To: DannyTN
Ebola in the U.S.?
So, could the Ebola virus come to the United States? Definitely. Would it spread widely? Unlikely.
“We do not anticipate this will spread in the U.S. if an infected person is hospitalized here,” CDC Director Tom Frieden said in a statement Tuesday. “We are taking action now by alerting health care workers in the U.S. and reminding them how to isolate and test suspected patients while following strict infection-control procedures.”
American hospitals are adequately supplied with infection-control equipment like gloves, gowns, and masks that will prevent the spread of the disease. American medical care workerseducated by the AIDS epidemicknow how to keep themselves safe while treating sick patients. And the American system of reporting illness would identify a sick patient very quickly, allowing the disease to be contained and controlled.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140729-ebola-america-disease-epidemic-africa-medicine-science/
37 posted on
07/31/2014 11:59:23 AM PDT by
caww
To: caww
National Geographic?
Aren’t they also pushing man-made global warming? Yeah, I trust them.
40 posted on
07/31/2014 12:01:47 PM PDT by
Raebie
To: caww
American hospitals are adequately supplied with infection-control equipment like gloves, gowns, and masks that will prevent the spread of the disease. American medical care workerseducated by the AIDS epidemicknow how to keep themselves safe while treating sick patients. And the American system of reporting illness would identify a sick patient very quickly, allowing the disease to be contained and controlled.
How much does this help if people are spreading the disease, prior to the onset of symptoms severe enough to go to a hospital? The answer is: not much at all. And if this were to hit us hard, hospitals wouldn't even be functioning after the very beginning, since their capacity is so low, relatively.
The "don't worry, we have this all under control" public face is very, very concerning. There are real actions that they can and should be doing, but seem more interested in public relations than anything else.
42 posted on
07/31/2014 12:05:13 PM PDT by
jjsheridan5
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