EBOLA first person to die from it in the USAIis confirmed.  Madana Kloss 4th period


The first person to be diagnosed in the United States with Ebola, Thomas Eric Duncan, dies. According to officials from the Centers for Disease Control Duncan, Duncan had recently arrived in Texas from Liberia. His death comes four days after his condition had been downgraded from serious to critical. Five Americans who were diagnosed with Ebola while in Africa have returned to the U.S. for treatment. So far, three of them have made full recoveries. To date 8,033 cases have been confirmed and 3,879 have died from Ebola this year. The affected countries are Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United States of America, according to the latest World Health Organization report. Nina Pham, a nurse who treated Duncan, becomes the first person to contract Ebola within the United States. Health officials begin to investigate how she got the virus while wearing protective gear.  In Spain, Teresa Romero, a nursing assistant, remains in serious condition after contracting Ebola from two missionaries who received treatment for the virus at a hospital in Madrid. Fifteen people who came in contact with Romero are being closely monitored. We are waiting to see the outcome of this horrible "cancer".

I think its important to learn about ebola before making jokes. The quarantine period for an infectious disease is based on the incubation period, the time before symptoms of an infection appear. For Ebola virus, the incubation period is 2-21 days after infection. During this time it is believed that individuals infected with the virus are not contagious, but they could produce small amounts of virus. Whether or not a patient is contagious during the incubation period depends on the virus.
It is clearly important to determine the correct quarantine period for Ebola virus to prevent chains of infection. The longer the quarantine period imposed, the less risk of infecting others. However the cost of enforcing quarantine must be balanced with the cost of releasing exposed individuals illustrated. This disease isn't a joke. Do your research before you make fun of a life killing "cancer" .



http://www.boston.com/health/2014/10/19/ebola-today-worker-cruise-ship-cleared-texas-hospital-admits-mistakes/5mqUdKXbyL3yVw7dKMKRiO/story.html