Nigeria has managed to rid itself of ebola. No known cases have been reported for 42 days now.
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Most excellent. As long as they can keep it that way, Africa might just be able to keep this contained.
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First year med students are getting trained to deal with Ebola.
“We’re assuming nothing now,” Smith said. “Before this crisis, those kinds of questions weren’t asked as often.” Now, he said, everyone is told to proceed as if they are the first people asking. “They mentioned several times that they’re trying to avoid what happened in Texas,” Smith said. Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy declared a preemptive public health emergency for the state Oct. 7, which authorized the state Department of Health to quarantine and isolate people suspected of having Ebola.
Grrrr.....
Edit: If this is true, I am putting my money on Reston
edited 20th Oct '14 8:05:33 PM by IraTheSquire
Reston being an airborne strain of Ebola. It's not been human infectious before, I believe.
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Er, according to The Other Wiki
1) It hasn't been confirmed that Reston is airborne and
2) There have been people who tested positive for antibodies to the Reston virus, none have shown symptoms.
Point 2 is why I'm putting my money in the Reston.
edited 20th Oct '14 11:38:30 PM by IraTheSquire
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The questions would be (a) whether the various strains of Ebola are similar enough that antibodies specific to one would work against the others, (b) whether it's practical to induce immunity in enough people to make a difference.
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As I said, if the reports of some people having inexplicable Ebola immunity are true first.
No point in speculating whether Reston gives immunity when we don't know if the said immunity is real yet, yes?
edited 21st Oct '14 5:39:08 AM by IraTheSquire
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It makes sense. Spontaneous immunity can occur when people are exposed to a disease but insufficiently to make them ill.
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Well, the way that the article was written seem to imply that the doctors think that there's another hidden spread of Ebola that is making people immune first before the outbreak happened, as opposed to people getting immune after catching small doses of the Ebola Zaire virions.
edited 21st Oct '14 5:44:55 AM by IraTheSquire
Reston only kills apes if I remember right...
Yep:
edited 21st Oct '14 6:46:38 AM by Gabrael
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Actress Tori Spelling was quarantined for having Ebola-like symptoms, but tested negative.
edited 21st Oct '14 11:33:26 AM by tclittle
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Reston virus does not monkey around when it comes to Simians. 
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Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola on US soil has had her condition upgraded to "good."
Here goes: let's see if my hypothesis that the lethality of Ebola is due to the lack of healthcare infrastructure in places where it used to have outbreaks.
If the mortality suddenly drops to some more reasonable levels when it reaches developed countries maybe people will stop panicking (and Hollywood will have to find a new virus to use for their "apocalyptic disease").
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It's not about healthcare infrastructure per se, but the survival rate of those who contract the disease seems to owe a lot to the supportive care available in a healthcare setting. The earlier the disease is diagnosed and care administered, the more likely the patient's immune system is to be able to fight back successfully.
It's also been hypothesized that the degree of exposure matters to the severity of the infection: that is, a very light exposure may cause you to get sick, but it gives your body time to defeat the disease, whereas if you get a massive exposure, your defenses are overwhelmed.
edited 21st Oct '14 4:28:45 PM by Fighteer
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I don't know what's worse, the fact that the virus spread to the U.S. via a possible breech in quarantine protocols or the "Ebola is the government's population control bioweapon/ cash cow for pharmacists" tinfoil hat stories that' popping up on the web. Hell, even my own mom says it's intentional: CDC has unlimited access to the virus, they can infect their own agents and et them walk among us, Ebola is no longer confined to Texas.
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Rwanda to screen U.S. visitors for Ebola.
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At this point, who wouldn't screen visiting tourists for the virus?
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edited 21st Oct '14 7:20:24 PM by tclittle
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probably a mix of paranoia, racism, and the flu, but better safe than sorry
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Two Chicago patients at separate hospitals are being monitored for showing Ebola-like symptoms.
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WHAT AN IDIOT!
He was taking care of Ebola patients in Africa and when he came back and without being quarantined he then went herp derp I'm going to to a bowling alley, ride a cab, and take the subway!
More like giant cherries
It sounded like he was careful. For instance, he checked his temperature twice daily, and reported himself immediately after showing symptoms.
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Fearing Ebola, some US communities take dramatic steps
Looks like a lot of educational institute are starting to become needlessly paranoid about Ebola. Especially embarrassing is the Art University's reaction of canceling a special guest speaker who was in the hotzone but was already past the 21-day point of showing symptoms or contagiousness. Sure they're ultimately just taking precautions, but you'd still think they'd be better educated than most regarding the virus.