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I read another article about how the Liberian community was concerned about it spreading into their community.
It appears to me that they are just as stupid as their Liberian brethren in Liberia.
I think this infected person was brought to the U.S. because he knew he had an exposure, but no symptoms.
His relatives let him come.
He then went to the ER for the first time, but did not disclose that he had Ebola. Maybe he was afraid of deportation. It would be a case of gross malpractice to have a patient come from a highly publicized area with Ebola, and the physician not recognize the symptoms. Something is telling me this dude was not honest with the first ER staff. He then got really sick, and went to the ER the second time, and was honest about his exposure.
So now, we have a stupid populace of third worlders in our country spreading a disease by their ignorance.
If the Liberians, Sierra Leone's, and Guineans want to kill themselves because of stupidity, then let them. We should be closing all our borders, and investigating each passport to see where they have traveled before they are allowed into the country. Do not allow anyone in from the affected countries if they are not U. S citizens.
Mandatory quarantine from any U.S. citizen traveling from those countries.
This practice should be done by all Asian and Western countries.
As for me, I have N95 masks, 2 boxes of gloves ( I plan to get more today), bleach, iso gowns.
I plan today to buy some playtex gloves ( reusable if I run out of disposable gloves, soak them in bleach), and food at Costco.
I am really pissed off about this, as we should have closed the border to west Africa months ago.
I am also an RN, and let me tell you hospitals are not prepared for this. Our iso rooms are not at the same level as a level 4 biohazard, like the ones that the 2 physicians went to.
I also do not know if nurses are going to be willing to treat these patients without a whole lot of safety precautions. Nurses are so short staffed on the units, that they will make isolation mistakes.
This a a big cluster by the incompetent who is running this country.

Nurses are so short staffed on the units, that they will make isolation mistakes

One of the most difficult activities for health care workers is getting out of the PPE without getting infected/contaminated.

I had considered local hospitals and had come to the same conclusion: most cannot handle this without losing a lot of personnel, and downplaying the disease will only get people killed.

I am an RN, too. I agree 100% with you. People, do not put your faith in our medical facilities...they are not adequately prepared. I work in a doctor’s office. One of the doctors in our office thinks preparing for ebola is a joke. Before long there won’t be any bleach or gloves in the stores. Don’t wait.