{"id":8227,"date":"2014-10-02T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-10-02T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T17:05:00","slug":"a_physician_defines_exhibiting_symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2014\/10\/02\/a_physician_defines_exhibiting_symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"A Physician Defines “Exhibiting Symptoms”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: We start here in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is Clarence. It\u2019s great to have you, sir. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Thanks for taking my call, Rush. I\u2019m a physician here in Charlotte. I don\u2019t get much chance to listen to you, but I decided to give you a call on my lunch break. I\u2019ve got a major concern with the information that\u2019s being disseminated by the likes of Governor Perry and even some people from the CDC, specifically stating that you\u2019re safe unless they\u2019re exhibiting symptoms. <\/p>\n

Now, I could go out to the 6-to-12 people that are in my waiting room, and I couldn\u2019t tell you what\u2019s wrong with them. They\u2019re not “exhibiting,” quote, symptoms until I speak to them specifically. My big concern is that this gentleman\u2019s children went to school, and I know how kids get in school. The communication is paramount here. Unless you actually speak to someone, you don\u2019t know their symptoms. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve got a staff there with you. Some of them may have come in with a low-grade fever, stomach cramps, diarrhea. You don\u2019t know until —<\/p>\n

<\/a>RUSH: No, no. You know if they have diarrhea. You know that.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, that\u2019s a big concern.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But I get your point. So let me ask you; you tell me. Are they wrong? Because the CDC guy, the doctor we had audio sound bites of yesterday, said that the disease is not contagious if the patient is exhibiting no symptoms of the disease, that there is no contagion possible, or contagious spread possible. Is that true or not, in your experience?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, it\u2019s true in a sense. If he means exhibiting symptoms as you see someone laying on the floor bleeding from all orifices and writhing and sweating, they\u2019re exhibiting symptoms. But, for the most part, the early onset symptoms of Ebola<\/a> are very similar to that of a cold, a flu —<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right. But that\u2019s my question. I know when… I can tell when somebody has the flu. I mean, I can spot a fever, I\u2019m pretty sure, by behavior. I, anyway, know when people are sick, but forget what I know. The question is this. The early onset symptoms mimic flu. Are those flu-like symptoms, if you spot them in an Ebola patient<\/a>, enough to spread the disease, or does it have to be the full onset — you can see it with your eyes — Ebola, like you described with the bleeding from sores on the skin and this kind of thing? I mean, at what stage of development of this disease is it contagious?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, that\u2019s the big question. You cannot reach a specific pinnacle of a stage of symptoms and say, “Okay, in an hour you are now contagious.” In the same way with the flu. You can catch the flu from someone who\u2019s exhibiting very mild symptoms that you don\u2019t know. We don\u2019t know exactly when a patient with Ebola starts<\/a> to become contagious. It\u2019s gonna depend.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Okay, so is that why you\u2019re saying. It\u2019s irresponsible for these people like Governor Perry and the CDC director <\/a>to be saying that there\u2019s nothing to worry about? Is that why?<\/p>\n

<\/a>CALLER: Yeah, I think that\u2019s responsible. That basically is a false sense of security. If his kids went to elementary school and they interacted with other kids at lunchtime — eating off of their plates, touching, whatever — and let\u2019s say his kids went to school had a mild stomachache or a mild, low-grade fever. Who\u2019s to say if they were contagious or not? We can\u2019t. The scientific approach to this disease, as far as the symptoms are concerned and as far as the contagiousness is concerned, are not set in stone.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Isn\u2019t that the point, though? Since we don\u2019t know, why are we not erring on the side of safety?<\/p>\n

CALLER: That\u2019s my big point right there. We don\u2019t know, and the truth of the matter should be… If someone\u2019s gonna say, “If they\u2019re not exhibiting symptoms, they\u2019re probably not contagious,” the caveat should be: “However, the only way we can find out, especially in elementary schools…” In my practice, in fact, I\u2019m putting together a whole new policy when people come in. I\u2019m gonna ask specific questions: “Have you been out of the country lately? Have you visited anybody from out of the country lately?” Those types of things.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But then you\u2019re next gonna have to determine whether or not they\u2019re being honest with you about it, because if they fear… I think what everybody\u2019s engaging in here — in their, in some cases, hapless manner — is they\u2019re trying to stop a panic, an outbreak of panic. That\u2019s why they\u2019re telling everybody, “Don\u2019t sweat it!” Just like Obama said, “There\u2019s no way the disease is gonna get in here,” after it gets here. Anyway, I know they\u2019re trying to keep a lid on panic. <\/p>\n

Doctor, I appreciate the call. Thanks much. It\u2019s great to have you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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