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The body of a deceased man in Letterkenny was being treated for 'ebola like symptoms'

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  • #62
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    EIRE1922 wrote: »
    Ivy being ignorant aren't you!
    You never heard the song, so?


  • #63
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    I bet it's not ebola.


  • #64
    mockingjay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭mockingjay


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Ugh. I've not been back up home since Christmas and now I finally book flights for the weekend and this happens...

    Flying to Donegal, the recession must be over!


  • #65
    EIRE1922
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭EIRE1922


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    You never heard the song, so?

    Yes, but I am assuming you are not from Donegal and otherwise are being sarcastic! :P


  • #66
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 33,620 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    mockingjay wrote: »
    Flying to Donegal, the recession must be over!

    Cheaper than a tank of petrol last time I did it!

    (which wasn't today or yesterday, in fairness - but petrol's only got dearer in the meantime :D)

    (Plus he could be coming from abroad)


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  • #67
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    mockingjay wrote: »
    Flying to Donegal, the recession must be over!
    Flying to Dublin, then GoBus/Citylink to see some people in Galway, then Feda..
    Ugh.


  • #68
    EIRE1922
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 367 ✭✭EIRE1922


    Measures have been put in place in Letterkenny Hospital and the Mortuary and also in the local community where the man was found dead. For now it is a suspected case of Ebola and they are just taking precautions.

    It seems though however it may be more than a suspected case of Ebola as he worked in the same area where several people have already died from Ebola. Hopefully it is not positive!

    If this is a positive Ebola case it will be the first in Europe! It could spread like wildfire in Ireland and throughout Europe!

    He should never have come back to Ireland knowing he was ill and may have possibly picked up a virus, be it potentially or not Ebola while in Sierra Leone. He should never have put the country at such risk! It just proves there is no control at our borders or airports. Anybody for anywhere in the world can come into Ireland with any disease.

    A Brazilian man tested positive in Ireland for Leprosy in January 2013. The first case of Leprosy in Ireland since 1981. TB and HIV cases are on the increase in Ireland from Eastern Europeans and Africans who have brought them into Ireland. Multi drug resistant TB is coming in from the Blatic states.


  • #69
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    ^^^^^ Calm the fcuk down man


  • #70
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,838 ✭✭✭phill106


    Is there anything to be said for another mass?


  • #71
    323
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    dan1895 wrote: »
    Such as death.

    More than likely gutter journalism hyperbole, hopefully.

    +1

    Heard about this untimely death this morning, my heart goes out to his family.

    Was stunned this evening to hear and see this sensationalist tabloid journalism from RTE and the Irish times.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



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  • #72
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    smash wrote: »
    Clearly the best thing to do is drop a bomb on letterkenny... Just to be safe.

    and the south west just be safer


  • #73
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,182 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    EIRE1922 wrote: »
    Measures have been put in place in Letterkenny Hospital and the Mortuary and also in the local community where the man was found dead. For now it is a suspected case of Ebola and they are just taking precautions.

    It seems though however it may be more than a suspected case of Ebola as he worked in the same area where several people have already died from Ebola. Hopefully it is not positive!

    If this is a positive Ebola case it will be the first in Europe! It could spread like wildfire in Ireland and throughout Europe!

    He should never have come back to Ireland knowing he was ill and may have possibly picked up a virus, be it potentially or not Ebola while in Sierra Leone. He should never have put the country at such risk! It just proves there is no control at our borders or airports. Anybody for anywhere in the world can come into Ireland with any disease.

    A Brazilian man tested positive in Ireland for Leprosy in January 2013. The first case of Leprosy in Ireland since 1981. TB and HIV cases are on the increase in Ireland from Eastern Europeans and Africans who have brought them into Ireland. Multi drug resistant TB is coming in from the Blatic states.


    It's hardly the first case in Europe. Did a Spanish missionary not die on his return from Africa of Ebola some weeks ago?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #74
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    donegal__road wrote: »
    Letterkenny hospital is now well and truly on the map.

    thats a quote from CNN is it:D


  • #75
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    We just need RTE to do a sensationalist news piece tonight and follow it with the film Outbreak.


  • #76
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 33,620 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    RobertKK wrote: »
    We just need RTE to do a sensationalist news piece tonight and follow it with the film Outbreak.
    No chance. It's Albert all the way today on all media.


  • #77
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    It's hardly the first case in Europe. Did a Spanish missionary not die on his return from Africa of Ebola some weeks ago?

    He was flown home and they knew he had Ebola, and unfortunately he died.


  • #78
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,370 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    This would probably be Europe's first case of someone being active in the community not knowing they have the virus.

    Big difference to the Spanish case where they knew.

    If this was a valid case presumably quite a few other people would have to tested straight away as a precaution.

    I still reckon it's not ebola though. There have been quite a few tests across Europe like this all negative.


  • #79
    Tail Docker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,954 ✭✭✭Tail Docker


    The hospitals there will be flooded, with, erm, worried enquiries.


  • #80
    michael999999
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    Just as well there's a moate around the hospital!

    Keep that bloody virus in!!


  • #81
    mfceiling
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    smash wrote: »
    Clearly the best thing to do is drop a bomb on letterkenny... Just to be safe.

    Should have been done years ago...to have been safe...


