Why, yes... Yes our unit could!
We aren’t there yet and certainly not in Africa.
That simply is not going to happen. There not only is a lack of trained personnel and effective isolation equipment in Africa, but the people now fear quarantine and isolation. They view it as a death sentence. The disease will simply run its course since there is no effective cure. No doubt politicians will make sanctimonious speeches, promise aid and comfort, but there will in effect be no effectual action since frankly it is not possible.
Everything that comes in contact with the patient will have to be thrown away. I can’t see them using robotics. It would be a good idea though if a robot was not so expensive.
There were people in Africa refusing polio vaccines because they were told it was a western plot to sterilize them.
Robot doctors and nurses, like CP30 or the robot on ‘Lost Planet’? Or ‘Lost In Space? “Danger! Danger Will Robinson. Your innards are liquifying and the linings of your intestines are sloughing!”.
I think this is a good concept.
To get Ebola, you have to have bare skin contact with the patient’s bodily fluids. As long as those handling the infected are properly attired, there will not be any further cases.
They probably brought them into the country so they can study it in a proper facility than an African one.
Well, since I don’t want anyone to talk to me when I’m sick...it might not be a bad option.
Someone that wants love and attention when they are sick...maybe not.
Why, yes... Yes our unit could!
Was it a Tom Clancy book that wrote about harvesting the Ebola virus in some nun who was effected then spreading it worldwide via canisters? I swear I remember reading this book.
Level 3 biohazard suits would be just as good and a lot less expensive.
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