when he was symptomatic for several days. Not one individual in that apartment contracted ebola even though they probably had much more intimate contact with him.

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GrettaGarbled · ‎09-25-2014

On 10/23/2014 Dam Yankee said:
On 10/23/2014 Autumn in NY said:
The nurse with the low-grade fever had no symptoms so why did they contact everyone on the plane she sat next to?

Good question.

It's called an overabundance of caution.

focksie · ‎03-04-2012

Oh my. What happened? Did the other thread shut down? Everyone's coming over here with hysterics now.

Dam Yankee · ‎06-11-2010

On 10/23/2014 imaclotheshog said:
If we can't trust DOCTORS to not get on the NYC subway and go to a bowling alley and a NURSE not to hop on a plane and run to a bridal shop and look at wedding dresses after they have been exposed to infectious fluids of dead Ebola patients who in the heck can we trust to be smart about risk and infecting others? Are these people stupid or just lacking in common sense? Why would these people not care about who they infect? Ewww. This is just not acceptable.

Really, I don't understand this at all. Shouldn't these medical professionals be smart enough to quarantine themselves long enough to determine if they are infected or not? Not run around on public transportation and potentially infect others. Just really dumb and careless.

When will this lack of common sense stop??

Exactly. Every word of it.

Autumn in NY · ‎09-22-2014

On 10/23/2014 Dam Yankee said:
On 10/23/2014 Autumn in NY said:
The nurse with the low-grade fever had no symptoms so why did they contact everyone on the plane she sat next to?

Good question.

Why would they scrub down planes if she was showing no symptoms? Maybe some on these threads who think they have all the answers can explain.

bluejeansluvr · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/23/2014 Autumn in NY said:
On 10/23/2014 imaclotheshog said:
If we can't trust DOCTORS to not get on the NYC subway and go to a bowling alley and a NURSE not to hop on a plane and run to a bridal shop and look at wedding dresses after they have been exposed to infectious fluids of dead Ebola patients who in the heck can we trust to be smart about risk and infecting others? Are these people stupid or just lacking in common sense? Why would these people not care about who they infect? Ewww. This is just not acceptable.

Really, I don't understand this at all. Shouldn't these <em>medical professionals</em> be smart enough to quarantine themselves long enough to determine if they are infected or not? Not run around on public transportation and potentially infect others. Just really dumb and careless.

When will this lack of common sense stop??

ITA!

Well he stayed in his apartment most of the time but he had a sudden urge to go bowling, take the subways and a cab, even though he admitted to feeling under the weather the whole time. Not very smart.

Yes.....and this is a doctor that has been in Africa, treating Ebola patients and should know all about this disease. And he comes here and behaves this way? I am at a loss for words.....this is just lunacy.

Someone needs to put these people into quarantine if they are too stupid to do it themselves.

Just defies logic.....

Autumn in NY · ‎09-22-2014

On 10/23/2014 GrettaGarbled said:
On 10/23/2014 Dam Yankee said:
On 10/23/2014 Autumn in NY said:
The nurse with the low-grade fever had no symptoms so why did they contact everyone on the plane she sat next to?

Good question.

It's called an overabundance of caution.

So is scrubbing down a bowling ball.