Posted on 10/15/2014 1:54:56 PM PDT by NoLibZone
There is actually controversy about how much protective gear must or should be worn while caring for Ebola patients. Some doctors think that putting on too much gear can decrease dexterity and increase the chance of an accidental exposure, while others think that one should be completely covered.
Whenever I have worked with infectious agents, I would put on booties and bonnet, as well as lab coat, gloves, and eye protection. The agents I worked with were, like Ebola, non-aerosolizable agents.
FRIEDEN: Absolutely. More is not always better. Better is better. Sometimes you put on more layers, it’s harder to put on, harder to take off, you increase your risk of exposure. That’s what the science tells us.
then by that reasoning firemen shouldn’t wear Nomex and air tanks because its just too dang hard to put on and take off.
These truly are the dumbest people on the face of the Earth. They all should be sterilized so they can reproduce.
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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