October 2014 Moms

Ebola in US

Just saw it was confirmed on the news that the Ebola virus has hit the US. Hopefully we cure this thing fast.

Re: Ebola in US

  • And of course it is at the hospital where I plan to deliver. Just one more thing to worry about as a FTM.
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  • Not gonna lie - kinda freaking out but we have been dealing w being pregnant for too long for this to get in our way.

  • It makes me worry about the future of my child though.  I did not go through all of this to have ebola take my child away.
  •  Just the fact I'm in the same state is freaking me out. I would be really scared to deliver at that hospital.

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  • I feel bad for all those people on his flight and fireman

    It is strange for it to be same city as me. I'm just glad I'm at MCD Friday
  • Emerald27 said:
    This is terrifying. My inlaws are near Dallas. It's also ridiculously stupid to me that the disease made its way here. Totally unacceptable. I honestly believe that we should restrict travel to those countries, except under special circumstances (i.e. sending aid and medical care). People traveling from those regions should have to be quarantined for a number of days to rule out the disease...or something! Maybe this is a crazy UO, but I feel like this did NOT have to happen.
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  • Nichole7041Nichole7041 member
    edited October 2014
    THANK YOU! Two of our churches missionary's returned from Africa where their neighboring village had contracted the disease.

    I'm glad they are back safely but it concerns me how easy it was for them to return


  • It is scary and rediculous that it is here in the US. On a lighter note, this is pretty funny.

    https://twitchy.com/2014/09/30/yeesh-the-cdc-is-a-strong-contender-for-most-badly-timed-tweet-of-2014/
  • 21 days isolation is what it will take to clear now.

    It is just the one case so I'm not terrified yet but it is concerning. I want to know what part of Dallas he was in visiting.
  • Freaks me out. I was up at about, oh, 1 am to pee and couldn't get back to sleep for a while because the Ebola thing was on my mind. With 4 kids in school and 1 in daycare, and many of the community activities they are all in, I just think about how much public they come into contact with on a daily basis. And face it, people are gross. Do you know how many times I've witnessed people at my workplace use the toilet and then leave without washing up?! 
  • I'm completely terrified. I know all the authorities are trying to convince us how difficult it is to transmit the virus as it is acquired through contact with bodily fluids and not through the air. But, the Dr.s who contacted it over in Africa were presumably well covered and protected and still got it. I'm assuming the patient, who had been staying with relatives in TX, exposed those relatives to his body fluids, etc. What happens to them? And Any other people he came into contact with during the 4 days he was symptomatic before being admitted to the hospital. There are African countries who are closing their borders, why can't we suspend incoming flights from these affected African nations? Quarantine people when they do get here? This isn't the flu! I know we have better healthcare and facilities here but we are also a more densely populated...
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  • It's a little scary to me, but only inasmuch as it reminds me what an epidemic could do to civilization as we know it.  I am fairly sure Ebola will be well controlled and treated here in the U.S.

    I read an article last night about how it keeps spreading in West Africa because contact tracing is so difficult there.  They don't have reliable names and addresses for people who have come in contact with those who are infected to be able to watch them for signs of the virus.  Also, some people avoid the healthcare workers who are trying to do this because they are scared they will be taken to a hospital - a place they don't see a lot of people come back from.  The mentality about healthcare is very different than here it seems, which contributes to the problem.
          

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  • Reading these posts has definitely eased my anxiety over it
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