[discostu]

1. Out of how many dozen that interacted with the sick guy? And the procedure wasn’t followed entirely (it only takes one mistake).

That’s Spain. Americans are more professional. Heck even Canadians are more professional, look at SARS in Toronto, people kept coming to work.

More nurses and doctors in the bush got ebola (and regularly do) that here. It’s even harder to run the protocols out there, they’re lucky to stick to level 1. We ARE an overall cleaner and better organized society. When was the last time you heard of Americans transporting corses in taxis?

[Black Agnes]

If the procedures and protocols take ONE MISTAKE to infect you. And you’re using the protocols to protect HUMANS, who DO from time to time make mistakes. You WILL see infections in the healthcare workers.

And they will simply ‘sick out’ from working in those areas.

Better to introduce procedures and protocols that do NOT have a 100% chance of suicide from simply being human.

The MSF protocols are very stringent. And they’ve lost vanishingly few of their workers to this in comparison with even Western healthcare workers.

See if you can spot the differences:

http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2014/10/us_hospitals_ready_to_treat_eb.html

If the pics above are the best WE can do as the best healthcare system in the world...then explain how MSF is able to do this in the bush, in the 3rd world...:

http://pulse.ng/news/disturbing-we-are-losing-battle-against-ebola-msf-reveals-id3101869.html

Now, if YOU were a healthcare worker taking care of a seizing, projectile vomiting and explosive pooping ebola patient, which garb would you feel the safest wearing. Our healthcare workers aren’t even covering their HAIR. And I can guarantee they aren’t (from just reading the al.com article) getting the MANDATORY to MSF protocol bleach washdown before they begin removing their protective gear.

[Black Agnes]

And at $500K+ to treat each ebola patient, how long before insurance from a patient care standpoint will insist the medical staff be appropriately protected at all times with ADEQUATE gear to insure that simply being human isn’t a suicide move?