They are giving teeth to the lies that we really have nothing to worry aboutRead the first item in the current (as of 8:05 am 10/12/14) CDC FAQ titled "Safe Management of Ebola Patients in US Hospitals". Then read down to #5, the one that has "There are important differences between providing care or performing public health tasks in Africa versus in a U.S. hospital."
Then look at what health care workers in one of the four federally-funded biocontainment units do:
Up until this morning, many hospitals were prepared to take CDC at their word about "routine" personal protective equipment (PPE). I imagine this is no longer the case.
Once 100 hospitals are "ruling out" 100 patients (most of whom will not have Ebola, of course), I imagine the system will grind to a halt.
Once 100 hospitals are "ruling out" 100 patients (most of whom will not have Ebola, of course), I imagine the system will grind to a halt.Yep - my daughter is a nurse and says that if it gets a real foothold, we are pretty screwed. Most hospitals are unprepared and will remain that way due to lack of resources/training to do an effective spin up. If it begins to spread out, they will quickly become overwhelmed and be unable to accomplish proper control procedures.
While initial prognoses were that the likelihood of its spread in the US was low, that has gone up exponentially with this health worker case - especially since they did not do their due diligence from the get-go and there is no telling how many she came into contact with and how many each of those contacts came into contact with...