Dallas Ebola Updates: Nurse’s Condition Upgraded to “Good,” Duncan’s Contacts All Symptom-Free

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News from Dallas is looking a lot better tonight; the nurse who tested positive for Ebola is improving.

The condition of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse Nina Pham has been upgraded. She is now said to be in good condition, after being reported in stable condition on Monday. Pham is being treated for an Ebola infection.

And CDC director Tom Frieden announced today that all 48 people who were identified as close contacts of Thomas Eric Duncan have now cleared the “high risk period” without showing any symptoms of the disease.

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1 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 6:47:19pm

Great news!

2 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 6:50:29pm

Courting the anti-science conservatives, Rand Paul pulls a Sarah Palin:

“You guys have heard some of the examples of where those dollars go,” the fun Alaska governor said to the guys in the audience, acknowledging their media savvy about Congress members, who sometimes acquire public money for frivolous projects. “You’ve heard about the bridges. And some of these pet projects. They really don’t make a whole lot of sense.”

A troubled look crossed her face. “And sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good, things like …” she grinned, shaking her head side to side, her voice rising to a facetious pitch “… fruit fly research in Paris, France.” Feeling in tune with the guys in her audience, she added, “I kid you not.”
salon.com

3 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 6:52:52pm

I’m thinking they are doing all kinds of research on the blood from Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly.

Also, probably will put Brantly into blood transfusion production mode. How much and how often can they draw blood from him until he is too frail for more or the antibodies get too diminished if that can happen? I don’t know all that much about human blood being used in this way.

It is fascinating and fortunate at the same time.

4 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 6:53:29pm

It really sucks that I can’t see ChuckyC’s comments about this on twitter.
/

5 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 6:56:42pm

re: #4 Kid A

It really sucks that I can’t see ChuckyC’s comments about this on twitter.
/

I’m glad you included that sarc tag ;)

6 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 14, 2014 6:57:46pm

re: #4 Kid A

It really sucks that I can’t see ChuckyC’s comments about this on twitter.
/

I know…. it’s like when that crazy screaming couple in the next apartment finally get evicted… You’re glad, because life is calmer, but at the same time, it’s a bit more boring.

RBS

7 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:00:39pm

re: #2 jaunte

IF HUMAN POOP EVOLVED FROM CHIMP POOP, WHY IS THERE STILL CHIMP POOP???!!!

8 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:01:06pm

Is it possible to love FLOTUS Michelle Obama anymore than I already do? Cause this video may make it so…

(If this VINE video auto-plays, can someone tell me how to stop it?)

9 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 7:02:51pm

re: #8 psddluva4evah

Is it possible to love FLOTUS Michelle Obama anymore than I already do? Cause this video my make it so…

(If this VINE video auto-plays, can someone tell me how to stop it?)

[Embedded content]

Click on it, turns it off and on. Click on speaker for sound off and on.

10 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:03:04pm

re: #8 psddluva4evah

Is it possible to love FLOTUS Michelle Obama anymore than I already do? Cause this video my make it so…

[Embedded content]

Oh man, when the wingnuts get a hold of this one.

11 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:04:06pm

BUT RUSH LIMBAUGH TOLD ME TODAY THAT FRIEDEN AND THE REST OF THE GOV’T ARE INCOMPETENT AND THAT WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE AND IT’S OBOLA’S FAULT! STUPID LAMESTREAM MEDIA!

12 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 7:04:53pm

re: #7 Kid A

IF HUMAN POOP EVOLVED FROM CHIMP POOP, WHY IS THERE STILL CHIMP POOP???!!!

Circoviruses are known to infect birds and pigs and can cause a wide range of severe symptoms with significant economic impact.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

But who needs to study it? I’ll just fire the people who get sick!!!

13 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:05:17pm

re: #10 Kid A

Oh man, when the wingnuts get a hold of this one.

I love how both POTUS and FLOTUS just troll the shit out of the RWNJs.

14 Belafon  Oct 14, 2014 7:05:19pm

re: #8 psddluva4evah

The little flash player logo is right on top of her nose. Makes it look like she’s wearing a sticker.

15 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:06:14pm

re: #13 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I love how both POTUS and FLOTUS just troll the shit out of the RWNJs.

And they high-five each other every time and I FUCKING LOVE IT.

16 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:06:26pm

re: #8 psddluva4evah

(If this VINE video auto-plays, can someone tell me how to stop it?)

