Finally! http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-symptoms-prompt-hospitals-to-brace-for-patients-amid-flu-season/
Hospitals brace for patients with Ebola worries "People hear about flu symptoms, they're not paying attention, they haven't been near anybody with Ebola or in an Ebola country, they haven't had fluid contact, they're just nervous, so they show up," said Dr. Arthur Caplan, a medical ethics expert at New York University Langone Medical Center. "It means more stressed-out workers," he said. "It means more contagiousness of the flu -- sitting together in a hospital." On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:07 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> ... It is not possible to tell at an early stage without extensive >>>> testing >>>> >>>> >>> And: >>> >>> 1) They are shedding virus during this stage >>> 2) There has been no mention of flu season in CDC documents about Ebola >>> >> >> Of course they are concerned about the similarity! They have discussed >> this in the news. They recommended everyone get a vaccination, as I just >> said. >> > > Good. URL? I've been searching on Google news for weeks to no avail. > > >> >> >>> 3) Let alone a model put forth of the impact of this on containment. >>> >> >> Do you think the public would understand the model? Do you expect them to >> work a miracle by coming up with a magic method of instantly determining it >> is ebola? >> > > I expect them to modify their containment economics model not for the > public but for funding agencies and other mobilizations. >
