Having made hubrisitic comments about the low likelihood of Ebola in Thanet - I heard something a little alarming last night. Apparently a Liberian man turned up in A&E and the local hospital a couple of days ago. He had a fever and said he was worried about Ebola - presumably this will be happening throughout Europe now - but I rather thought the lack of racial diversity in this area meant it was very unlikely that anyone would be coming here directly from Sierra Leone, Liberia or Guinea.... wrong!
When this guy had been "isolated" the staff were called together and given a rapid training session on Ebola - the training took 10 minutes. We do not know whether Ebola was diagnosed - I'm hoping it was one of those viruses you get on planes.
I had tweeted sarcastically a few days ago that if all the Thanetians in Spain started flooding back here because they were worried about Ebola, then we were in trouble... but fortunately we didn't have an airport. I have now heard that St Pancras railway station, "our" London Terminal now, is one of the hotspots for Ebola testing because it's where the Eurostar trains arrive - I wonder will they be doing the same at Ashford.
When this guy had been "isolated" the staff were called together and given a rapid training session on Ebola - the training took 10 minutes. We do not know whether Ebola was diagnosed - I'm hoping it was one of those viruses you get on planes.
I had tweeted sarcastically a few days ago that if all the Thanetians in Spain started flooding back here because they were worried about Ebola, then we were in trouble... but fortunately we didn't have an airport. I have now heard that St Pancras railway station, "our" London Terminal now, is one of the hotspots for Ebola testing because it's where the Eurostar trains arrive - I wonder will they be doing the same at Ashford.
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