Just click on it.

17 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:07:51pm

Russell Brand is on O’Donnell and while he’s a funny dude, all I can think of when I see him is “Dude, how could you have fucked it up with Katy Perry??!!”

18 Jay C  Oct 14, 2014 7:07:56pm

re: #2 jaunte

So Sen. Paul - as his contribution to fighting the crisis of the Ebola outbreak - is grousing on Twitter about supposed “frivolous” studies financed by NIH: as opposed to their spending it on researching a rare disease mainly found in foreign countries in Africa, the scale of whose epidemic was completely unforeseen, - JUST IN CASE - there was a domestic outbreak. ??

Why do I think that, even if NIH or CDC had been doing Ebola research, Paul would have been tweeting snarky messages about NIH “wasting money studying obscure tropical viruses”?

Putz.

19 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:09:12pm

re: #15 Kid A

And they high-five each other every time and I FUCKING LOVE IT.

Inorite? I have never seen anyone genuinely enjoy being the First Couple of the sole remaining super power so much. I know it’s worn on POTUS (as seen by his graying hair), but they both really seem to be living a dream. As much as Bill Clinton seemed to love it, Hillary didn’t seem to like it so much. I don’t get the sense that any of the Repubs were as cheerful, maybe Raygun, but he was slipping into dementia.

20 Belafon  Oct 14, 2014 7:09:15pm

re: #17 Kid A

Wasn’t the answer he wanted kids and she didn’t?

21 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 7:10:05pm

re: #18 Jay C

It shows what he thinks of his audience; he knows they’ll snore if he talks about viral research, but mention chimp poop and they’ll be laughing like loons.

22 prairiefire  Oct 14, 2014 7:10:29pm

re: #3 ObserverArt

Basis for a vaccine?

23 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:10:45pm

re: #10 Kid A

Oh man, when the wingnuts get a hold of this one.

24 withak  Oct 14, 2014 7:10:50pm

re: #2 jaunte

Why didn’t the chimp-studying animal behaviorists evolve into virologists so they could come up with a vaccine? Thanks, Obama!

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25 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:11:42pm

Heads exploding already:

26 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:12:08pm

OK, I’m actually going to watch this.

27 Vogon Poetry  Oct 14, 2014 7:12:28pm

re: #3 ObserverArt

There’s no evidence so far that the convalescent serum technique even works (we’re dealing with a small sample size so far). And the Zmapp drug is predicated on a similar method, using Ebola antibodies that are then put into a tobacco plant to avoid the blood typing issue that goes with working from Brantly’s blood.

28 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 7:12:38pm

re: #22 prairiefire

Basis for a vaccine?

I don’t know the science of medical chemistry…but yeah, I’m thinking there might be some keys in the chemical makeup of the antibodies.

I do hope that is the case.

29 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:12:49pm

STUPIDEST WOMAN ON TWITTER

30 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 7:12:57pm

re: #25 Pie-onist Overlord

Heavy eating?

31 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:15:20pm

re: #30 jaunte

Heavy eating?

Those turnips weigh a ton! ///

32 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:15:21pm

TEH STUPIDS, IT’S LIKE EBOLA BUT YOU CATCH IT FROM THE INTERNET

33 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:15:29pm

I was actually wondering if it auto-plays for you all. I was just wondering if there was a way to get to to automatically NOT play.

but yeah, I do know how to stop it on my end…lol

34 prairiefire  Oct 14, 2014 7:16:20pm

re: #26 teleskiguy

Swoon! Prince!

35 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 7:16:43pm

re: #27 lawhawk

[Embedded content]

There’s no evidence so far that the convalescent serum technique even works (we’re dealing with a small sample size so far). And the Zmapp drug is predicated on a similar method, using Ebola antibodies that are then put into a tobacco plant to avoid the blood typing issue that goes with working from Brantly’s blood.

Interesting. I do remember reading in the past that tobacco plants are very good for creating new medicines. I understand the leaves are perfect for creating chemical properties that are manipulated but still plant based. And the huge leaf surface can make lots of it with all the cells.

36 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:17:14pm

re: #33 psddluva4evah

I was actually wondering if it auto-plays for you all. I was just wondering if there was a way to get to to automatically NOT play.

but yeah, I do know how to stop it on my end…lol

The sound doesn’t auto play, but the vidya does.

