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[Moonlady]

On 8/5/2014 kittymomNC said:

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.

True. And an American has already died of Ebola, which he contracted while visiting relatives in Liberia. He was quarantined there, but died anyway.

I do believe the U.S. is more equipped to deal with the palliative care and the isolation required. At least I hope so, since the CDC intends to send 50 "experts" to West African countries to help with the outbreak. And I'm sure they intend to return here.

[Mama Mia]

On 8/5/2014 Moonlady said:

On 8/5/2014 kittymomNC said:

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.

True. And an American has already died of Ebola, which he contracted while visiting relatives in Liberia. He was quarantined there, but died anyway.

I do believe the U.S. is more equipped to deal with the palliative care and the isolation required. At least I hope so, since the CDC intends to send 50 "experts" to West African countries to help with the outbreak. And I'm sure they intend to return here.

I don't think 50 is enough, and yet we can't send every one we have.

mm

[emmysmom]

I am sure these two patients are overjoyed to be home! I'm happy they both seem to be responding, Thank God!!

I wonder why anyone would eat fruit bats????

[terrier3]

It's in our national interest to help in Africa and learn all we can about this disease and how to eradicate it.

We have many US citizens working and living in Africa. American companies too. They travel back & forth, so if Africans are healthy, our travelers will remain healthy too.

The summit in DC going on this week was designed to reflect the economic interests and how to expand them.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/5/2014 Mama Mia said:

On 8/5/2014 Moonlady said:

On 8/5/2014 kittymomNC said:

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.

True. And an American has already died of Ebola, which he contracted while visiting relatives in Liberia. He was quarantined there, but died anyway.

I do believe the U.S. is more equipped to deal with the palliative care and the isolation required. At least I hope so, since the CDC intends to send 50 "experts" to West African countries to help with the outbreak. And I'm sure they intend to return here.

I don't think 50 is enough, and yet we can't send every one we have.

mm

Hi MM

The Georgia staff is going to learn so much from these two, like what helped and what didn't, how the virus works and more. And they'll have blood and tissue samples to study and work with in the future.

It's inevitable that someone will come to the US with it, and we need to be prepared. That serum is already a blessing, now if we can find out how it works on the body and the virus, that will be major.

[Moonlady]

On 8/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 8/5/2014 Mama Mia said:

On 8/5/2014 Moonlady said:

On 8/5/2014 kittymomNC said:

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.

True. And an American has already died of Ebola, which he contracted while visiting relatives in Liberia. He was quarantined there, but died anyway.

I do believe the U.S. is more equipped to deal with the palliative care and the isolation required. At least I hope so, since the CDC intends to send 50 "experts" to West African countries to help with the outbreak. And I'm sure they intend to return here.

I don't think 50 is enough, and yet we can't send every one we have.

mm

Hi MM

The Georgia staff is going to learn so much from these two, like what helped and what didn't, how the virus works and more. And they'll have blood and tissue samples to study and work with in the future.

It's inevitable that someone will come to the US with it, and we need to be prepared. That serum is already a blessing, now if we can find out how it works on the body and the virus, that will be major.

....and if it worked. Doctors on the expected talking head circuit have already said that the two missionaries may not have been at a critical point in the disease.

[kittymomNC]

On 8/5/2014 Moonlady said:

On 8/5/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 8/5/2014 Mama Mia said:

On 8/5/2014 Moonlady said:

On 8/5/2014 kittymomNC said:

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.

True. And an American has already died of Ebola, which he contracted while visiting relatives in Liberia. He was quarantined there, but died anyway.

I do believe the U.S. is more equipped to deal with the palliative care and the isolation required. At least I hope so, since the CDC intends to send 50 "experts" to West African countries to help with the outbreak. And I'm sure they intend to return here.

I don't think 50 is enough, and yet we can't send every one we have.

mm

Hi MM

The Georgia staff is going to learn so much from these two, like what helped and what didn't, how the virus works and more. And they'll have blood and tissue samples to study and work with in the future.

It's inevitable that someone will come to the US with it, and we need to be prepared. That serum is already a blessing, now if we can find out how it works on the body and the virus, that will be major.

....and if it worked. Doctors on the expected talking head circuit have already said that the two missionaries may not have been at a critical point in the disease.

But if it worked because they were not at a critical point, meaning it was probably too late, that would still mean that so many people could be helped that were starting to get sick, if they were caught in time.

[AngusandBuddhasMom]

I can understand fear but the CDC has strains of infectious diseases here already otherwise they would not be able to figure things out right? So no need to panic.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/5/2014 Caravaggio said: I can understand fear but the CDC has strains of infectious diseases here already otherwise they would not be able to figure things out right? So no need to panic.

Right, Caravaggio.

[Elstongunn]

Ebola was going to come to the US eventually; it's best that it arrived in a very controlled way rather than uncontrolled. We are going to have to deal with it sooner than later, and this is the best way to study it and see how it reacts to this new serum over the long run.

While Ebola is a very serious virus, there have been a lot of myths generated about it over the decades that people have latched on to. Forget the Hollywood movies and fiction books and focus on what real experts actually know about this virus, how it works, how it actually spreads.

Fear is based on lack of knowledge. Knowledge is not going to be found on a BB. People need to research reliable sites that have done extensive studies on this and other hemorrhagic fever viruses. WHO (World Health Organization), CDC, NIH (National Institutes of Health), WebMD are good sites to learn more.