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  • #82
    Roquentin
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    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    No chance. It's Albert all the way today on all media.

    maybe albert died from ebola


  • #83
    WakeUp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,823 ✭✭✭WakeUp


    _Whimsical_ wrote: »
    I don't think the idea of a 21 day quarantine is unreasonable,in fact it seems the only sensible approach. Certainly anyone showing signs of illness during that period should get the very best of treatment and care,as already pointed out aid workers are risking their lives for others and in essence they're protecting the world from Ebola by being responsible for control of the illness in affected areas. However we are doing no one any favours by letting the illness spread throughout the world. Small measures like a quarantine would make a huge difference.

    yeah I agree with you. Im all for not panicking and such but Im also all for being sensible and not letting our guard down. these people that are going over to infected areas to help, missionaries and aid agency people they are heroes no two ways about that. but they arent trained or qualified to be dealing with a bio-level four agent they just arent. like you say letting the virus spread isnt helping anyone and the only way to fight this is to contain it. there is no other way. we dont have a problem with it until we do have a problem with it. I dont know how many Irish people are over there from these various agencies or intend to go over but it cant be that many. I have nothing but respect and admiration for what they have volunteered to do in helping another countries people with something as serious as ebola. but we need to think about ourselves and our population and take the required steps to keep our people safe. I think the authorities should keep track of every single volunteer heading out there and on there return regardless of whether they are showing any symptoms or not, they should be placed in quarantine for the 21 day incubation period of the virus. just to be sure.


  • #84
    bohsboy
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    no volunteer, just a guy out earning a few quid in Africa. you can imagine with homecoming parties and meeting up with old friends and family how much he has possibly got around.


  • #85
    omega man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,698 ✭✭✭omega man


    super_furry wrote: »
    Irish Times are saying he was working in Sierra Leone and that several of his colleagues had contracted ebola. Still the thing to remember is that it's not airborne.

    Still an awful nasty virus. To put it in perspective it has a biosafety level 4 status. HIV is level 2 whilst anthrax is level 3.

    You're right though, not being airborne is important to be aware of with regard to hysteria.


  • #86
    Endless Nameless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭Endless Nameless


    and I just came back to Letterkenny today

    what's the chance of that


  • #87
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    I'll be grand, sheds are full of turf, garden is full of spuds.

    Don't start panicking until I change my username to The Omega Man.
    omega man wrote: »
    Still an awful nasty virus. To put it in perspective it has a biosafety level 4 status. HIV is level 2 whilst anthrax is level 3.

    You're right though, not being airborne is important to be aware of with regard to hysteria.
    Not me.


  • #88
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,370 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    bohsboy wrote: »
    no volunteer, just a guy out earning a few quid in Africa.


    Link?


  • #89
    323
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,158 ✭✭✭323


    WakeUp wrote: »
    yeah I agree with you. Im all for not panicking and such but Im also all for being sensible and not letting our guard down. these people that are going over to infected areas to help, missionaries and aid agency people they are heroes no two ways about that. but they arent trained or qualified to be dealing with a bio-level four agent they just arent. like you say letting the virus spread isnt helping anyone and the only way to fight this is to contain it. there is no other way. we dont have a problem with it until we do have a problem with it. I dont know how many Irish people are over there from these various agencies or intend to go over but it cant be that many. I have nothing but respect and admiration for what they have volunteered to do in helping another countries people with something as serious as ebola. but we need to think about ourselves and our population and take the required steps to keep our people safe. I think the authorities should keep track of every single volunteer heading out there and on there return regardless of whether they are showing any symptoms or not, they should be placed in quarantine for the 21 day incubation period of the virus. just to be sure.

    Good article on the BBC here, interview with an Irish doctor with MSF Ireland (didn't know they existed) who is there. These folks do seem to be trained/qualified and know what they are doing. Have only respect for them.

    Listening to an interview of the doctor who identified it some time back, said its a disease of poverty and ignorance. Even if it were to get here it could not spread well.
    This pretty much sums it up, 300 Ebola deaths traced back to a healer in Sierra Leone. Healer/herbalist/witch doctor.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • #90
    teotihuacan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭teotihuacan


    Just had 3 months away from the kip, and im going back.....tomorrow. Nice. Real nice.


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  • #91
    Lyaiera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,818 ✭✭✭Lyaiera


    EIRE1922 wrote: »
    Measures have been put in place in Letterkenny Hospital and the Mortuary and also in the local community where the man was found dead. For now it is a suspected case of Ebola and they are just taking precautions.

    It seems though however it may be more than a suspected case of Ebola as he worked in the same area where several people have already died from Ebola. Hopefully it is not positive!

    If this is a positive Ebola case it will be the first in Europe! It could spread like wildfire in Ireland and throughout Europe!

    He should never have come back to Ireland knowing he was ill and may have possibly picked up a virus, be it potentially or not Ebola while in Sierra Leone. He should never have put the country at such risk! It just proves there is no control at our borders or airports. Anybody for anywhere in the world can come into Ireland with any disease.

    A Brazilian man tested positive in Ireland for Leprosy in January 2013. The first case of Leprosy in Ireland since 1981. TB and HIV cases are on the increase in Ireland from Eastern Europeans and Africans who have brought them into Ireland. Multi drug resistant TB is coming in from the Blatic states.

    That's the most frightening anti-immigration post I've read in ages.


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