Ebola now in the U.S.

[Willy]

As you've probably heard by now the first case of Ebola in the U.S. has been identified in Texas. The patient is a  person traveling from Liberia.

[XLFD]

Liberia is pretty much the epicenter of the 2014 outbreak of the disease. By mid-August 2014, Doctors Without Borders reported the situation in Liberia's capital Monrovia as "catastrophic" and "deteriorating daily". They report that fears of Ebola among staff members and patients has shut down much of the city’s health system which has resulted in leaving many people without treatment for other conditions

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/08/18/liberias-ebola-stricken...

It might be wise to screen visitors and immigrants from nations with high ebola rates when they cross into our borders.

[Willy]

Does anyone believe this guy regarding the way Ebola is spread. Now we have kids who have been in contact with the Ebola patient and those kids have been in school with other children after that contact.

The BS is flowing.

[Willy]

[Dave]

I guess Ebola is good for business......

Ebola Fears in U.S. Boost Sales of Emergency Supplies

By Craig Giammona Oct 4, 2014 12:00 AM ET

In the past two years, David Scott’s online emergency-supply business had sold only one or two “Extended Infection Protection” kits. This week, he sold out.

Scott said he’s shipped about 50 of the $149.95 packages in the last two weeks, with sales spiking in the three days since officials said a patient in Dallas had been diagnosed with Ebola. While he’s since found new supplies of the kits, which include respirators, eye protection, gloves and biohazard bags, Scott said any spread of the disease could again send him scrambling to locate more inventory.

“People don’t tend to think about these things until they’re in the headlines, then they panic-buy,” said Scott, who founded Chicago-based LifeSecure in 2005. “If you wait until a pandemic happens, the supply dries up very quickly.”

His business isn’t the only one that’s booming in the wake of the U.S. arrival of the deadly infectious disease ravaging West Africa. Since the first case diagnosed outside of Africa was announced earlier this week, fears of a wider outbreak have been boosting sales of disaster-preparedness supplies from rubber gloves to surgical masks and plastic suits.

Almost 7,500 people in West Africa have been infected with Ebola, which is spread through contact with blood or other bodily fluids, and almost half have died. Health officials said yesterday that about 50 people in Dallas are being monitored for symptoms of the disease after either coming into contact with patient Thomas Eric Duncan or possibly being exposed to the infection some other way. Duncan traveled to the U.S. from Liberia on Sept. 20 and was hospitalized eight days later.

Sales of $124.89 disposable DuPont Co. (DD) Tyvek suits surged 233 percent in the 24 hours through 2:19 p.m. New York time on Amazon.com Inc.’s (AMZN) site.

Tripled Production

DuPont, which is based in Wilmington, Delaware, said in an e-mailed statement that it has tripled production of some items used for Ebola protection and has “worked hard to shift products geographically and made a available a broader range of styles suitable for various treatment levels.”

A message on DuPont’s website, which cites the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommends gloves, eye protection, face masks and fluid-resistant gowns to protect against Ebola infection.

Sales of 3M Co.’s (MMM) particulate respirators, starting at $22, were up 4,004 percent, according to Amazon’s data. Soap.com, a site owned by Amazon, said hand sanitizer sales jumped 20 percent this week.

Handbook Sales

Materials teaching how to deal with a potential Ebola outbreak also have gained in popularity. Sales of “Ebola Survival Handbook: A Collection of Tips, Strategies, and Supply Lists from Some of the World’s Best Preparedness Professionals,” which was published Sept. 22, rose 49 percent in the past 24 hours. Buyers of the book frequently also purchase Tyvek suits and respirators, according to Amazon, which encourages customers to buy all three together.

Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, said this week there was “no doubt” that Ebola will be contained in the U.S.

Duncan was first seen by doctors on Sept. 25. He was sent home from the emergency room despite telling a nurse he had recently been in Africa, and hospital officials have blamed a flaw in the electronic medical records system for Duncan’s release.

Sales Pickup

Sales of pandemic-protection supplies started to pick up as Ebola spread through West Africa in the last two weeks, LifeSecure’s Scott said. Once it was confirmed that Ebola was in the U.S., LifeSecure saw a “several hundred percent” increase in sales, he said.

Scott said he’s sold kits to oil producers, banks and other corporations and contractors with workers headed to the West Africa. Purchases have come from all over the country, without a disproportionate spike in the Dallas area, Scott said.

The last time LifeSecure saw so much demand for emergency-response supplies was in 2011, when avian influenza, or bird flu, generated headlines. Scott ran out of supplies then and had a hard time restocking. So far, the fear of Ebola hasn’t been as severe, he said.

“We’re not at that fevered pitch yet,” he said. “If this hits in a bigger way, we’ll be out of supply within a few days.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-03/ebola-fears-in-u-s-boost-s...

[Willy]

Good article Dave

[Dave]

Just heard on the news that the guy in Dallas that had ebola has now died

[Willy]

And to think that Obama refuses to close the borders. If this doesn't tell the idiots that voted for him that he wishes only the worst for America, I don't know what will. If Obama closes the borders he knows his amnesty for illegals will die along with that Ebola patient. He will be admitting to the many dangers that exist by allowing people to break into our home [The U.S].

http://www.voanews.com/content/second-un-staffer-infected-iwth-ebol...

[AQUAMAN]

Another update tonight: another case of Ebola has broken out. Btw, that first casualty wasn't diagnosed for sure until just a few days ago, and as Dave said, he has now quickly died. Overseas, people are steadily dropping dead like flies from this deadly disease. Looks like the US Gov't has a new catastrophic epidemic on the short horizon. Will they do what's necessary before we are stricken nationwide? Or do what is politically correct and watch hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans die? 

[Willy]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/11/us-health-ebola-jfk-idUSK...

How stupid do they think we are. The Ebola patient who died, entered the County with no signs of a fever, so what is the Governments brilliant idea? Check people for fever when they arrive hear. Anyone can beat a fever with enough Tylenol. Obama going to kill us off before he's done with his agenda. Where are the Republicans on this issue. I say, close the U.S. to citizens of the Ebola stricken counties. That's the only way we have a chance to beat this thing.

[Willy]

Interesting information. To bad Obama's bullsh_t is displayed in parts of the video. He's such a lying piece of crap.

[Dave]

Further idiocy in the current Ebola policy is that while people from West Africa can come here without to much trouble, a person that works at a hospital or elsewhere that has some contact with a patient with Ebola can't travel via airlines for now. Here's a great idea, how about we don't let people from West Africa come to America until the situation there gets contained.

[stump]

The USA does not allow people from Africa to fly directly to here now, there are no direct flights to the U.S. These people fly to Europe first, then fly here. 280,000 people every day fly into our international airports.If you tune in to CNN, Europe has many cases. I'm sure the first guy that died new he had been exposed and flew here as he would get the best treatment. He was wrong due to the wrong diagnosis given, Therefore he exposed hundreds of people along the way. I see the texas hospital is "deeply sorry" for their mistake. Now everyone is trying to cover their ass.