Edit: And that’s annoying, but not your fault. :) That is funny as hell.

37 alpuzzzzz (I, R & sometimes why?)  Oct 14, 2014 7:17:43pm

re: #36 Rev_Arthur_Belling

yup.

38 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:17:48pm

re: #34 prairiefire

I’m happy to see Prince, but he’s been promoting his new girl group and a new album so don’t expect him to do anything classic.

39 Vogon Poetry  Oct 14, 2014 7:18:26pm

re: #18 Jay C

So Sen. Paul - as his contribution to fighting the crisis of the Ebola outbreak - is grousing on Twitter about supposed “frivolous” studies financed by NIH: as opposed to their spending it on researching a rare disease mainly found in foreign countries in Africa, the scale of whose epidemic was completely unforeseen, - JUST IN CASE - there was a domestic outbreak. ??

Why do I think that, even if NIH or CDC had been doing Ebola research, Paul would have been tweeting snarky messages about NIH “wasting money studying obscure tropical viruses”?

Putz.

They are grousing over the NIH/CDC spending money on obesity studies, even though obesity is a multibillion dollar hit on health care - whether it’s diabetes, heart disease, and all the diet/drugs spent to get weight under control, to say nothing of the surgical options.

They grouse because they’re not offering anything constructive. Had the CDC been spending money on tropical diseases, they’d complain that they’re not focusing on obesity.

As it is, there’s a whole bunch of tropical diseases that are making their way into the US - Chikungunya is the latest to warrant attention. Before that, West Nile. And then there are diseases that could come back to the US - yellow fever and malaria. The list will keep changing and growing, particularly if climate change opens up habitat for these diseases to get a foothold.

40 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:18:42pm

re: #25 Pie-onist Overlord

Heads exploding already:

[Embedded content]

#reaganconservative ????? These dumbasses have no idea how Reagan used them for their votes while being anything BUT a conservative his entire life.

41 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:21:20pm
42 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:21:32pm

re: #40 Kid A

#reaganconservative ????? These dumbasses have no idea how Reagan used them for their votes while being anything BUT a conservative his entire life.

Reagan, oh yeah he’s the guy who played the President for 8 years.

43 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:21:38pm

re: #34 prairiefire

Swoon! Prince!

I’ve seen him live once, during his Musicology tour (he gave everyone in attendance his new album, at the Pepsi Center in Denver, and all of his other tour stops, it was his last #1 album and it was #1 because of this).

Dude can put on a fucking show!

He played a couple of years ago in one of the theaters in Denver, tickets were very expensive. He played two nights. I tried to get in to just one night and both shows sold out in minutes. I had a friend (a groovy dredlocked gal who’s a masseuse in Boulder) that went to the second night. I asked her how it was.

“I don’t even want to tell you.”

“Fair enough.”

44 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:21:58pm

re: #29 Pie-onist Overlord

STUPIDEST WOMAN ON TWITTER

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Isn’t she the one that derps all the time about those lazy-ass poor people that mooch from da gubmint but has never held a job of her own?

45 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 14, 2014 7:23:23pm

well gang, I’m outta here for the night. I’ll see ya all later.

Posted this on my FB, should amuse some of my friends, and piss off a few.

46 prairiefire  Oct 14, 2014 7:23:59pm

re: #38 psddluva4evah

I’m happy to see Prince, but he’s been promoting his new girl group and a new album so don’t expect him to do anything classic.

The second disc he made with the thrdeyegurl whatever is supposed to be good. If I’ve had one erotic dream about Prince, I’ve had a hundred.

47 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:24:51pm
48 psddluva4evah  Oct 14, 2014 7:27:31pm
49 Vicious Piebola  Oct 14, 2014 7:27:51pm

re: #44 Kid A

Isn’t she the one that derps all the time about those lazy-ass poor people that mooch from da gubmint but has never held a job of her own?

That’s the one.

50 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 7:28:47pm

Later!

Logging off hopeful for continued recovery for all the Ebola patients. It will be better for all to keep the conservative freak-out under control, especially in political season.

51 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 7:29:18pm
52 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:29:51pm

re: #38 psddluva4evah

I’m happy to see Prince, but he’s been promoting his new girl group and a new album so don’t expect him to do anything classic.

People sometimes forget that Prince is prolific as fuck. We’re talking close to Frank Zappa kind of productivity. 34 albums, all his live performances, sit-ins, etc.

