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Ebola Question: Why aren't we using the PCR?
To
screen every arrival from the Ebola Hot Zone in Africa — or, better yet, to screen before these potential pathogen-carriers board a commercial jetliner in the Hot Zone:
...[W]e can marry quarantine with technology using polymerase chain reaction, or PCR. At a cost of $60 to $200 the test looks for viral particles in the blood and amplifies them millions of folds, picking up most cases of Ebola patients who may still be asymptomatic. While not 100 percent foolproof, the PCR test increases the level of certainty in determining if a patient has an Ebola infection, which can ultimately lead to a more accurate decision...
Read "Rethinking the 21-Day Quarantine for Ebola Contacts" in its entirely
HERE.
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Ebola News 11-11-2014
BBC: Ebola crisis: Guinea hunger strike at village occupation 11/11/2014 9:31AM ET ***** Reuters: Uganda says free of Ebola-like Marburg after outbreak in September11/11/2014 ***** WRAL: Troops from Southeast embark for Ebola fight 11/11/2014...
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Ebola News 11-10-2014
Newsday: Ebola doctor Craig Spencer will be out of isolation soon, NYC official says ----- LATimes: Warning on returning from Ebola-affeted countries ----- NBCNews: Why It's not enough to just eradicate Ebola ----- Guardian: Reporting on Ebola without...
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Ebola Contradictions
So, Americans possibly exposed to Ebola are under these restrictions, which include not using public transportation. However, those entering the United States from the Ebola Hot Zone and, therefore, possibly exposed to Ebola, are riding on commercial...
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Barack Obama Releases Statement On Ebola
'Ebola is not the cause of these senseless deaths. Rather, the illness calling itself Ebola virus is a radical misinterpretation of one of the world's great plagues." "We must not give in to our weaker natures, and take the easy way out, blaming...
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Obama's Ebola Negligence
A team of scientists at Northeastern University in Boston have used air travel information to predict where the deadly Ebola virus could reach in the next three weeks Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2783332/Husband-Spanish-nurse-contracted-Ebola-quarantine-health-authorities-admit-DON-T-KNOW-contracted-virus.html#ixzz3FSXk1EBf...
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