US Army To Transport American Ebola Victim To Atlanta Hospital From Liberia

acidradio (659704) writes American air charter specialist Phoenix Air has been contracted by the U.S. Army to haul an American physician afflicted with Ebola from Liberia to the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. This will be the first 'purposeful' transport of an Ebola victim to the U.S. The patient will be flown in a special Gulfstream III (formerly owned by the Danish Air Force) outfitted for very specialized medical transports such as this. I dunno. I know there are brilliant doctors and scientists in Atlanta who handle highly-communicable diseases, but is this such a brilliant idea? theodp (442580) writes with related news In response to the Ebola outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued Interim Guidance about Ebola Virus Infection for Airline Flight Crews, Cleaning Personnel, and Cargo Personnel. "Ebola virus is transmitted by close contact with a person who has symptoms of Ebola," the CDC explains. "Close contact is defined as having cared for or lived with a person with Ebola or having a high likelihood of direct contact with blood or body fluids of an Ebola patient. Examples of close contact include kissing or embracing, sharing eating or drinking utensils, close conversation (3 feet), physical examination, and any other direct physical contact between people. Close contact does not include walking by a person or briefly sitting across a room from a person."

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What an idiot you are

[frovingslosh]

Boy, how stupid can you be. We are talking about bring over here someone who knew all of the precautions and should have been taking them himself. If it is so safe to treat this deadly incurable disease then the person would never have caught it in the first place. The very fact that this person has the disease when they knew exactly what they were dealing with and supposedly took all of the proper precautions disproves any claim of safety in bringing Ebola to this country.

Re:Yes, let's do this.

[Charliemopps]

Don't worry, Texas will be ground zero for this once the virus crosses over a now nonexistent border. Though I'm sure the feds will be all to happy to have border control between the states, just not the one's seperating nations.

Because of all those dirty foreigners? Take your Xenophobic nonsense to Anne Coulters site and leave slashdot out of it thank you.

Re:It's not NIMBY, it's VECTOR

[ColdWetDog]

It is not about NIMBY --- it is just common sense.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

            -- Albert Einstein