Dude has a lot of music. And so much of his better material goes unnoticed because Purple Rain.

53 Ace-o-aces  Oct 14, 2014 7:31:16pm

re: #32 Pie-onist Overlord

54 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:32:24pm

re: #52 teleskiguy

People sometimes forget that Prince is prolific as fuck. We’re talking close to Frank Zappa kind of productivity. 34 albums, all his live performances, sit-ins, etc.

Dude has a lot of music. And so much of his better material goes unnoticed because Purple Rain.

And knows how to play over twenty instruments.

55 Kid A  Oct 14, 2014 7:34:11pm

re: #53 Ace-o-aces

56 RealityBasedEbola  Oct 14, 2014 7:34:27pm

re: #51 jaunte

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This is one instance where, at least the dozen or so I looked at, the comments are good.

57 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:37:30pm

United States of Guns!

HOT DAMN!

58 alpuzzzzz (I, R & sometimes why?)  Oct 14, 2014 7:39:19pm

re: #54 Kid A

…and basketball. NSFW.

cc.com

59 Charles Johnson  Oct 14, 2014 7:40:04pm
60 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 7:42:06pm

Like time-out for a three year old.

61 Charles Johnson  Oct 14, 2014 7:43:21pm

He’s only showing two followers right now, but those will probably be restored too.

62 ausador  Oct 14, 2014 7:43:28pm

Chuck is back, don’t think he knows it yet, but account is live. :(

63 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:44:02pm

re: #51 jaunte

The Wild West mentality of some conservatives - especially when it comes to guns - is for me a genuinely frightening thing. Unintended consequences, indeed.

64 ausador  Oct 14, 2014 7:45:17pm

re: #61 Charles Johnson

He’s only showing two followers right now, but those will probably be restored too.

If you click on followers they are all still there, thousands…

65 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:45:44pm

Well, this just sucks:
NYT: U.S. Troops Got Untreated Illnesses From Iraqi Chemical Weapons - It’s a Gawker link, but the author served in Iraq and apparently came up against some of these chemicals.

66 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:48:57pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

@Green_Footballs: Hard to believe @Twitter restored @ChuckCJohnson’s account yet again, but there you have it, folks.

re: #62 ausador

Chuck is back, don’t think he knows it yet, but account is live. :(

Goddamnit! It was so nice without him. Twitter very truly doesn’t give a shit about its ToS.

67 Bear  Oct 14, 2014 7:51:05pm

A question. Can Ebola be transfered from a dog to a person and from a person to their pet? Is that why there was talk about killing the Dallas nurse’s pet dog?

68 Rev_Arthur_Ebolaing  Oct 14, 2014 7:52:55pm

re: #65 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Also paged.
Not sure if I added enough, but I really don’t have much to add except … damn.

69 TedStriker  Oct 14, 2014 7:54:55pm

re: #59 Charles Johnson

re: #60 jaunte

Like time-out for a three year old.

re: #61 Charles Johnson

He’s only showing two followers right now, but those will probably be restored too.

re: #62 ausador

Chuck is back, don’t think he knows it yet, but account is live. :(

re: #64 ausador

If you click on followers they are all still there, thousands…

re: #66 teleskiguy

Goddamnit! It was so nice without him. Twitter very truly doesn’t give a shit about its ToS.

All hail the bottom line…

70 danarchy  Oct 14, 2014 7:57:30pm

re: #67 Bear

A question. Can Ebola be transfered from a dog to a person and from a person to their pet? Is that why there was talk about killing the Dallas nurse’s pet dog?

Have a good friend who is a vet and was discussing with her yesterday. She says there really isn’t enough evidence to be conclusive, but what there is points to dogs being able to carry and transmit the virus.

71 ObserverArt  Oct 14, 2014 7:58:01pm

re: #66 teleskiguy

Goddamnit! It was so nice without him. Twitter very truly doesn’t give a shit about its ToS.

Just saw this bit about Chucky C.

Is he going to break Twitter? Seems if he can jerk his way around get his account booted off and on, off and on, then it will become the wild frontier of anything goes. One thing about the ‘net, behavior can be changed fast and if people start to post whatever and there is no real outcome then look the hell out. Twitter may be harming themselves while they also try to be all to everyone so they can profit.

I guess I find a lot of twitter and facebook creepy. I don’t like the idea of being followed. Seems so unnatural and Glenn Greenwaldy!

