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Shocking moment bumbling cops leave Ebola doctor's apartment and
Daily Mail ^ | 10/24/14 | staff

Posted on 10/24/2014 6:25:08 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

dump their protective gloves and masks in a sidewalk trash can

New York City police officers were sent to mark of Dr. Craig Spencer's Harlem apartment building today Spencer is the first confirmed patient with Ebola in the city After the officers were done, they were seen throwing their gloves, masks and caution tape in a public trash can on the street

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To: winoneforthegipper

All the neccessary scares and infections wouldn’t have happened had we either heavily restricted travel or set up an isolation on Ellis Island or somewhere for everyone traveling from the hot zone. That way, restrict them from infecting others and detect ebola symptoms early and therefore make the chances greater than Duncan at surviving if they actually do have ebola.


41 posted on 10/24/2014 8:06:32 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Rockitz

I don’t buy it. If some person has been in an ebola hot zone, they shouldn’t be allowed to donate blood, if they survived it they shouldn’t be allowed to donate blood for a long time either. In fact, a person’s blood is easily the most infectious bodily fluid for many diseases. I wouldn’t be surprised if we found that this was true for ebola too.

I am not someone who has been to medical school, but I have been trained in workplace first aid, and given the emphasis on blood as a dangerous means of disease transmission, I feel that extreme caution should be taken regarding the blood of someone who has ebola, even if they are asymptomatic.


42 posted on 10/24/2014 8:10:48 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: the OlLine Rebel

On a family trip to the NY city years ago I remember the look on my kids faces when they saw a homeless individual reach into one of those trash containers and pull out a piece of chicken for his consumption.


43 posted on 10/24/2014 8:10:53 AM PDT by evaporation-plus
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To: Marie

It appears that the problem with it is largely, residual virus left behind by someone’s mess, and the fact that it can be very hard to detect every last cut on your body, or every last bit of bodily fluid, or maybe the virus is tough to kill with cleaning chemicals.


44 posted on 10/24/2014 8:15:36 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: winoneforthegipper
winoneforthegipper:"Problem here is this...
each exposure in the states raises the risk of a few things.
1. Mutation
2. Exposures to more contagious fluids
3. Outpacing insurance willingness.
4. Outpacing medical willingness.

You forgot a few :
5. Outpacing medical ability (as in MSF overwhelmed in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone)and turned 30% of patients away.
6. Outpacing availability of medical supplies (need for saline IV which is already in short supply) ,
analygesics , and anti-diarrhea medications, PAPPR (space suit with air supply), gloves, booties, etc.
7. Overcomming insurance liability for Health Care Workers who are willing to remain and work intimately with patients.
8. Getting replacements for HCW (nurses/doctors/aides) who abandon Ebola care, and just walk away.

45 posted on 10/24/2014 8:15:55 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: jimbo123

"The introduction has been successful. Phase 2 begins...just in time for the holidays."
46 posted on 10/24/2014 8:18:00 AM PDT by GBA (Can we play follow the leader now instead of follow the lemming?)
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To: Morpheus2009

Exactly.

No matter how remote the possibility, Ebola has the genetic power to ruin humanity. Not directly but surely indirectly via commodity disruptions.

So why play russian roulette?


47 posted on 10/24/2014 8:18:47 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

and those....lol


48 posted on 10/24/2014 8:25:10 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: RetSignman

It’s a given some idiot will take that home and string it around his room.


49 posted on 10/24/2014 8:29:28 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: winoneforthegipper
winoneforthegipper:".. and those....lol"

Yup ! Someone on the Ebola Surveillance board contributed the fact that there were 15 truckloads of waste just from the two (2) patients at Emory.
At first , their regular waste disposal company refused to transport the waste.
After 10 days, the CDC decided to burn all the contaminated waste at their disposal unit, 10 miles away .
Can you imagine 15 truckloads of waste from just two (2) patients; then imagine the waste , hypothetically, from just 20 patients ? Talk about being overwelmed !!

50 posted on 10/24/2014 8:41:25 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Oh sure...the cost of cleanup not only in the hospital but housing...transports.

The system might collapse well before being overwhelmed.


51 posted on 10/24/2014 8:47:54 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

52 posted on 10/24/2014 8:56:57 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Holy cow.


53 posted on 10/24/2014 9:01:25 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: winoneforthegipper
winoneforthegipper:".. The system might collapse well before being overwhelmed."

EXACTLY TRUE !!

54 posted on 10/24/2014 9:02:07 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: winoneforthegipper; null and void; Kartographer

And the New York City outbreak shall forever be known as THE KEYSTONE KOPS EPIDEMIC!!!

(Barney Fife better nip this one in the bud!)


55 posted on 10/24/2014 6:36:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“And the New York City outbreak shall forever be known as THE KEYSTONE KOPS EPIDEMIC!!! “


Uh,uh !

This is THE DOOFUS DOCTOR EPIDEMIC.

.


56 posted on 10/24/2014 6:41:23 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears

57 posted on 10/24/2014 6:43:36 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: combat_boots

:-)


58 posted on 10/24/2014 6:46:36 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


59 posted on 10/24/2014 8:52:35 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


60 posted on 10/25/2014 5:20:41 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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