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AP said:By NOMAAN MERCHANT
DALLAS (AP) -- The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according to a hospital spokesman.
Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he was admitted Sept. 28 and had been kept in isolation, according to spokesman Wendell Watson.
"Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease," Watson said in a statement.
Duncan carried the deadly virus with him from his home in Liberia, though he showed no symptoms when he left for the United States. He arrived in Dallas Sept. 20 and fell ill several days later. His condition was downgraded during the weekend from serious to critical.
Others in Dallas still are being monitored as health officials try to contain the virus that has ravaged West Africa, with more than 3,400 people reported dead. They also are trying to tamp down anxiety among residents frightened of contracting Ebola, though the disease can be spread only through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an already sick person.
Health officials have identified 10 people, including seven health workers, who had direct contact with Duncan while he was contagious. Another 38 people also may have come into contact with him. The four people living in the northeast Dallas apartment where Duncan stayed have been isolated in a private residence.
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Not a good sign. So far though at least no others are showing signs of sickness.
Not all unexpected. I heard yesterday he was downgraded to critical. What I'm more interested in at this point is just how many people will actually come down with Ebola from the 52 people that had some form of contact with him. That will ultimately decide just how big an issue Ebola will become.
The one bright spot is that since these other people are being so closely monitored - as soon as they start feeling ill they will get treatment, which will increase their chances of survival.
The one bright spot is that since these other people are being so closely monitored - as soon as they start feeling ill they will get treatment, which will increase their chances of survival.
Second thing to watch to be sure. A lot of how deadly Ebola is, has more to deal with conditions in which the disease comes up (not just talking about poor living conditions, but also a superstitious society) than the disease itself.
If I read correctly, a single large outbreak of Ebola some years ago was in Uganda was caused after the Funeral of two tribal chiefs because of the way they all touch the bodies.
What still is ****ing amazing to me, is that the US is taking the temperature of people from these Ebola outbreak countries traveling to the US and we think taking their temperature provides some protection when, in the case of this guy, he would have passed straight through as he only started feeling sick days after traveling here.
If I read correctly, a single large outbreak of Ebola some years ago was in Uganda was caused after the Funeral of two tribal chiefs because of the way they all touch the bodies.
What still is ****ing amazing to me, is that the US is taking the temperature of people from these Ebola outbreak countries traveling to the US and we think taking their temperature provides some protection when, in the case of this guy, he would have passed straight through as he only started feeling sick days after traveling here.
Yep, 21 day incubation period.
But hey, we'll fly them in by the plane load.
It's not just tribal chiefs. There was a story I put up a few days back from the AP, detailing an account where police had to use tear gas to break up a mob of people trying to raid the morgue for the dead bodies of their relatives.
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Not a good sign. So far though at least no others are showing signs of sickness.
What still is ****ing amazing to me, is that the US is taking the temperature of people from these Ebola outbreak countries traveling to the US and we think taking their temperature provides some protection when, in the case of this guy, he would have passed straight through as he only started feeling sick days after traveling here.
On this day in 2012, 91 people died in traffic accidents.
And that is related to Ebola how, exactly?
And that is related to Ebola how, exactly?
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Not a good sign. So far though at least no others are showing signs of sickness.
Hell, 30k+ died in car accidents last year but it didn't create a "War on Car Terrorism". Besides, there's a limit to gun and vehicle deaths, not so little potential with infectious diseases.
The thing with Ebola is that, it's not contagious when you don't have symptoms. So you can fly, kiss, have sex with a person who has it, and as long as their not symptomatic, you're fine. Best thing about Ebola is that when you are sick, you are VERY SICK. That means, you aren't leaving your house to get on an airplane and fly across the globe.
Also, you could kiss someone with Ebola and still not catch it. Remember, it's bodily secretions... not merely bodily fluids.
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