Posted on 08/14/2014 5:57:42 AM PDT by rktman
Michael Snyder asked the obvious question, “How in the world is it possible that more than 170 health workers have been infected by the Ebola virus?” The World Health Organization (WHO) does not seem to have the answer even though health workers are dressed “head to toe in suits that are specifically designed to prevent the spread of the virus.”
The WHO released the information that West Africa has tallied 1,711 Ebola diagnoses and 932 deaths. Ken Isaacs of the Samaritan’s Purse said, “We believe that these numbers represent just 25 to 50 percent of what is happening.” CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden has estimated that the total number of those killed or infected in this outbreak is higher than all the other outbreaks in the last 32 years.”
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It is obviously more infectious than they tell us. Obviously. They don’t want us to panic. That way we’ll be more receptive to having the administration bring in thousands for “free” treatment on 0bamacare, compliments of the poor suckers known as American citizens.
OH! I got it now. The reason the lyin’ king isn’t acting on the border (non)crisis is because he plans to use the trespassers as the test subjects in the ebola medical trials. Yeah, that’s it.
The pictures we’re seeing prove beyond a shaddow of a doubt the workers are not following protocol on safety. If doctors and nurses are so lax, it’s no wonder the sheeple are ignoring the warnings.
(I answered this on another thread. Minor edits.)
“If this is true, then how have more than 170 health workers caught the disease? These workers are dressed head to toe in suits that are specifically designed to prevent the spread of the virus.”
Incorrect assumption. The vast majority of the health workers likely had minimal protection. This means ordinary surgical masks and rubber gloves.
“(ordinary) surgical masks are primarily designed to protect the environment from the wearer, whereas N95 respirators are supposed to protect the wearer from the environment.”
Infectious Ebola virions are usually 920nm (nanometers) in length, 80nm in diameter. N95 respirators are designed to filter out viruses from 10 to 80nm in size, and the larger the virus is, the more effectively they are filtered. Over 80nm they should be entirely filtered.
However, breathing is not the only way to get the virus. It can have ready access through the eyes, so surgical protective glasses are a must.
The third way the virus can infect is through physical contamination. This means that all clothing and equipment must be decontaminated either chemically, or in an autoclave. Shoes are second most contaminated after hands.
Importantly, since gloved hands get the most physical contamination, you cannot just peel the gloves off, or you might get contamination on your skin from the “peeling hand”. So you must first decontaminate your gloved hands with a sanitizing dip, and then peel and discard the gloves.
Likewise, protective shoe coverings, if you have them, also need decontamination in a sanitizing dip before removing for discard.
With garments, sleeves are the most contaminated part, so it is essential that you put on a different blouse in between patients. This is why plasticized paper surgical garments are popular these days.
Bottom line: these health care workers likely were unable to protect themselves, or did not properly decontaminate themselves. No surprise in poor African countries.
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