Posted on 10/14/2014 8:00:58 AM PDT by pabianice
Uh-oh:
We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control, because even a single infection is unacceptable, Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a news conference.
Frieden did not detail precisely how the extensive, government-issued safety protocols in place at many facilities might need to change or in what ways hospitals need to ramp up training for front-line doctors or nurses . . .
Officials have said [nurse Nina] Pham wore protective gear, including a gown, gloves, a mask and a face shield, while caring for Duncan on multiple occasions. But Ebola can easily infect those who come into contact with the bodily fluids of Ebola patients, and the smallest slip in putting on or taking off protective gear can open the door to the virus.
We need to consider the possibility that there could be additional cases, particularly among the health-care workers who cared for [Duncan] when he was so ill, Frieden said. We would not be surprised if we did see additional cases.
Hey, remember when our government was all gung-ho, assuring us they were going to stop it in its tracks? Heres he same guy, nine days ago:
Health officials stressed that they are confident they can control this situation and keep the virus from spreading in the U.S.
"We're stopping it in its tracks in this country," Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declared during a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
See if you can spot the unnerving detail in our new airport screening policy:
JFK airport is the first U.S. airport to begin screenings for Ebola. Washington Dulles International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Chicago OHare International Airport and Hartsfield -- Jackson Atlanta International Airport will begin screenings this week.
Those five airports account for 94% of all the 150 travelers who on average arrive daily from those most affected countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over the past 12 months, JFK received about half the passengers from those countries entering into the U.S., according to the CDC.
So what about that other six percent? Are we just hoping that no one in that remaining six percent has Ebola? Sure, its just nine people a day, but thats 45 people a week, about 180 a month . . . And before someone says, Oh, what are the odds of someone with Ebola getting on a plane and coming to the United States?, remember, this already happened.
Does this mean rethinking the U.S. troops in the hot zone over there?
Small numbers of highly-trained U.S. troops wearing full-body protective gear have been testing the blood of potential Ebola victims without coming into direct contact with them, the head of the U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday.
Army Gen. David Rodriguez initially said at a Tuesday Pentagon briefing that teams of three or four personnel working at mobile test labs were likely to have direct contact with Ebola victims. However, he later issued a correction to conform with White House and Pentagon policy directives against direct contacts by U.S. troops.
"I want to clarify my remarks," Rodriguez said in a statement. "U.S. military personnel working in the labs are not interacting with patients, only samples."
In last nights Senate debate here in Virginia:
Amid news that a health care worker in Dallas had become infected with the disease, both candidates agreed that President Barack Obama has been too slow to deal with the Ebola crisis.
[Sen. Mark] Warner said it may be time to consider restrictions on flights as some European nations have done, particularly with a nation like Liberia, where Ebola has spread so widely.
[GOP Senate candidate Ed] Gillespie said its too late to merely consider stopping flights from West Africa where there is an Ebola outbreak. Its time to impose a flight ban in that regard and thats what this administration should do.
Unlike every other Obama-caused crisis, Ebola is sticking to Obama, the man, and there’s nothing the Dems can do about it. What I’m seeing as a blogger and someone active on social media is the drumbeat of “It’s not airborne...” over and over and over. These comments come out of nowhere, following up on any Ebola related article. Ebola as airborne doesn’t even have to be mentioned in the article or in comments by other readers. I believe this drumbeat comes from Dem operatives who are panicking about the upcoming election and are doing everything in their power to soothe the public that it’s impossible to catch Ebola unless you’re rolling around in it and shoving handfuls of Ebola in your mouth.
A recent blog post of mine saw 2 women just happen to drop by and leave comments, again, about Ebola being nothing to worry about and, “It’s not airborne, stupid.” Facebook posts of Ebola article draws the same trolls. Those Ebola bumper stickers in L.A. must have drawn some serious blood.
Which means nobody knows what the Hell they are doing.
Talking about a JV team.
No $hit. Once we were able to sit on the bus with patients, next we cant come within 3 feet of them with proper CDC gear, and that is being revised again too. They are choosing PC over professionalism and good judgement.
So Frieden’s credentials is that he led the fight against big gulp soft drinks for NYC mayor Bloomberg.
I feel better now.
LIAR
btt
I'd like to see Obama go to West Africa to visit our troops there.
He should be sent in to clean the toilet.
"Here's your tooth brush and pressure washer"
I strongly suspect the carriers we’re flying our soldiers to Liberia in are returning packed with Liberian refugees.
On August 15, 2014 the Obama Administration sneakingly expedited visas from the Ebola effected countries.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3214587/posts
A law firm that helps bring people to the US from Ebola affected countries.
92 posted on 10/13/2014 11:46:26 PM by Chgogal (
Allowing no travel anywhere from the hot zone, in other words sealing off these three countries, will contain the virus until it burns itself out. True or false?
Bonus question: If true, why aren't we doing it?
“the drumbeat of Its not airborne... over and over and over. These comments come out of nowhere, following up on any Ebola related article. Ebola as airborne doesnt even have to be mentioned in the article or in comments by other readers. I believe this drumbeat comes from Dem operatives who are panicking about the upcoming election and are doing everything in their power to soothe the public that its impossible to catch Ebola unless youre rolling around in it and shoving handfuls of Ebola in your mouth.”
You don’t have to go far to find these people. There are more than a dozen here doing exactly this. Obviously Dem operatives, some are paid operatives as evidenced by their posting only during business hours and never on weekends. Pathetic.
If airport screening is the answer, as opposed to banning flights, why ask patients who show up at hospitals with headaches, diarrhea, vomiting and fevers if they have been to Africa? They have been screened.
Of course ebola can’t penetrate a TSA screen, otherwise American citizens would be in danger.
Are we not puttng TSA agents in an extraordinary risky situation?
Gun control, global warming, and sugary soft drinks.
Because a flight ban recognizes the legitimacy of international borders, OUR borders in particular, and both parties believe in and promote globalization and a borderless world.
One of Obama's top health advisers (Ezekiel Emanuel) wrote this October 1, 2014 in JAMA:
"there are obligations of global justice to combat Ebola and strengthen health systems and infrastructure in affected countries in the longer term. Advocates of so-called cosmopolitanisma key position in the philosophical debate about global justiceargue that national borders have no moral significance and that all people, regardless of where they live, are entitled to the same education, health care services, and other social resources."
THAT'S what they believe. That's what a flight ban rejects. And that's why they won't do it.
Because a flight ban recognizes the legitimacy of international borders, OUR borders in particular, and both parties believe in and promote globalization and a borderless world.
One of Obama's top health advisers (Ezekiel Emanuel) wrote this October 1, 2014 in JAMA:
"there are obligations of global justice to combat Ebola and strengthen health systems and infrastructure in affected countries in the longer term. Advocates of so-called cosmopolitanisma key position in the philosophical debate about global justiceargue that national borders have no moral significance and that all people, regardless of where they live, are entitled to the same education, health care services, and other social resources."
THAT'S what they believe. That's what a flight ban rejects. And that's why they won't do it.
So putting millions more people at risk of contracting and spreading a deadly disease by refusing to contain it, is moral?
These people are utterly INSANE. They have no common sense. They don't even have the sense to survive. They should not be in charge of ANYTHING.
Maybe the good doctor should be in Liberia, ministering to the sick and dying.
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