An unsuspecting man with Ebola roaming NYC

[Renew Deal]

Is how disaster movies begin.

[Crunchy Frog]

1. Fortunately, the only real consequence to this is likely to be

A few dozen people having to put their lives on hold for the next three weeks, and some further manifestations of mass hysteria.

[bigwillq]

2. How do you think it will end?

[Renew Deal]

8. Ebola eventually transfers to the animals

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But instead of them getting weaker, they get stronger and continue to grow. Eventually humans become partially immune, but the immunity vaccine turns people into blue hybrid beings. The uninfected human race has to fight for survival in this Godzilla, Jurrasic Park, Avatar, I am Legend world. The hero dies saving the girl. Just as the humans finish off the last hybrid beast, the "machines" become self aware and nuke the planet. And the story starts over with a new enemy.

[bigwillq]

10. And the Oscar goes to...

[Renew Deal]

14. Thank you.

I'd like to thank James Cameron's wife.

[bigwillq]

16. Which one?

Spouse(s)
Sharon Williams (1978–1984)
Gale Anne Hurd (1985–1989)
Kathryn Bigelow (1989–1991)
Linda Hamilton (1997–1999)
Suzy Amis (2000–present)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron

[flamingdem]

30. He is quite the Terminator

[bigwillq]

31. bwah!

[Yavin4]

58. 6-4-2-2 to 14

Suzy Amis beat the odds.

[Heather MC]

17. damn I should have made popcorn before I read that

It was that awesome

[TeeYiYi]

26. ...until a blue hybrid being...

...goes back in time to change the future and save the world.



TYY

[LiberalElite]

38. I hope you'll write the sequel nt

[Cali_Democrat]

56. Dude...you are teh awesome. nt

[ZombieHorde]

57. Yay! nt

[uppityperson]

32. Jeff Goldblum, Bruce Willis team up with The Rock and Colin Farrell to take out Nicholas Cage

[LisaL]

3. He should have been suspecting.

After all he treated Ebola patients in Africa.

[bigwillq]

5. This (nt)

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. yes

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Does he think he got it from watching news clips on TV?

I mean, come on, he was right on the firing line..........

[ecstatic]

35. From what I've heard, he followed protocol so he most

likely caught it from another person or passenger on the way home.

[Ms. Toad]

50. Gee....I thought you couldn't catch it from felllow passengers.

That's what all the cool kids are saying about Amber Vinson.

[uppityperson]

54. probably why he isolated himself, called authorities detailing sx and travel when symptoms started

Good thing he did that.

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Unsuspecting man? Really? He treated Ebola patients in Guinea, and came home on the 14th.

October 14th + 21 days equals? Election Day. He should have been quarantined until election day.

No self-monitoring... the Dr. from NBC and her shenanigans because she wanted SOUP should have put THAT to an end. PEOPLE cannot be trusted.

We don't need to fear the VIRUS as much as we need to fear the PEOPLE who've been exposed to it, and DON'T WANT TO BE INCONVENIENCED.

[kestrel91316]

45. Exactly. NO WAY he gets to plead ignorance.

What a fool.

There is no way to trace all his potential contacts.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. But... But... millions of people die in bicycle accidents every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY ARENT WE WORRIED ABOUT BICYCLE ACCIDENTS???? STOP TALKING ABOUT EBOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


...

[stevenleser]

11. He lives 30 or so blocks from me...

[LisaL]

12. Hopefully you didn't go bowling yesterday?

[Renew Deal]

13. Or take the subway, or a taxi, or go to a laundramat.

[stevenleser]

27. I heard a report that he was a jogger and would go on 3 mile jogs around the hood.

No telling with whom he may have come in contact.

[morningfog]

42. None while symptomatic or contagious.

[sharp_stick]

15. Quick Stop Breathing

I heard from someone in line at the grocery store that it's airborne. Get duct tape and plastic sheets...

[sharp_stick]

19. It was a joke

straight up joke, I hope Steven knows that.

[Warren DeMontague]

22. Fair 'nuff.

[flamingdem]

28. He took the A, 1 and

L train .. Not sure why they're saying he was cautious, maybe for a New Yorker!

[stevenleser]

33. Fortunately for me I don't usually take those trains, although I have twice taken

The A in the last week or so. But the chances he and I took the even the same train is pretty low, let alone being in the same car.

[flamingdem]

34. Just does not seem like he was really

Self isolating - in the presser now they said they have his metrocard to trace his route. More for comfort but still.

[LisaL]

40. He went bowling the evening before he got symptoms.

If they think he was self-isolating, what would he be doing if he wasn't?

[flamingdem]

44. He limited his contacts

But the panic factor was nit taken into account. Am guessing many less informed are avoiding subways - a fail that should be addressed

[LisaL]

49. How did he limit his contacts?

He went out the day before he got symptoms, using public transportation, to a bowling alley.
What would he have done if he didn't try to limit his contacts?

[flamingdem]

60. This was said

It means physical contact possibly.

[DustyJoe]

39. fer chrissakes

Don't Drs ever watch the news ?
It's been told for weeks by the president, the CDC head doctor that ebola is not contagous on a bus.
But, we have nurses flying, doctors on subways, in taxis.

