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Posted on 08/07/2014 2:05:46 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Renowned neurosurgeon and possible 2016 presidential hopeful, Dr. Benjamin Carson criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monday for bringing two Ebola infected missionaries to the U.S. for treatment, citing the highly contagious and deadly nature of the disease.
"Why would we bring that into our country? Why would we expose ourselves when we already know that there are problems that can occur and have occurred," said Carson, who is a former director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, in an interview with Newsmax TV.
"Ebola is a terrifying disease. If you don't treat it, close to 90 percent of the people will die," said Carson.
Two missionaries, Dr. Ken Brantly, 33, who works with Samaritan's Purse and Nancy Writebol, 59, an aid worker with SIM, are both being treated at a special unit set up at Emory University Hospital in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, after being infected with the deadly virus while working in Liberia. They were both flown to the U.S. in the last few days after receiving doses of a trial serum call ZMapp and are now reportedly improving.
Dr. Carson, however, does not believe it was a wise move to treat them stateside.
"I'm a little concerned that we're bringing it back here. I think we have the ability to treat it in other places," said Carson.
"The reason I would be concerned about bringing it back here is because it is transmitted primarily through bodily fluids. And it can actually survive outside of the host, outside of the body for several days at least. Which means that, let's say a container or urine or vomit or whatever for whatever reason, gets disseminated into the public, you got a big problem," he noted.
"Why do we even risk such a thing when we can send experts elsewhere? We can send a plane equipped to handle this somewhere to land. We can create parts of a hospital somewhere. We have lots of options," explained Carson.
When asked if he thought it was a mistake for the CDC and Emory University Hospital to bring the missionaries back to the U.S. for treatment, Carson said: "I certainly would treat it where it is and then once we have cured the individuals, bring them back with open arms."
"It is a highly contagious disease and all it requires is infractions in some procedures and all of a sudden you got more spread, and that's what I am afraid of," said Carson.
He makes a lot of sense, unlike our current fearless leader.
Now they’ve taken another infected missionary home to Spain.
It’s like watching a slow motion disaster movie.
Now they’ve taken another infected missionary home to Spain.
It’s like watching a slow motion disaster movie.
Carson is 100% correct IMHO, and my own views on this echo his completely.
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Carson is wrong and I wonder if he wants our military who are fighting Ebola in Africa to live with their chances there, if they get the disease.
This panicked reaction that we should start letting our heroes die in Africa rather than bring them home to our (and their) advanced Ebola clinics, is discouraging.
My real concern is this. Are they ever cured in the traditional sense?
A cure means they no are no longer symptomatic. Okay. they survive. As I understand it, this does not remove their positive status. Aren’t they then carriers, able to infect others who will then need treatment?
Is this really going to be stopped, if the do survive? I don’t think so, but I’m not actually sure yet.
This is one time when I disagree with the great doctor. While it may be possible to “treat” Americans who have Ebola in some 3rd world country, would we want our son or daughter to be left in Liberia to be treated? Of course not!
Emory will take the greatest care to isolate these two patients. There MAY be danger to the caregivers, but not to the general public.
His opinion is just that. He’ll never be in a position to make such a decision
That is a strange thing to say about America. How many Americans are so stubborn that they won't go to the hospital if they get Ebola?
True.
That Ebola threat is coming across the Mexican border and into our airports straight from Africa.
Ebola is also an STD(Sexually Transmitted Disease)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease#Prognosis
Notice the boy wandering around and eating, conditions in Africa are primitive.
A health worker, wearing personal protection gear, offers water to a woman with Ebola virus disease (EVD), at a treatment centre for infected persons in Kenema Government Hospital, in Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone in this August, 2014 handout photo provided by UNICEF August 6, 2014.
Worn out, torn, punctured and threadbare protective gear being reused.
His luster is wearing off. Just pandering for support now.
A doctor friend said he didn;t think they should be brought to the US either, hmmm.
Our current leader WANTS to inflict a pandemic on America.
We “deserve it”.
After all Ebola is the legacy of centuries of colonialism. /s
Dr Carson is right.
You have to weigh the benefits and risk of bringing these patients here, and there is more risk than benefit. Someone in charge has to remove emotion that you as a family member may have, and make the hard decision.
Have you heard an update of the two Ebola infected patients health?
I have not, and I suspect something is up.
There is a phase in which it appears that you are getting better once infected from Ebola, then you crash and bleed out.
How come no news lately?
If they want to treat these patients, instead of buidling a unit in Emory, they should have built a hosptal ship.
Get it away from American soil.
Those nurses have the potential, although small, of infecting their children , which in turn winds up in their neighborhood school. Infecting your children.
Then you might change your opinion about this.
I have a friend who is a research scientist, he thought it was a bad idea, also.
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