Posted on 09/15/2014 9:38:52 AM PDT by scouter
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning hospitals and doctors that “now is the time to prepare,” has issued a six-page Ebola “checklist” to help healthcare workers quickly determine if patients are infected.
While the CDC does not believe that there are new cases of Ebola in the United States, the assumption in the checklist is that it is only a matter of time before the virus hits home.
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Very good advice. I have a small amount of long term supplies for “insurance” for something like an emp which would give no warning. This is so I can sleep at night. It is packed away and will last for at least 10 years. No need to worry about “rotation”, etc.
However for something like this, I figure I will have time to make some runs to Sams Club, then be able to lock down in style and it is much cheaper. No need to worry about rotation or spoilage because as soon as it is unloaded, the doors close and I start using it.
How long until other patients/visitors to that hospital start posting pictures of that to Facebook?
Well, there you have it. Get a visa or work permit but don’t use it until you get a headache, fever or other not so publically noticable symptoms. Then hop the first plane to America so you can get the best medical care all for free.
>>So, if EBOLA is not transmitted by air, why all these suits?Because the health workers constantly come into contact with secretions and liquids and solid waste from the infected, including when the suits are removed hurriedly or incorrectly. In addition, many of the workers are wearing inferior, cobbled together "hazmat" suits, not the nearly foolproof ones we have here (foolproof as long as proper procedures are followed).
Many people confuse coughed droplets (which are infectious) with "airborne"; that's not what airborne means in epidemiology. Airborne means infectious after drifting in the air for a substantial time and without the enclosing water envelope. The often-cited Reston strain may or may have not developed an airborne-facilitating mutation -- not clear. Sloppy procedure took place in the lab and alternate explanations for the infection of primates in adjacent rooms exist even according to the lab workers.
Another reason sitting down is better.
“Don’t worry. 0 will import thousands who are affected, so they can go on 0bamacare for “free” treatment.”
The Population Control Advocates in this administration likely think Ebola coming to America is a GOOD THING.
These are the same people that point out how prosperous Europe was after it was depopulated by the plagues, and how it sparked the Renaissance Period.
I really wish this was sarcasm, but it isn’t...
Of course, they think that they and theirs will somehow be exempted.
“It’s like the word-smithing shift from Venereal Disease to STD.”
Or from GRID (Gay-Related Immuno Deficiency) to the much more PC “AIDS”.
So whats at the bottom of the hole.
A sale at Mervyns?
Well they might be manipulating the market on all items on the checklist for a buddy.
Could be.
I don’t believe a word they say, one way or the other.
You can believe that they will make sure the right people get rich over this crisis though, whether it actually becomes one or not.
I no longer shake hands with ANYONE...I’m a woman...I just tell people “I’m weird”....
All viruses mutate. Most of the mutations in Ebola change the genetic material, not the structure, so the vaccines would work just fine.
The problem is in testing a vaccine. Not many people would volunteer to get an experimental vaccine, then get a shot of Ebola virus to see if the vaccine works.
It is not airborne, and it is an open question whether it can even become airborne (due to its physical structure and mode of infection).
Very good points! Besides, I was checking around and some of these food kits are ridiculously expensive. The more that I think about it, I’d be better off just starting to stock up on the basics. Like canned veges, soup, etc.
Those wipes or gels do not kill everything, and you should never use them more than once between actual hand washings. Their ability to kill what they can kill is decreased the more often you use them--after the first time or two, you are basically just smearing around the residue from the last use.
To wash your hands in a public place, turn on the water and moisten your hands. Get the soap and work up a good lather, working it all over your hands and under the fingernails, for about 15-20 seconds. Rinse thoroughly. Get the paper towels and dry your hands, then use the towels to turn off the water. Use the towel to open the door, also. If you are lucky, the trash can is close enough to the door so that you will not have to walk around carrying dirty towels.
If you cannot use a paper towel to turn off the water, then use your wrist (you are less likely to touch your wrists to your face than your hands).
I used to give lectures on proper handwashing technique...
Dear CDC, my mother is bleeding out of her nose, eyes and rectum. I’m so glad there are no new cases of Eeeee-bolllll-aaaaa in the US!
(Yes, NSA, that was facetious; my mother is just fine.)
You will need corks inserted in various places to stop all the bleeding.
If CDC says you can manage Ebola without a full bio suit, I would say they’re a special kind of stupid.
“There is nothing more disconcerting than sitting in the stall doing your business and hearing someone leave the stall and walking directly OUT of the restroom without making a trip to the sink first...”
For most of human history we didn’t have flushing toilets or sinks...
I'm curious, what is the "base" that she is allergic to? Is it the adjuvant? Are there alternate versions of the vaccines that she could receive instead (they are not all made using the same ingredients)?
It's rather dangerous to be unvaccinated. I hope, for your daughter's sake, that you live in an area with high vaccination coverage, since herd immunity is the only thing protecting her.
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