NYC Doc Tests Positive for Ebola - Page 2

Shorty2U · ‎03-09-2010

I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

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QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

On 10/23/2014 Shorty2U said:
I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

Apparently not.

~kaIypso~ · ‎07-24-2011

On 10/23/2014 Shorty2U said:
I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

Common sense and personal responsibility were thrown out the window with the bath water.

focksie · ‎03-04-2012

On 10/23/2014 Shorty2U said:
I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

I could have sworn I heard (but don't quote me on it!) on our local news either yesterday or today of a ""new protocol"" for anyone flying in from affected West African countries -- that they would be required to be quarantined for the 21 day period after arrival here. It sounded extreme to me but is a very good idea. I'm sure this won't be the last we see of this type of situation.

ROMARY · ‎04-28-2010

'From now on', they probably should be quarantined over there first, for sure. That would be the common sense thing to do. Can't someone over there step up and make that suggestion?

'More or less', 'Right or wrong', 'In general', and 'Just thinking out loud ' (as usual).

focksie · ‎03-04-2012

Again on the news earlier, at the apartment building where he lives in Harlem they showed officials handing out ebola pamphlets to all his neighbors in the building who were standing out in the street. Can you just imagine how they must be feeling? They all looked scared and bewildered, especially one elderly woman who didn't seem to even understand what was going on.

puglet1 · ‎03-31-2011

Focksie, I live in lower Manhattan not far from Bellevue. I was at NYU Medical Center a couple of days ago, which is just a few blocks from Bellevue. Yikes. A little too close to home. ${#emotions_dlg.sad}$

sophiamarie · ‎08-08-2013

On 10/23/2014 docsgirl said:
Any New Yorkers who can answer a question for me? I was born and raised in New York and lived most of my life there or on Long Island. If I recall correctly, Bellevue was a mental hospital and was closed many years ago. I also recall part of Bellevue being in Queens which is where I lived. Am I correct in this? I would appreciate any information that anyone can provide. Thank you in advance. I hope the doctor will make a full recovery. docsgirl

When I lived in NYC I had a neighbor who was a patient in Kings County Hospital. I think it was in Brooklyn. He had mental issues and his family visited him on the weekends. I also remember Bellevue was associated with mental illness but today, I think it's also a hospital with a psychiatric wing..... I might be wrong.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/23/2014 Shorty2U said:
I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

I disagree with this. If they get sick over there, then what? There is no room in the hospitals to take care of the locals. People are being turned away. The Newshour had a report Monday night...they followed a ambulance driver around Monrovia all day as he got calls to pick up patients Hospitals are overcrowded and very sick people turned away . He had to bring them home to die Is that what we want for our own doctors who are HEROES for going over there? If we say they cannot come home, it will make it harder to get volunteers to go there. And we NE ED THOSE volunteers to fight the disease over there. If they are a US citizen they should be able to come home, ESPECIALLY if they are volunteering with ngos over there. I would be in favor of quarantine at home for 21 days here.

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NoelSeven · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/23/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:
On 10/23/2014 Shorty2U said:
I do not understand why these people who were around Ebola patients aren't made to stay over there in quarantine for the 21 days to see if they get sick BEFORE coming back to the USA. Doesn't anyone have common sense anymore?

I disagree with this. If they get sick over there, then what? There is no room in the hospitals to take care of the locals. People are being turned away. The Newshour had a report Monday night...they followed a ambulance driver around Monrovia all day as he got calls to pick up patients Hospitals are overcrowded and very sick people turned away . He had to bring them home to die Is that what we want for our own doctors who are HEROES for going over there? If we say they cannot come home, it will make it harder to get volunteers to go there. And we NE ED THOSE volunteers to fight the disease over there. If they are a US citizen they should be able to come home, ESPECIALLY if they are volunteering with ngos over there. I would be in favor of quarantine at home for 21 days here.

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