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[straykatz]

Most of the news about ebola has died off since the return of the doctor and assistant who have fully recovered...but it's still in my local news

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/09/29/north-texas-hospital-evaluating-patient-for-potential-ebola-expo...

Is it just a matter of time before someone travelling abroad brings it to the US?

[Free2be]

Even if that happens, or has happened, they'll be on it so fast that it will be contained unlike on the African continent where it went on too long without outside help.

[straykatz]

Free.....I agree in part...I don't think we would have an epidemic like what we see in Africa because of our medical services and ability to contain infectious diseases.....however....look at how the enterovirus has spread across this country...it started with just a couple of states and now 90% of the states are reporting cases of it.....stuff spreads like wildfire especially in schools...I'm not an alarmist...just being a realist....most hospitals have limited isolation units....there are also too many people in this country who still have no insurance so the possiblity of people not seeking treatment is high.

[foundinlv]

The nurses union went on strike on the Las Vegas Strip recently and apparently have little confidence in their ability to fight ebola.

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/

http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/news/entry/nurses-pretend-to-die-during-ebola-protest-in-las-veg...

The so-called "die-in" demonstrators, organized by nurses in Vegas for the Planet Nurse convention, said they don't believe U.S. hospitals could handle an Ebola outbreak.

[brii]

There are only a handful of hospitals in the US equipped to deal with Ebola. Yes, we could have an outbreak here and it could be devastating.

It was only a matter of time.

[wagnerdancer]

Also, who knows where this potential Ebola patient has been since he's arrived back from Africa. This is very bad.

[QueenDanceALot]

I don't think we can afford to be blase about it.

[hyacinth003]

As long as it is allowed to come in to the country, we are at RISK.

Anyone who thinks they can outsmart a virus is wrong.

Putting American troops in proximity to the area means they come back possibly exposed.

The best way to fight it is to keep it CONFINED to where it is.

Hyacinth

[NoelSeven]

On 9/30/2014 straykatz said:

Most of the news about ebola has died off since the return of the doctor and assistant who have fully recovered...but it's still in my local news

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/09/29/north-texas-hospital-evaluating-patient-for-potential-ebola-expo...

Is it just a matter of time before someone travelling abroad brings it to the US?

That's what this patient did, apparently. She'd been in West Africa and brought it back.

I hope medical personnel got enough new information to advance in treatments. I hope she'll be OK.

[Sushismom]

I'm more likely to be killed in a car accident than by ebola. Yet, I don't expect cars to be banned because of this risk. I'm also more likely to die from flu since it's easily spread from person to person, unlike ebola.

Yes, there's a risk. There's risk in almost everything. A few factors in the cause of spread of ebola in Africa are the burial practices, lack of healthcare facilities, and distrust of healthcare workers. I refuse to work myself into a frenzy over this.