[QUOTE=CNN][B](CNN)[/B] -- The first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has been reported in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
The patient is a health-care provider who recently traveled to Saudi Arabia to provide health care, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general with the U.S. Public Health Service and director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
The person, an American male, traveled on April 24 from Riyadh to London, then to Chicago, and took a bus to Indiana, officials said. He began experiencing shortness of breath, coughing, and fever on April 27, according to the Indiana State Department of Health.
The patient was admitted to Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, on April 28, the same day he visited the emergency department there, the health department said. He has been isolated and is in stable condition. He is receiving oxygen support, but does not require a ventilator, Schuchat said.[/QUOTE]
Read More along with video in [URL="http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/02/health/indiana-mers/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews"]Source[/URL]
[editline]2nd May 2014[/editline]
More information on the MERS virus can be found on the CDC's official page on it [URL="http://www.cdc.gov/CORONAVIRUS/MERS/INDEX.HTML"]here[/URL]
Seems to me like another over-hyped situation that will probably be resolved within a reasonable time.
Incoming mass paranoia.
[QUOTE=Samg381;44709608]Seems to me like another over-hyped situation that will probably be resolved within a reasonable time.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's why I always scoff and ignore reports of 'outbreaks'. 15-20 people with something does not a public health concern make. Stop scaremongering and let me know when hundreds of people are catching it in the span of a few hours, not a handful who've probably never come into contact with each other.
we have to kill patient zero
we have to stop the outbreak
brad pitt in 'MERS MAN'
Well, fuck.
burning the bodies as we speak
[QUOTE=Moose;44709763]we have to kill patient zero
we have to stop the outbreak
brad pitt in 'MERS MAN'[/QUOTE]
[i]It's a beautiful day and I can't stop myself from smiling...[/i]
It doesn't even sound that scary.
Yeah, he's forced into a hospital bed with a for-comfort ventilator, but it's not like he's about to die.
[QUOTE=Cuon Alpinus;44709778]It doesn't even sound that scary.
Yeah, he's forced into a hospital bed with a for-comfort ventilator, but it's not like he's about to die.[/QUOTE]
Um, pretty sure he [i]is[/i] dead, but Obama's keeping it a secret.
Wake up, sheeple.
[QUOTE=Moose;44709763]we have to kill patient zero
we have to stop the outbreak
brad pitt in 'MERS MAN'[/QUOTE]
"Someones coughing alot in the back of the plane, Better toss a grenade in there!"
It's better to be informed about it than blow it out of proportion like most people anticipate, but it never really happens. It'll make the local news with the same script as always and nothing will be out of the ordinary.
Time for everyone to break out those little masks and wear them everywhere.
oh fucking hell I live half an hour from munster
Didn't know the patient was this close by.
[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;44709828]oh fucking hell I live half an hour from munster
Didn't know the patient was this close by.[/QUOTE]
Was nice knowing you. :'(
MERS is literally SARS but from the other East :v:
Right in my fucking town.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;44709900]MERS is literally SARS but from the other East :v:[/QUOTE]
Can't for NER(d)S in a few years.
Always nice to see a local band finally make it big in the West.
Mers bers
"Sir, a man in America is coughing."
"Shut down [B]EVERYTHING[/B]!" - Madagascar.
No but seriously, one person has gotten it. No need to make a big fuss.
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