Posted on 10/13/2014 5:15:47 AM PDT by xzins
I’d read last night an admittedly confusing report that the ER at Presbyterian was not admitting patients other than suspected Ebola cases. At the time, many suspected that no admission was due to their being a new suspected Ebola patient being admitted or very recently admitted with insufficient time to decontaminate.
Good question. Govt. Official have been silent after the Duncan-family move to the “gated community”. Why? Just Privacy or are they not telling us they are sick also OR are they letting the ‘Duncan didn’t get treated because he’s black MEME’ linger to get another desired result? (election, ethnic-race baiting) If the family that Duncan was staying with was HEALTHY, why not say that? (I see an endless loop)
Yes, of course. But how do you measure a "strong" immune system vs. one that is just working at its optimal self? If you don't know, how do you know all those supplements are actually doing something of value?
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” — Ronald Reagan
Wow...is the CDC in a serious state of DENIAL OR WHAT?
“it had to be a breach of protocol,” really or could it be the protocol is inadequate!
The nurse becomes “fatigued” by caring for the patient? Excuse me, but are there not OSHA protocols that address workers in PPE with regard to length of time, work involved, and temperature? If the nurses are suffering from “fatigue” what was being done to address the issue?
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“The ED is shut down because they do not have staff to take any more patients. Most of their staff is being watched for Ebola....”
No.
The doc at the pres conf. also said there were 18 hospital employees being watched.
That’s a small fraction of a large city ER staff, even if they all came from the ER, which is unlikely.
No.
The reason they don’t have staff is a severe case of the blue flu.
Their staff is refusing to work.
But.
That information went down the memory whole.
After the doc said no staff, so decontaminating while we’re down anyway...
The media reported: closed for decontamination.
They (the people that yanked the doc out of the press conf) don’t want you to know that they cannot provide adequate staffing during an outbreak.
Every hospital. Every unit. Every clinic. Every medical office. Nationwide. They’re discussing this. People are drawing lines about what they will do if Ebola comes to their workplace.
You’d be surprised what is being said. See. A primarily female work force with young children at home and spouse that also work is a workforce that has employment options. Maybe not all of them.
But.
As clearly seen in Dallas. Enough of them.
WE NEED TO GET THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN THIS NOW!
If this how it really works, then the key to stopping the spread is dealing correctly with patients as they go terminal, and the odds of it spreading in developed countries is minimal.
Also, I'm impressed with the wisdom in the thread. A few simple ideas will work:
And the Progressives are going to do everything in their power to make sure something like that never ever ever happens again . No matter what the risks....
CDC is only effective in running the clown car until the head doctor of a hospital or a Governor decides to change the game.
Caretakers need respirators until this infection of the nurse is figured out. Is it airborne or not and given the nurse got it, I would guess it could be airborne. Everyone does not have to follow the rat over the cliff.
Also, I would rather hear from Texas head docs than CDC kooks on what should be done to protect the US public all these diseases, including Ebola.
That’s some what odd as the CDC classifies that as a “ low risk exposure”
“Healthcare personnel in facilities with confirmed or probable Ebola patients who have been in the care area for a prolonged period of time while not wearing recommended PPE”
Actually Im glad someone is trying to be cautious for once.....
>>Staff can be called in from other locations or to be on call.
That assumes willing volunteers...which there are not.
The Director of the CDC publicly;y throwing the Presby nurse under the bus before any investigation ended any possibility of that.
>>If the powers that be - whoever they are - really want to get a handle on this, anyone with symptoms of this disease should be taken to a single location, isolated from other types of injuries or potential illnesses so as not to spread this to the general population.
They don’t, because of the political implications of 100% screen plus wide spread quarantine for foreigners means for Obama’s open borders domestic/foreign policies.
The problem is the early symptoms are fever, body ache headache, vomiting, diarrhea. The same symptoms of dozens of common illnesses we see every day in the ER and clinics. Gonna have to be a huge Facility to see them all in one place.
Ought to use the same quarantine specifications for shipping dogs to Hawaii.
I didn’t say not concerned. I said I’ll be surprised if they get it. Time will tell.
Those who contract the disease in Africa are most often those who have contact with the bodies during the last stages of the disease or after death. This is in all likelihood because they are greatly more infectious during this time.
I honestly thought that more Ebola cases would have popped up in the USA, by now...time will tell on how bad it will get here.
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