Ebola scare at the Pentagon

[DebJ]

Last edited Fri Oct 17, 2014, 10:11 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: WTOP local news

(Updated at 12:05 p.m.) Arlington County’s hazmat team is on the scene at the Pentagon due to an Ebola scare.

Medics responded to the Pentagon this morning for a report of a woman on a tour bus who was sick and vomiting. When they learned that she had recently arrived from Africa, the hazmat team was called out of “a complete abundance of caution,” Pentagon Force Protection Agency spokesman Chris Layman told ARLnow.com.

A large portion of the Pentagon south parking lot has been cordoned off with crime tape, and police are telling those who don’t work at the Pentagon to avoid the immediate surrounding area.

The woman has been transported via ambulance to Inova Fairfax Hospital. The county’s medical director also responded to the call and is at the hospital with the patient, according to scanner traffic.

Read more: http://www.wtop.com/41/3724393/Ebola-scare-at-the-Pentagon#ixzz3GQCfymPG


Update: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/woman-who-sparked-pentagon-ebola-scare-doesnt-have-virus-officials-n228301

Read more: http://www.wtop.com/120/3724393/Ebola-scare-at-the-Pentagon

[deutsey]

1. It's going to be a long winter...n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

10. It already messed with Texas right off the bat or, boat.

We had an Ebola scare at our airport last night. The GOPers around here will probably shoot at airplanes and boats that "don't look right," before this is over. Holy Sheep-shite Margo!

[mnhtnbb]

2. Oh, boy. Everyone with flu who has been to Africa will be screened for Ebola.

[pnwmom]

5. As they should be. Better than kicking Ebola patients out of the ER with a script for antibiotics.

[riqster]

21. This. ^^^^

[candelista]

6. That would not be such a bad thing....

...if it caught some real ebola carriers.

[Sparkly]

3. "A large portion of the parking lot"

"avoid the immediate surrounding area" -- good grief. I guess people believe not only that it's airborne, but it has wings.

[jwirr]

4. Rs and the teaparty will grab this with both hands. Be afraid.

[PeoViejo]

7. It will quiet-down after the Election

..after all, this is mostly about distracting the Public from the upcoming Election.

[Fred Sanders]

14. The GOP have gone all in on the Fear Factor, aided by the media, it is our duty to not let them.

Nigeria and Senegal and Uganda stopped Ebola in its tracks, and America can not? Really?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--wAfR171v1o/U-VLh_XzhUI/AAAAAAAA97g/a87v840EfHY/s1600/Ebola+Project+Banner+Face+ii.jpg

[riqster]

22. Truth.

[Sparkly]

8. I'm surprised there isn't more hyperventilating in the media over this.

CNN could get some live shots of the crime tape in the parking lot. Lots of opportunities for "BOO!!"

[Hubert Flottz]

11. I'll bet Wolf-man Von Blitzerkreig is panting and sweating

as I type. I think Baghdad Bob taught Wolf everything he knows.

[Purveyor]

19. I didn't know about it until I turned on Russia Today TV. eom

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. I hope the traffic jam will be over by the time I get there this afternoon.

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If it helps, I can run around in circles screaming. With any luck, local TV curmudgeon Pat Collins will be there.



In all fairness, I've crossed paths with Pat Collins a few times, and he strikes me as a likeable fellow.

ETA at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday to add this special doctored photograph, prepared by the commenter "fatkidspecial," from the thread at ArlNow.com, UPDATE (2): Sick Woman at Pentagon Does Not Have Ebola. Big hat tip.

[BrotherIvan]

13. Do it

Post the video here. You shall be richly rewarded for your performance.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. I'll need the money for bail.

The guards at the Pentagon need to work on their smiles more.

[BrotherIvan]

18. I was thinking more beer & travel money

I mean, don't do it naked. And if you look like a Republican, they'll let you go. For grins, you could do a reenactment in your backyard.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. Flu season is going to fun this winter

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. In other news: Disneyland was evacuated due to an Ebola scare because someone puked at the teacups..

The guy in the black hazmat suit was cleared to go.

[nolabear]

17. Oh swell. I'm staying across the street from there in a few days.

Yep, LOOOOOOONG winter coming.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

20. Yeah, but the street is a multi-lane Interstate highway.

[nolabear]

23. Ohhhhh no. You're not lulling ME into a rational sense of security.

[rocktivity]

24. Maybe she was just car sick

or ate American food that didn't agree with her.

By the way, Africa contains fifty-five nations other than Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and only fifteen of them make up West Africa.


rocktivity