And so it begins exactly as I predicted: He went to the emergency room with flu like symptoms and they ... wait for it .... SENT HIM HOME <http://www.nbcdfw.com/video/#!/news/local/Dallas-Hospital-Patient-Fighting-Ebola-Virus/277694491> .
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 6:08 PM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry but since none of the usual "policy experts" want to touch this with > a ten-foot poll, it is shaping up to have some features in common with > other civilization-impacting failures of "policy experts" with which this > list is all-too familiar: > > Early symptoms of Ebola are "flu-like" and it is contagious during these > "flu-like" symptoms. Now ... consider the fact that flu season is upon us. > But you know what's _really_ frightening about this? Not one of the goddamn > idiot "authorities" has even mentioned, let alone assessed, this > confounding situation's impact on public health containment measures. > > Now THAT'S frightening! > > Read the CDC's guidelines on monitoring and movement of persons with > "exposure" > <http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/monitoring-and-movement-of-persons-with-exposure.html>and > tell me their guidelines work for a country in the throes of massive > incidence of "flu-like symptoms". >
