I went to my local urgent care today, the first question they asked

[B2G]

was about travel history. Specifically about travel to or contacts with anyone traveling from W. Africa.The intake nurse asked twice. I thanked her for doing so.

I was encouraged by this. I hope it's a standard question being asked of every patient in every heathcare setting in every city in the US.

[Adsos Letter]

1. My wife is a nurse at a clinic

This is the new normal, or so she tells me.

[Maw Kettle]

2. I had a hypertensive crisis Tuesday

When they hospitalized me in our small local hospital here in Backwater Missouristan, that was one of the first questions they asked me. I'm glad they're taking the threat seriously.

[B2G]

4. Hope you're doing well!

I received excellent care and was very encouraged by the sceening process. Vigilance is key.

[lunasun]

6. Hope you are doing better and got to see they are serious

[TorchTheWitch]

3. Good to hear n/t

[B2G]

5. And I think IS now the new normal for HCW

It's really more life or death them than it is for us right now.

[SoapBox]

7. Good to hear.

[elleng]

8. Similar here;

went in for CT scan Monday, here in MD, and intake person asked me same, and I thanked her for doing do.

[cstanleytech]

9. Mmm I have a doctors appointment in 2 months if they ask me I think I'll

say "Does it look like I could afford a trip to the mall let alone Africa?"

[SoCalDem]

24. Don't do that

They will alert security, who will call the swat team, and you'll be taken in for questioning for making a joke

[strawberries]

28. lol nt

[Tweedy]

10. Think so

My dad had a doctor's visit today. He told me the same thing.

[Yo_Mama]

11. We've been in this TSHTF mode since the first week of September.

Small clinics seem to have reacted first.

But if it ever really got off the ground, we'd have to close for all infectious disease. You couldn't even do a throat swab safely. It's a very intimidating disease because it is transmission-selective for health-care settings. It's a very terrifying prospect, so we'd better not let it get off the ground.

[HuckleB]

12. I'm not encouraged by that at all.

Asking the question at the end of an interview might be worthy, but from a risk assessment standpoint, that clinic is not focused on what will actually help most of the patients it sees.

UGH!

[Crunchy Frog]

13. I'm glad to hear that. Given the current situation in Africa

and the clusterfuck in Dallas, this should be a standard question. Important from a public health standpoint.

[KeepItReal]

14. Was that before or after they asked you for a form of payment?

That usually comes first.

[B2G]

29. There was a sign 3 feet in front of the reception desk that read

"Stop here and notify the nurse if you have a fever".

So first.

[logosoco]

15. That's interesting.

We took my husband to a UC because he had a high fever for two-three days after we had come back from a road trip to New Mexico and through Colorado. He had no other symptoms except wanting to sleep, which is why we took him. I mentioned our travel history to everyone who came in the room and they looked at me like I was nuts.

[SoCalDem]

25. In that area, I would be worried about hanta virus

[Oktober]

16. As someone who works in West Africa...

... I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to my next doctor visit in the US.

[IronLionZion]

18. Republicans would like to stop you from coming here

but seriously, stay safe.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. Plenty of duers too

[Oktober]

31. The proposal I saw was only restricting citizens of the 3 major countries...

... With exceptions for health workers subject to extra screening and not for American citizens, let alone govt representatives.

[IronLionZion]

17. Mine has an Ebola station outside

asking that if you have any symptoms, kindly put on a mask and gloves provided. They had a whole checklist of symptoms and travel destinations and other questions for the inprocessing, and I was there for only a flu shot.

I blame Obama for this. This clinic opened the day the ACA exchanges opened.

[treestar]

20. I had a doctor appointment this week

At the sign in there was a sign put up about telling them if you'd traveled recently from the affected countries.

[dembotoz]

21. good good good

so we begin to fight this with intelligence and not fox bs

[MineralMan]

22. That's good to hear. It has always been an important question

to ask, but wasn't usually asked. Part of every history should be a question about recent travel. The planet is small these days.

[bullwinkle428]

23. When I went in for my flu shot last week, I wasn't asked about travel,

but there was a big sign in red on the wall in the main waiting area as well as in the examining room telling people to inform the caretaker of any travel outside of the U.S. in the last month.

[woodsprite]

26. Glad to report the same is now happening at our local ER.

We were in a few weeks ago, before the US ebola issues had started, and they were already asking. I very much appreciated that. And it wasn't only the intake nurse. It was everyone we came in contact with -- name, birthdate, have you recently traveled to or been in contact with people who have recently traveled to South Africa, the Middle East (can't remember the specific country they asked about), etc.

[Barack_America]

27. I hope you didn't present with chest pain or paralysis.

Travel history as the first question is a bit much. Glad they're asking it though.

[HockeyMom]

30. I'm flying today

I suppose I will be hearing this also. Should be interesting to see what Security, Flight Crews, even passengers are wearing; gloves, masks, etc.