Ebola

[rcjordan]

For some reason, I keep thinking of the napalm scene in the opening minutes of the movie "Outbreak."

Obama to send 3,000 troops to tackle Ebola

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/16/us-health-ebola-obama-idUSKBN0HB08S20140916

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Make no bones about it, if we're committing troops to this --we don't give a shit about Africa-- then the intel is bad-bad-bad.

[buckworks]

Ebola case confirmed in the US:

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/dallas-presbyterian-hospital-ebola-patient-isolation/16460629/

[littleman]

Lets see how the CDC does.

[Rupert]

are these the latest stats then:

Ebola has infected 6,553 people and has killed 3,083 in the three countries hit hardest by the epidemic — Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — the World Health Organization says. The number of cases has been doubling every three weeks, and the CDC estimates that the disease could affect up to 1.4 million people by January if it's not quickly put under control.

[rcjordan]

A flaw in an electronic health records system is being blamed for the release of a man with Ebola into the Dallas area,

The hospital said it was making changes to the records system. "As result of this discovery, Texas Health Dallas has relocated the travel history documentation to a portion of the EHR that is part of both work flows," according to the statement. "It also has been modified to specifically reference Ebola-endemic regions in Africa."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-03/electronic-record-gap-allowed-ebola-man-to-leave-hospital.html

[Mackin USA]

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[rcjordan]

>"relocated the travel history documentation to a portion of the EHR that"... the doctor (might/maybe/sometimes read).

You guys been to an emergency room lately? Say, on a Friday night? Good luck with that.

[Brad]

A flaw in an electronic health records system is being blamed for the release of a man with Ebola into the Dallas area,

The hospital said it was making changes to the records system. "As result of this discovery, Texas Health Dallas has relocated the travel history documentation to a portion of the EHR that is part of both work flows," according to the statement. "It also has been modified to specifically reference Ebola-endemic regions in Africa."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-03/electronic-record-gap-allowed-ebola-man-to-leave-hospital.html

The flaw is the hospital only listens to the part about insurance coverage and ability to pay, they never read the charts.

[rcjordan]

graphs going hockey-stick

http://cpid.iri.columbia.edu/

[littleman]

>hocky stick

Apparently it is inevitable now.
http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/obk-14-0043-modeling-the-impact-of-interventions-on-an-epidemic-of-ebola-in-sierra-leone-and-liberia/

[rcjordan]

Obama authorized the use of Nstional Guard and Reserves yesterday.

[Chunkford]

It's ok, there's an easier way to protect ourselves - http://sasquatchglass.com/weed-protects-ebola/

[rcjordan]

http://i.imgur.com/Y2mGjQk.jpg

[Travoli]

Oh shit. 

NYC Doctor tests positive.  Rode the subway just hours before.
Is this where panic starts?

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26876626/possible-ebola-patient-at-bellevue

[buckworks]

I applaud people who go to Africa to help, but fer cryin' out loud, plan for a period of seclusion when you come home, until the incubation period has passed.