Ohhhhh wait, they quarantined the busload of Marines after the lady puked in it at the Pentagon so maybe busses aren't safe now either.

[Dwayne Hicks]

20. Stop overreacting

It really serves no purpose overblowing this, I highly doubt there will be this "massive outbreak". Just relax and go on about your life.

[ecstatic]

36. Um, when we get to 10,000 cases a week in W. Africa and 1.4 million infected by January,

it will be a problem for everyone on the planet.

[Crunchy Frog]

37. "Just relax and go on about your life."

Unless he turns out to be one of the "contacts". Then he'll basically have to put his life on hold for the next 3 weeks "out of an abundance of caution". This is certainly going to happen to dozens, maybe hundreds, of New Yorkers.

There doesn't have to be a "massive outbreak" for their to be serious social consequences to this sort of thing.

[Warpy]

21. Anyone sick enough to be contagious

is not going to do much of any roaming.

[scarystuffyo]

24. That line is getting old

[Warpy]

25. Then it's time to learn it.

Spreading unreasonable panic does no one any good.

Panic is the worst reason to do anything.

[scarystuffyo]

29. The reason they are tracking down his where abouts is because they know he was contagious

If he wasn't then no worries........ but they know he was

You don't have to be crawling on all fours throwing up and having explosive diarrhea
to be contagious .

[Logical]

47. Then under your theory someone else will get ebola, we will wait-and-see!

[scarystuffyo]

51. It's not a theory

The man was contagious or the CDC would not be trying to track down every where he went
if he wasn't. They would be sure there was no risk of infection.

It's just not a easy virus to be infected with unless you have close contact with a person
who is showing early symptoms but to say he wasn't contagious is flat out wrong.

[Logical]

53. Of course they are going to notify them. Just like everyone on the plane with the nurse.

But no one knows if he was contagious when he went bowling. They are being overly cautious.

[LisaL]

55. I think the problem is that they can not guarantee that he wasn't contagious.

He is feeling fatigue for several days prior to Thursday. Wednesday he goes bowling. Thursday morning he gets high fever and other symptoms.
So could he have been contagious already when he went bowling?

[scarystuffyo]

63. He's was contagious

[Logical]

66. It was not a high fever. 100.3. nt

[scarystuffyo]

62. I don't think you really understand this

After four to six days on average, symptoms of Ebola can begin. The period between the transmission of the virus and the start of symptoms is called the incubation period. For Ebola, the incubation period can be as short as 2 days or as long as 21 days.




Is a Person Contagious During the Ebola Incubation Period?

Even if a person exhibits no signs or symptoms of Ebola, he or she can still spread the virus during the incubation period. Once symptoms begin, the person can remain contagious for about three more weeks

[Logical]

65. I do understand it. And maybe you are confused why monitoring is good enough for most contacts!!! nt

[Ms. Toad]

52. Someone else MAY get Ebola.

That is why the need for caution. Because of where Ebola occurs, there are very few thorough studies about transmission via contact other than with bodily fluids. The studies that have been done HAVE found virus on surfaces where no fluids were visibly present. They have also documented one case in the absence of direct contact and a dozen more with no known contact with anyone with Ebola. None of these peer reviewed studies ruled out the possibility of transmission via virus on the surfaces of objects which are not covered in bodily fluids.

The chances are small - the amount of virus found in isolation wards (which are cleaned frequently) is very low - but they suggested that in areas cleaned less frequently the risk might be higher.

But the chances are not zero - so people who have been exposed do need to start treating this virus with a little more respect than just insisting you are not contagious until you are spewing bodily fluids all over the place.

[morningfog]

43. And yet no one has shown one case to the contrary.

Not one.

[scarystuffyo]

23. I knew this was going to happen

Everyone flying in that has visited those countries should be on a mandatory quarantine
for 21 days

You don't like that......then don't plan on flying into the U.S

[Logical]

48. You really don't understand this do you? Monitoring vs. quarantine? Nt

[darkangel218]

64. I agree.

Self monitoring obviously doesn't work.

[Politicalboi]

41. So can the children from Rwanda go back to school now

Or maybe now the parents don't want their kids going to school in NY. Now Faux Noise is more toxic than ever. LOL! Time to quarantine NY.

[LeftyMom]

46. Oh for the love of christ. Put the movie down and read a book. Or at least a decent news article.

He didn't shit on anybody. He didn't bleed on anybody. As soon as he showed early symptoms (when very little virus was in his body and he was least contagious) he isolated himself. It's a near certainty he hasn't made anybody sick and won't make anybody sick.

That would be the lamest movie ever.

But feel free to whip yourself into a lather out of willful ignorance. The internet is great at that.

[dionysus]

61. "feeling sick, he isolated himself and called the hospital"... page 2 uh.. uh.. movie ends. nt

[Marrah_G]

59. sigh

I give up

[LanternWaste]

67. Y2K would have made a great movie too. Full of fiction, fear and frenzy.

Y2K would have made a great movie too. Full of fiction, fear and frenzy, based on little more than the improbable/