2014 Global Ebola Outbreak

[Duke]

I'm sorry, but this aid worker chose to go there, and one person versus risking bringing Ebola to the United States where it has never been before?

That's not even a question. And the answer is No.

I TOTALLY second the notion. Why the hell would you bring someone who has a deadly disease to the United States & risk the possibility of a potential outbreak???!!! While I do have sympathy for this aid worker, I'd not risk further contamination by bringing someone infected to the US.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

There's really no justifying this decision. I'm trying to come up with even the most minute way this was a positive move and I can't. I'm so confused by this.

 

[Duke]

There's really no justifying this decision. I'm trying to come up with even the most minute way this was a positive move and I can't. I'm so confused by this.

In my honest opinion, there's nothing to be confused about. It's just simple logic in my view, you don't endanger more people or even the United States by bringing a patient with a very dangerous disease here & risk an outbreak.

 

[The Original Bamfer]

In my honest opinion, there's nothing to be confused about. It's just simple logic in my view, you don't endanger more people or even the United States by bringing a patient with a very dangerous disease here & risk an outbreak.

Right, that's clear. What isn't, though, is why they thought bringing the patient "home" was a good idea.

 

[Duke]

Right, that's clear. What isn't, though, is why they thought bringing the patient "home" was a good idea.

I suppose being sympathetic & closeness of family, but in this case, the cons far outweigh the pros.

 

[terry78]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkr...ican-ebola-patients-coming-to-emory-hospital/


Damage control or are they correct?

 

[Paradoxium]

Or the aid worker has some really powerful and rich relatives who is willing to pay people off for this.

Most likely this.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, that does make sense. One of us got Ebola they're all, "we did everything we could."

 

[Farren]

Bringing a patient to the US in quarantine isn't that big of a deal. I'd be more concerned about the commercial air traffic still going in and out of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

 

[DeadPresident]

The funniest part of peoples' reaction to letting this person back into the U.S is if the roles were reversed they'd be hoping to be let back in too.

 

[KevanG]

Send them to Gaum! That's part of the USA right?

 

[The Apocalypse]

The funniest part of peoples' reaction to letting this person back into the U.S is if the roles were reversed they'd be hoping to be let back in too.

Nah, but I'd expect my home country to send the proper aid to me. That's what we should be doing to be honest.

 

[Marvolo]

The funniest part of peoples' reaction to letting this person back into the U.S is if the roles were reversed they'd be hoping to be let back in too.

Nah, besides the innocent nonconsenting Americans I could potentially endanger, I have family here that I'm not going to expose to the virus. I don't care about the precautions. Nothing is 100% foolproof. If they wanted to move me to a CDC facility off the coast with a crew that signed up to be around me and treat me then yeah that I would do but the only way they'd get me into the States is if they knocked me out and dragged me back here.

Not that I blame the patients. The aid workers and doctors over their are doing honorable work. They probably didn't ask to be brought back. This was the CDC's decision.

 

[chesslover]

Everybody wants to ruin the world

 

[Immortalfire]

Soon, life will imitate art in my fair state.

 

[Marvolo]

On the bright side after Atlanta is a deserted post apocalyptic wasteland...no admission for the Coca-Cola museum and the Aquarium.

 

[Pink Ranger]

On the bright side after Atlanta is a deserted post apocalyptic wasteland...no admission for the Coca-Cola museum and the Aquarium.

Well, now you've got me sad thinking about what happened to all the abandoned aquarium animals in the Walking Dead universe.

 

[Immortalfire]

Zombie beluga whales

 

[Anita18]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/04/health/experimental-ebola-serum/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Just as I suspected then - they had been undergoing an experimental treatment and that's why they were brought back.

Since it seemed to have worked on both of them, hopefully this hastens the clinical trial process.

 

[Apollo]

^ I had a feeling they were bringing them back for a reason like that. That facility must have had something the facility overseas did not have. And what do you know! Good thing they are recovering!

 

[Teelie]

A more technical explanation can be read here.

 

[Anita18]

^ I had a feeling they were bringing them back for a reason like that. That facility must have had something the facility overseas did not have. And what do you know! Good thing they are recovering!

Or that Emory or the CDC would have easy access to them if they wanted to do more tests post-treatment.

 

[DeadPresident]

Nah, but I'd expect my home country to send the proper aid to me. That's what we should be doing to be honest.

Nah, besides the innocent nonconsenting Americans I could potentially endanger, I have family here that I'm not going to expose to the virus. I don't care about the precautions. Nothing is 100% foolproof. If they wanted to move me to a CDC facility off the coast with a crew that signed up to be around me and treat me then yeah that I would do but the only way they'd get me into the States is if they knocked me out and dragged me back here.

Not that I blame the patients. The aid workers and doctors over their are doing honorable work. They probably didn't ask to be brought back. This was the CDC's decision.

Sorry guys, while I agree with both of you logically this line of thought only holds up when we're discussing it on Internet forum as opposed alternating between ****ting ourselves and puking up blood.

If you've got a potentially lethal disease and you're unsure of whether or not the medical professionals you're near can control your symptoms I can guarantee everyone from Ghandi to Dahmer would be begging to return to US healthcare.

 

[Anita18]

A more technical explanation can be read here.

Cool thanks.

I used to do that kind of thing for a living, the processes they used are rather standard.

 

[Apollo]

Now people are going to say "why didn't they just ship the treatment overseas!?"
probably because the treatment require dozens of specialized machinery that they can not just simply pick up and ship into an Amazon cardboard box. Not to mention the doctors that specialize in the new treatment who can't just leave their jobs to fly to Africa.