Ebola, news and discussion

[The_Lady_Snow]

The epidemic we should all be worried about that is spreading like wild fire is the XENOPHOBIA and FEAR that this is causing in our spaces... I cringe when I hear or read things like

"foreigners"

"woman locked in plane lavatory"

"Those Africans"

"Those People"

"Keep them out"

"Africans should be banned from entry"

"Close our Borders"

It's troubling, sad and not helpful to what is really going on with the Ebola contamination....

[feminality]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

The epidemic we should all be worried about that is spreading like wild fire is the XENOPHOBIA and FEAR that this is causing in our spaces... I cringe when I hear or read things like

"foreigners"

"woman locked in plane lavatory"

"Those Africans"

"Those People"

"Keep them out"

"Africans should be banned from entry"

"Close our Borders"

It's troubling, sad and not helpful to what is really going on with the Ebola contamination....

Thank You Lady S ... for saying out loud what I have been thinking and wanting to say but was afraid ... Thank you.

[cricket26]

i guess i fell into false sense of security being here in dallas and the fact that the governor did not make a declaration of emergency in which "the county judge or mayor of a municipality may control ingress to and egress from a disaster area under the jurisdiction and authority of the county judge or mayor and control the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises in that area.” that did not happen...


now a woman who got on dallas public transportation (DART) was greeted with men in hazmat suits...
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...AZMAT-On-Scene apparently several people threw up on the dart rail today...

i am wondering if is just the normal seasonal flu going around, or people are so stressed out about ebola that they cant even leave their homes with out throwing up....this woman spit on the train platform and was taken away....

please people dont panic...

[Martina]

Originally Posted by cricket26

apparently several people threw up on the dart rail today...

i am wondering if is just the normal seasonal flu going around, or people are so stressed out about ebola that they cant even leave their homes with out throwing up....this woman spit on the train platform and was taken away....

.

Don't you think on any given day several people throw up while on public transportation? Are people really getting "taken away?"

[cricket26]

Originally Posted by Martina

Don't you think on any given day several people throw up while on public transportation? Are people really getting "taken away?"

"She will be taken to a local hospital for additional medical evaluation or treatment as needed,” “Once she has been transported the station will be cleaned and put back in service."


yes people are being taken away...the lab tech worker on the carnival cruise is "asymtomatic" for ebola but she has been taken away for observation

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by cricket26

"She will be taken to a local hospital for additional medical evaluation or treatment as needed,” “Once she has been transported the station will be cleaned and put back in service."


yes people are being taken away...the lab tech worker on the carnival cruise is "asymtomatic" for ebola but she has been taken away for observation

The news reports I am hearing about the lab worker from the cruise was on arrival, she and her husband were checked by CDC people, then drove themselves home. The blood tests for ebola were negative, and today would have been the 21st day from possible exposure.

Vicky Rey, vice president of guest care for Carnival Cruise Lines, said the woman and her husband drove themselves home after arriving in Galveston early Sunday, but offered no further details.Source

As for the people who are puking at train, bus, and air terminals.....it is flu season. And, as far as I know, every business has a protocol for the cleaning up of unexpected customer deposits.

Businesses may be a little more diligent about it now which is actually a good thing. Actions speak louder than words. People want to SEE what is being done, not HEAR they shouldnt be worried or whatever. It is also survival strategy for businesses - frightened customers go elsewhere.

I think it is also important to remember that first responders have a job to do. EMT's, assess, treat as needed, and transport. It is not their job to diagnose. And risk management stuff almost mandates if they show up, you are getting a free ride to the nearest ER, and that has nothing to do with ebola per se.

We should all be prepared when seeking health care now or when we are exhibiting symptoms of illess to be asked if we have traveled recently or been around someone who has traveled recently. Yes or no are the appropriate responses. Refrain from adding in humor or innuendo or smartass responses - providers will err on the side of caution and you might not like what that means.

Common sense, level heads.

[cricket26]

Originally Posted by cricket26

yes people are being taken away...the lab tech worker on the carnival cruise is "asymtomatic" for ebola but she has been taken away for observation

update: the lab tech and her travel partner were allowed to leave the cruise ship with no restrictions This morning, the Galveston County Health Authority has made the assessment that there is no evidence of a public health threat to cruise passengers or to Galveston County. The passenger and her travel partner have been allowed to disembark without restrictions. The public health assessment is based on the fact the person was confirmed to have
remained asymptomatic and reassurance provided by Department of State Health Services lab testing.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Emory Healthcare has put up a website with their Ebola Preparedness guidelines. http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/ebola...c-message.html

As you all probably recall, Emory is one of the four U.S. hospitals with a special isolation unit. They have treated four patients with ebola so far.

[EnchantedNightDweller]

Originally Posted by The_Lady_Snow

The epidemic we should all be worried about that is spreading like wild fire is the XENOPHOBIA and FEAR that this is causing in our spaces... I cringe when I hear or read things like

"foreigners"

"woman locked in plane lavatory"

"Those Africans"

"Those People"

"Keep them out"

"Africans should be banned from entry"

"Close our Borders"

It's troubling, sad and not helpful to what is really going on with the Ebola contamination....

I was thinking about this very thing today. I was remembering how people with AIDS were treated during the initial outbreak. It is terrible but it is fear causes people to act this way. Until we know more about the virus, I'm afraid this is how it will be.

[The_Lady_Snow]

Originally Posted by EnchantedNightDweller

I was thinking about this very thing today. I was remembering how people with AIDS were treated during the initial outbreak. It is terrible but it is fear causes people to act this way. Until we know more about the virus, I'm afraid this is how it will be.

People should be cautionary period, not just because Ebola is on the news.. We should wash our hands, have safe,sex, not eat processed foods, clean kitty litter with gloves and masks on, not smoke, not eat fried food, teach our kids to wash their hands after sneezing into them etc etc..


What is happening is some racist, separatist mentality, where black peoples or African people will become easy targets for the xenophobes, radical nut jobs, ignorant folks. People have and will continue to be self appointed heros who will say, do, act stoopid and offensive, it didn't have to be that way with AIDS like you said, that was a total disgusting way that homophobic rhetoric and hate was advocated by them in the name of zealotry and bigotry(including our own Government cough Reagan).. We have Faux news spreading fear and ignorance and as a people we shouldn't shrug it off cause it's expected we should be aware that if groups of people are going to be blamed so are the rest of us (see Pat Robertson he blames the gays for everything)..

We've (this country) adopted a new (for the time being) hate agenda, last month it was focused on Muslims, this week Africans & Blacks.. It's alarming when people start looking at at black folk sizing up what region their from to figure out if they could be contaminated or not, it's uncomfortable to read, see and hear about. That's more scary, the nonchalant way we are expected to be about unreasonable, xenophobic, non factual hysteria..