Forgot to add: Duncan “Donut Hole Head” did stay in an apartment with several other people, for at least a few days, while symptomatic.
They have been given the “all clear”.
Do I think he could have contracted AIDS if he carried the neighbor, who presumably had AIDS?
It’s “possible” but, the probabilities are conditional and specific.
So we are clear, I hugged friends with AIDS and took care of a friend who had Vancomycin resistant mrsa.
I took great care in to ensure I didn’t put myself in jeopardy and was consistent, probably a bit overboard, in protocol.
Gloves, careful emptying of porta potties, handling laundry, dishes, glasses, etc.
I should have bought stock in bleach, amonia and alcohol.
I cleaned a lot of things twice and I never washed my hands so much, as well spreading alcohol each time I involved myself in any activity where there was a possibility to come in contact with fluids.
Sucked for my friend, who had mrsa.
She was 95. We went through 2 rounds of picc lines and a round of oral antibiotics.
We had nurses on staff but, many times it wasn’t practical to wait until they could come to the house. So, we changed the picc’s and bags ourselves and dropped everything in a sharps.
I’m basing my argument on a similar experience, of a disease that kills and maims, like Ebola.
They are all horrible but, they all transmit under the same specific conditions, which are easy enough to avoid, as well, for the infected, to avoid situations where they might transmit.
so how did the two nurses get it and how about the cost?