Patients’ Symptoms Raise Concern About Ebola in New York

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/health/patient-at-mount-sinai-has-ebola-like-symptoms-hospital-says.html?_r=1

by craigc • 12 years ago

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MarcScott• 12 years ago

One child a minute dies from Malaria. http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/malaria_facts/...

dllthomas6• 12 years ago

And that sucks, and we need to do more there... but that doesn't mean it doesn't make sense to pay additional attention to things that are more likely to present a direct threat to me.

phurley• 12 years ago

http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/facts.html

You are far more likely to be infected by malaria than ebola. Ebola is scary and makes for great news that draws lots of attention -- but it is largely sensational and not truthfully something you need to rationally fear, unless you work with infected individuals.

alrs• 12 years ago

I don't think that the thrust of this story has anything to do with the mortality of one person.

What is newsworthy is that there is potentially an Ebola patient zero in the most densely populated part of the United States. Worse, the patient was in contact with travelers who have likely fanned out throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

psychometry• 12 years ago

That's a horrible thing, but completely irrelevant to this topic. Should we stop paying attention to Gaza because things are worse in the Sudan?

nospecinterests6• 12 years ago

Update: Man Most likely does NOT have Ebola but they are still testing him/waiting for tests to come back.

"A New York City hospital is examining a sick patient who recently returned from a West African country where the deadly Ebola virus has been spreading, but authorities said it's unlikely that the man has Ebola."

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-York-City-Hospital-...

danieltillett7• 12 years ago

It is much more likely than not that the patient has something much more common like malaria, but until they are certain the authorities will only say it is unlikely even if they are pretty sure he has ebola. To do so would just generate panic while doing very little to help track down all the people who recently came in contact with the patient.

mbrownnyc• 12 years ago

The [NYC] Health Department issued this statement on the Mount Sinai patient suspected of Ebola: "After consultation with CDC and Mount Sinai, the [NYC] Health Department has concluded that the patient is unlikely to have Ebola. Specimens are being tested for common causes of illness and to definitively exclude Ebola."

-- http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/home/home.shtml

timr• 12 years ago

The HN title is linkbaity (and editorialized). The original is better:

"Patients’ Symptoms Raise Concern About Ebola in New York"

Which is true, and still interesting. At this point, I wouldn't bet against the disease showing up in an international city, and it's nice to know the state of things.

dang• 12 years ago

It wasn't editorialized. The NYT changed their title. You can still see the original in the URL.

We've followed suit.

ericcumbee• 12 years ago

I understand the cause for concern. But I can not think of a single time i've had a virus that did not involve a fever, stomach problems, and or a headache.

nospecinterests6• 12 years ago

But how many times have you had a flu where you bleed out of your orifices? Me.... none.

Patients’ Symptoms Raise Concern About Ebola in New York

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