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NY Doctor Recently Back From West Africa Tests Positive For Ebola

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-think-I-saw-this-movie dept.

An anonymous reader writes An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said. It's the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation. From the article: "The doctor, identified as Craig Spencer, 33, came back from treating Ebola patients in Guinea about 10 days ago, and developed a fever, nausea, pain and fatigue Wednesday night. The physician, employed at New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, has been in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan since Thursday morning, the official said."

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  1. Bennett Haselton on the Ebola outbreak by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw the news about the poor doctor in NYC. Yikes, before I draw any conclusions, do we have any pieces by Bennett Haselton on the Ebola outbreak or diseases in general? I'd like to see what his insight is first. He's a frequent contributor.

    1. Re:Bennett Haselton on the Ebola outbreak by vux984 · · Score: 5, Funny

      do we have any pieces by Bennett Haselton on the Ebola outbreak or diseases in general?

      Indeed, perhaps he could present us with 'A Modest Proposal' that came to him whilst reading the messages in his alphabits.

    2. Re:Bennett Haselton on the Ebola outbreak by rebelwarlock · · Score: 3, Funny

      Those are Cheerios.

  2. Panic everyone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kent Brockman: Professor, without knowing precisely what the danger is, would you say it's time for our viewers to crack each other's heads open and feast on the goo inside?

    Professor: Yes I would, Kent.

  3. Easy solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    1) stop going to africa
    2) wait for aids and ebola to depopulate the continent
    3) turn africa into a nature preserve

  4. Re:my thoughts by Strangely+Familiar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, doctors are idiots! Why the heck did he even go to Guinea in the first place? What was he thinking!? What a moron! If I ever get ebola, I won't want any doctors like him treating me! They are idiots!

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  5. Re:my thoughts by ogdenk · · Score: 4, Funny

    functional institutions, and a democratic government that answers to the people.

    Are they accepting US immigrants?

  6. Re:my thoughts by I'm+New+Around+Here · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. They are afraid of lowering their literacy rate.

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  7. Obola by Spy+Handler · · Score: 1, Funny

    In this case we have a full blown Ebola outbreak and the fucking retarded administration wants to keep open transport because they're afraid it would look like discrimination.

    What you're describing is Obola.

  8. Re: New York by EuclideanSilence · · Score: 5, Funny

    However, this virus has a 50-70% mortality rate and there is no vaccine.

    Does that mean it has a 30% - 50% immortality rate? Hmm....