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[NoelSeven]

On 8/5/2014 LipstickDiva said:

On 8/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

This is such good news and it could make a real difference in the world. It's a good thing these two were able to come home and be treated by such a fine hospital and team. The medical community is going to learn a lot from this experience and modes of treatment.

ITA. I am astounded at the people who think bringing them here for treatment was a bad idea and they should have been left.

I am, too. Such an absence of compassion, and wanting to refuse American citizens entry into this country is appalling. The men and women who stepped up to the plate to treat them are heroes in my estimation.

[scotttie]

These threads keep getting poofed because people have to argue about other people's POV's (even if they are incorrect). Instead of pointing fingers and making continuous comments about other people's motiviation, the threads might stay up if those were left out.

Just a thought.

[straykatz]

On 8/5/2014 LipstickDiva said:

On 8/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

This is such good news and it could make a real difference in the world. It's a good thing these two were able to come home and be treated by such a fine hospital and team. The medical community is going to learn a lot from this experience and modes of treatment.

ITA. I am astounded at the people who think bringing them here for treatment was a bad idea and they should have been left.

Fear causes people to think this way.

[kittymomNC]

They just brought Nancy in to Emory University Hospital, on a stretcher and encased in a hazmat suit. So apparently she may not be in as good shape as Dr. Brantley was, since he walked in.

[brii]

I think fear is a natural response at first to something like this. Imagine being a patient or a visitor down at Emory. Truthfully, I would be a little fearful myself.

But like I said before, I trust that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of this.

[Mama Mia]

On 8/5/2014 brii said:

I think fear is a natural response at first to something like this. Imagine being a patient or a visitor down at Emory. Truthfully, I would be a little fearful myself.

But like I said before, I trust that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of this.

We could go into any hospital that treats infectious diseases, and if it were not for the publicity here, we would not be aware of it.

mm

[NoelSeven]

On 8/5/2014 straykatz said:

On 8/5/2014 LipstickDiva said:

On 8/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

This is such good news and it could make a real difference in the world. It's a good thing these two were able to come home and be treated by such a fine hospital and team. The medical community is going to learn a lot from this experience and modes of treatment.

ITA. I am astounded at the people who think bringing them here for treatment was a bad idea and they should have been left.

Fear causes people to think this way.

I don't disagree with you, but I think it's more about a lack of knowledge. After all the discussions on this board about ebola, there are still some who don't understand that it's not contagious when people aren't actually sick with it. If they're walking around as usual, it's not contagious.

And others who think it will spread like wildfire in America, that millions will catch it. We're not eating fruit bats or hand washing the bodies of those who died from it, the two behaviors that usually cause someone to contract it in Africa. It hasn't even spread like that in Africa.

[brii]

On 8/5/2014 Mama Mia said:

On 8/5/2014 brii said:

I think fear is a natural response at first to something like this. Imagine being a patient or a visitor down at Emory. Truthfully, I would be a little fearful myself.

But like I said before, I trust that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of this.

We could go into any hospital that treats infectious diseases, and if it were not for the publicity here, we would not be aware of it.

mm

True.

But Ebola conjures up something much worse than what lurks in any hospital.

[kittymomNC]

The Emory University Hospital team that is handling this has been studying and practicing for years on how to deal with a situation like this. I don't have any worries about anything spreading from these two people because of the extreme precautions being taken. However, as a doctor just said, we've known for 40 years that this virus was in existence and is deadly, and not much has been done about it until now.

It's certainly not out of the realm of possibility that it could spread from Africa, but hopefully other countries have taken the precautions of learning how to handle it and it could be contained without becoming a pandemic.

[Mama Mia]

On 8/5/2014 brii said:

On 8/5/2014 Mama Mia said:

On 8/5/2014 brii said:

I think fear is a natural response at first to something like this. Imagine being a patient or a visitor down at Emory. Truthfully, I would be a little fearful myself.

But like I said before, I trust that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of this.

We could go into any hospital that treats infectious diseases, and if it were not for the publicity here, we would not be aware of it.

mm

True.

But Ebola conjures up something much worse than what lurks in any hospital.

You are right about that, just to hear the word Ebola is terrifying.

mm