(How was that for tying two current running topics?!) Loggging off again.

72 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 7:58:27pm

re: #67 Bear

A question. Can Ebola be transfered from a dog to a person and from a person to their pet? Is that why there was talk about killing the Dallas nurse’s pet dog?

Well, that talk is coming from people who also are very afraid of the cremation ashes of Thomas Eric Duncan, so much so that the State of Louisiana is blocking the ashes entrance to their state by law.

Now I don’t know the answer to the human/pet transmission question. But do consider the source of those questions.

I’ll take a wild guess and say “No.”

73 majii  Oct 14, 2014 7:58:54pm

re: #2 jaunte

Rand Paul knows about the new dem-related campaign ad. The heat is on GOPTPers because the truth is finally emerging from the halls of Congress and some sunlight is shining on his piss poor party, so he has to find something to rebut it. He and his GOPTPers buddies will do everything they can to deflect the blame for the cuts away from them. They’re guilty as hell, and they know it. And, besides, we’ve already heard about the Origami condoms and poop tossing chimps. Those were two examples they used to justify cutting the NIH budget in the first damn place.

74 Varek Raith  Oct 14, 2014 7:59:48pm

re: #2 jaunte

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Courting the anti-science conservatives, Rand Paul pulls a Sarah Palin:

He’s such an ignorant prick.

75 Bear  Oct 14, 2014 8:00:26pm

re: #70 danarchy

Thanks for the info. I hope that it can not be transfered either way.

76 Charles Johnson  Oct 14, 2014 8:01:57pm
77 teleskiguy  Oct 14, 2014 8:05:21pm

re: #71 ObserverArt

I guess I find a lot of twitter and facebook creepy. I don’t like the idea of being followed. Seems so unnatural and Glenn Greenwaldy!

I find Facebook very creepy. And I find that it attracts an even lower common denominator than Twitter a lot of the times.

I use a pseudonym at Facebook and yet I still have 500 “friends” from all over the world. It’s ubiquitous and being a guy born in the early 80s, I accept that and am a part of it.

I actually prefer the limited 140 character medium as opposed to the free-for-all format at Facebook. That makes me measured in my posts.

Internet social media. You have to remember that this is an entirely new experience for the human race. We’re doing this shit on the fly, we’re playing jazz so to speak.

78 Varek Raith  Oct 14, 2014 8:06:32pm

What does it take to get perma-banned on twitter?
Nothing, I’d wager.
Sigh.

79 dog philosopher  Oct 14, 2014 8:07:50pm

Nurse’s Condition Upgraded to “Good,” Duncan’s Contacts All Symptom-Free

right wing bloggers and politicians still showing signs of mental difficulties

80 ausador  Oct 14, 2014 8:08:25pm

re: #2 jaunte

The $30 billion @NIH blamed inability to produce #Ebola vaccine on the budget. Yet spent millions on chimp poop &more dailymail.co.uk …

But studying Chimpanzee poo flinging is a key factor towards understanding the current Republican mindset!

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81 Charles Johnson  Oct 14, 2014 8:09:20pm
82 Rightwingconspirator  Oct 14, 2014 8:11:49pm

re: #67 Bear

There was talk of that because a dog was summarily euthanized in Spain.

83 WhatEVs  Oct 14, 2014 8:16:59pm

re: #72 teleskiguy

I don’t know if I’d say No outright. Ebola was transmitted from monkeys to humans originally, so inter-species transmission is possible. I’d look to pigs before dogs, though.

And I certainly wouldn’t kill a dog because some people are scared shitless. I’d prefer to see tests and diagnostic work first. Quarantine him. Test him. And take it from there.

84 jaunte  Oct 14, 2014 8:17:30pm

Simcox, who was once a regular speaker at Tea Party rallies, mounted an unsuccessful primary challenge to John McCain in 2010. After dropping out of the race, he endorsed J.D. Hayworth (R), who served in the House of Representatives between 1995 and 2007. During his campaign, Hayworth called Simcox his “good friend.”

85 WhatEVs  Oct 14, 2014 8:18:17pm

re: #2 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Courting the anti-science conservatives, Rand Paul pulls a Sarah Palin:

Rand Paul IS the male Sarah Palin.

86 lostlakehiker  Oct 15, 2014 10:54:12am

There is now another nurse who treated Duncan testing positive for Ebola. It’ll be all over the news.


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