New York doctor now free of Ebola discharged from hospital

Reuters ^ | 11/11/14 | Sebastian Malo

[Morpheus2009]

I just hope their are no animal carriers that the virus has found in the U.S.. If it has, then we could be stuck with recurring outbreaks. Highly improbable, but I still hope that this is never the case. With proper precautions though, even Duncan may have survived and the scares wouldn’t have been as big. But it may have helped with some of the elections though.

[tomkat]

Outcome, schmoutcome .. that Spencer guy remains a self-absorbed @hole, deserving of being stripped of any medical credentials, along with ten years of proper shunning.

[tomkat]

I sense a strong aura of 'shill' in your poorly edited talking points.

Self-confessed retread - just suspended or banned completely ?

That #30 reads like an Øbola press release.

[Morpheus2009]

If a Liberian prostitute spread it...

...that is one sick idea.

[Morpheus2009]

There are other diseases out there that could get in other than ebola. Let’s just pray that ebola doesn’t evolve further.

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[Prophet2520]

“CDC made two critical errors in late July.CDC made two critical errors in late July.”

Your opinion stands against the facts. The facts are that in spite of open air travel to infected West Aftrican countries we have no ebola outbreak. Period.

[Prophet2520]

“Imagine one prostitute in Washington DC or Baltimore with Ebola, pre hemorrhaging?.”

That would be an end to congress. :-)

[Prophet2520]

““And just how many ebola patients could the american medical care infrastructure treat at one time with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease? Any random or quantified guesses?”

My moderately well-informed guess is about 20-25.”

Wow that is a pretty bleak assessment. We can care for 11 in the four specialized containment centers alone. Then we have over 5700 other hospitals.

“with a goal of optimum outcome and no retransmission of the disease”, Is not really the question that should be asked. Hospitals spread infections in large numbers daily. Any hospital is a high risk location for getting sick. The realistic goal is to prevent outbreak, i.e. widespread transmission.

[Prophet2520]

“Second was the persistence of clearly wrong infection prevention guidance up through 10/20/14”

The ONLY two cases in the US were spread through VIOLATION of the CDC guidance.

[Prophet2520]

“I sense a strong aura of ‘shill’ in your poorly edited talking points.
Self-confessed retread - just suspended or banned completely ?

That #30 reads like an Øbola press release.”

That response sounds like a “I am going to cast stones and call names, because I can’t deny the facts”. Many Freepers have persistently made fools of themselves on this topic. From early statements by Freepers right now America should be in the midst of a rapidly escalating pandemic. Instead we have been declared ebola free. But instead of humility from their folly being revealed, they just keep slinging mud at people who present facts. If I were a liberal with second thoughts on my beliefs and visited this site to check out conservative thinking, I think I would run screaming the other way. Fortunately I am from a line of conservatives that goes back hundreds of years, so I know not all conservatives are wearing gas masks and tinfoil hats right now.

[Jim Noble]

“
The ONLY two cases in the US were spread through VIOLATION of the CDC guidance.”

Please describe the breaches in protocol you believe occurred, and your evidence for them.

And by “protocols”, I mean guidance on the CDC website in the “for healthcare workers” as of 9/28/14 (use the wayback machine if you didn’t save them).

[Prophet2520]

This has been discussed here before more than once. See here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/health/texas-ebola-nurses-union-claims/index.html excerpts: "On the day that Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to the hospital with possible Ebola symptoms, he was "left for several hours, not in isolation, in an area where other patients were present," union co-president Deborah Burger said. Up to seven other patients were present in that area, the nurses said, according to the union. A nursing supervisor faced resistance from hospital authorities when the supervisor demanded that Duncan be moved to an isolation unit, the nurses said, according to the union." vs. CDC "•Conduct the procedures in a private room and ideally in an Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) when feasible. Room doors should be kept closed during the procedure except when entering or leaving the room, and entry and exit should be minimized during and shortly after the procedure." ""There was no one to pick up hazardous waste as it piled to the ceiling," Burger said. "They did not have access to proper supplies."" vs cdc "◾Ebola-associated waste may be inactivated through the use of appropriate autoclaves. Other methods of inactivation (e.g., chemical inactivation) have not been standardized and would need to consider worker safety issues, as well as the potential for triggering other Federal safety regulations. ◦Onsite incineration ◾Ebola-associated waste may be incinerated. The products of incineration (i.e., the ash) can be transported and disposed of in accordance with state and local regulations and standard protocols for hospital waste disposal." from http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/medical-waste-management.html

[tomkat]

Instead we have been declared ebola free.  etc, etc

Preach it, Øbola !

[Prophet2520]

Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength

[tomkat]

Believe whatever you wanna believe, pilgrim.
My assessment stands.

[Prophet2520]

Yes I have seen your assessment. You mocked people that suggested they would not get it from riding on the plane with Duncan or the Nurse. Where are those cases?

You mocked people that suggested they would not get it from the bowling alley in NY. Where are those cases?

Given your track record, please forgive me if I don’t give your assessment much weight.