News An American Cameraman For NBC News Has Ebola ? And He's Coming Back To The US

[Harmon]

An unnamed American freelance cameraman/writer in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus and will be flown back to the United States for treatment, NBC News reports.

The freelancer was hired by NBC on Tuesday to support Dr. Nancy Snyderman on assignment in Monrovia, but he came down with symptoms of the virus on Wednesday (WTF?), according to NBC. On Thursday, he was diagnosed as having the virus.

The freelancer's condition comes just days after the Centers for Disease Control confirmed the first case of Ebola being diagnosed in the U.S. The male patient currently in intensive care in Dallas, Texas, also contracted the virus in Liberia.

?We are doing everything we can to get him the best care possible," NBC News President Deborah Turness said in a note to staff. "He will be flown back to the United States for treatment at a medical center that is equipped to handle Ebola patients."

Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids and blood of people who are already infected, or with infected animals, according to the CDC. It is not spread through air or water.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...-us/ar-BB77v0j

[RummyBoy]

Sometimes planes get diverted, for a whole host of reasons........ emphasis on the word host

[TampaToker]

"Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids and blood of people who are already infected, or with infected animals, according to the CDC. It is not spread through air or water"


ok wtf did he do in those 24 hours. Sounds like it spreads alot easier then they say...

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by TampaToker

"Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids and blood of people who are already infected, or with infected animals, according to the CDC. It is not spread through air or water"


ok wtf did he do in those 24 hours. Sounds like it spreads alot easier then they say...

I think he had it already, like he was already there, got it somehow. The symptoms only started to show a day after being hired.

[RummyBoy]

Well he would have been protected and gone through procedures to avoid such an outcome. So the logical theory is that he fucked someone over there. Maybe he met a girl and was bowled over ebolaed over

The jokes go downhill from here....

Seriously though, the only way a new disease like Ebola could get such a large grip so fast is to appear in a country like that (avoiding major media attention for long enough) and then shifting over. Its a media savvy disease.

[pornguy]

How better to spread it. Fucking idiots.

We left spain about 3 days after they brought the Priest back from Africa.

I just can not understand the willingness to risk so many for just 1

[tony286]

Originally Posted by TampaToker

"Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids and blood of people who are already infected, or with infected animals, according to the CDC. It is not spread through air or water"


ok wtf did he do in those 24 hours. Sounds like it spreads alot easier then they say...

You got remember these places are third world, so no plumbing ,sanitation, hygiene is not like it is here. Blood, someone coughed on him,someone coughed on something he touched, sweat I learned today it can be transferred by that. .I think in those places its much easier to get contact with a sick persons fluids.
I dont think anyone who has ebola in the US would die from it, we can treat the symptoms better here and control them. That's why the missionary workers walked out of emory well,where in africa there is a good chance they would of died.

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by tony286

You got remember these places are third world, so no plumbing ,sanitation, hygiene is not like it is here. Blood, someone coughed on him,someone coughed on something he touched, sweat I learned today it can be transferred by that. .I think in those places its much easier to get contact with a sick persons fluids.
I dont think anyone who has ebola in the US would die from it, we can treat the symptoms better here and control them. That's why the missionary workers walked out of emory well,where in africa there is a good chance they would of died.

"Sweat" good point Tony. That would be a very easy way to transfer, wipe your face, touch something or someone.