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In reply to the discussion: Doctor who treated Ebola patients rushed to NYC hospital [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,123 posts)The UBER I'm familiar with is a private car service - you have a car & want to make money using it, you can sign up to be an UBER driver. The central app connects you with people who want rides. They should have pretty good records.
From the description, the exposure and the significant number of Doctors without Borders team members who have contracted Ebola recently), I would expect the doctor to be positive. Not much chance of transmission if his first fever was this morning, But (broken record here) not non-zero - so everyone in contact with him needs to be monitored. If NYC hasn't already implemented the strict categories and restrictions that Summit and Cuyahoga Counties in Ohio have, they need to.
Had the doctor been following that protocol, he would have been in tier 1 or 2, and not even in the US.
Tier No. 2A is experiencing active monitoring. Their temperature is taken twice daily; once in person by a public health official. They're not allowed to do commercial traveling and other travel restrictions are possible. This group didn't have direct contact, but they were within three feet of an Ebola patient for more than one hour.
Read more: http://www.wlwt.com/news/odh-daily-report-142-ohioans-being-monitored-for-ebola/29238078#ixzz3H0TZ6scQ