Posted on 07/31/2014 2:25:13 PM PDT by Wage Slave
Emory University Hospital is expected to receive a patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus within the next several days, the university announced Thursday.
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If you read the comments after the article they say a special ward was set up there years ago to deal with this exact situation.
All boils down to grant money, not sound public health policy.
The military has facilities as well.
Hospitals across the country are struggling with a shortage of one of their essential medical supplies.
Manufacturers are rationing saline solution — essentially pharmaceutical-grade saltwater. The stuff is used all around hospitals to clean wounds, mix medications or treat dehydration. Now drug companies say they won’t be able to catch up with demand until next year.
I’m wondering if it isn’t the US doctor who was injected with the new serum/cure. CDC would certainly be the best ones on the planet for seeing how effective it is. They are pretty amazing people, by all accounts.
If succesfully injected with a cure, there is no need to bring the patient here now is there?
He didn’t receive the serum. He wanted Nancy Writebol to have it. He did get a transfusion from one of the survivors however.
They are going to want to study them and do all sorts of testing. We have the labs here in the US to do that...Liberia doesn’t.
Pandemic comes from (Pandora)’s Box. Why would anyone think that’s a good idea?
Ah - thank you. Been so much news over the past couple days that it’s hard to keep it all straight.
I’d be curious how well the transfusion works. It may give a key to a vaccine if it does. Ebola is one of those odd ones - bit like syphilis or smallpox. Hardish to catch in the first place, then contagious as all get out. Bit of effort might be worth it to eradicate it. We did it with smallpox.
Geez, what could possibly go wrong? I’ve been saying before Drudge did that we’re one plane ticket and one border crossing from ebola being in the US and here it is.
Emory Healthcare has banned tobacco but is welcoming ebola. What an upside liberal world I woke up to this morning.
No, you’ve got blood splatters to clean up.
Blue states get the vaccine, which will only be available thru local Veterans Administration hospitals by appointment.
FR has been saying that for days. Of course, once ebola out does the border crisis, his royal hiney will have to bring on a crisis to top ebola. I suspect it'll be war which will also give him the excuse he needs to rule for at least a third term.
I am pretty damned confident these 2 will pose no risk. They be in Sev 4 conditions from start to finish. You can be your bottom dollar the military is involved as well and they know what they’re doing in this regard.
It’s public air travel that scares the crap out of me.
Great links————thanks !
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Article said they didn’t know which of the two missionaries was going to Emory, So I guess it’s our citizens they are bringing home to treat or to die. Perhaps the other is going to a different hospital? Or is so close to death he/she probably will die enroute?
The msm is indeed keeping the identity all hush hush. ABC evening news, a few minutes ago, failed to identify Patient Zero. They did say that the African hospital where the two Americans are only recieved one dose of a new treatment and that Dr. Brantly said to give it to Nancy Writebol. From other reports, Patient Zero would likely be Writebol as Brantly’s going downhill quickly. Could be he is too far gone to make the trip.
Atlanta. I take if from the article these are the 2 Americans who are sick over there, the doctor and nurse. But it’s a little unclear, because it says they are taking one patient, but they are sending a plane for both of them.
I don’t know if I think this is a good idea. These 2 are very likely doomed no matter what is done for them. So they may as well be doomed in Africa.
Sorry to say that, I really am.
But I no longer trust our leaders to do anything correctly, including walk and chew gum.
So, do I think they’re incapable enough to unleash ebola here while trying to do the right thing? Why yes, yes I do.
Dr. Brantly got a blood transfusion from a kid who survived ebola.
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