Call the CDC Strike Team!
Use the Hash Tag! #
Posted on 10/16/2014 7:52:16 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Hospital officials in New Haven have quarantined a patient with Ebola-like symptoms as a precaution.
Officials tell Eyewitness News that the patient was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital.
The hospital released a statement Thursday morning.
"Yale-New Haven Hospital admitted a patient late Wednesday night for evaluation of Ebola-like symptoms," the hospital said. "We have not confirmed or ruled-out any diagnosis at this point. We are working in cooperation with city, state and federal health officials. There is no further information available at this time."
Officials said they'll know more later in the day.
There's no word on the patient's condition or identity.
Mayor Toni Harp met with city officials Thursday morning at 10 a.m. at the city's Emergency Operations Center. They planned to brief the media afterward. The state Department of Public Health said it was aware of the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at wfsb.com ...
Is the United States in a good position to stay a step ahead of this growing epidemic?
In Liberia, the infrastructure to combat such a widespread outbreak is weak. It is not easy to get to a hospital and get rehydrated; there is no tracking system in place to find and notify others who might have come into contact with those who have contracted the virus. Even if you could identify all of these people, there isn’t a humane, reliable way to isolate them from the rest of the community. Missing all of these elements is a “double whammy” to economically vulnerable areas trying to manage such a deadly, fast-moving epidemic. The most important factor in controlling the Ebola outbreak is a strong, well-functioning health system, which we have here in the United States.
Only if they survive it.
Explain to this old dummy what PPE is?
Guess Obama isn’t in a kissing and hugging mood today.
If I was the reporter assigned I'd do the presser via Skype!
Personal Protective Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment.
>Oct. 14: Two Yale students researching Ebola in Liberia return home
Idiots. Play with your Ebola in a lab here, not out in the field of moronic natives who infect and kill others.
I wonder how many native’s flesh these morons chummed up against?
Maybe people returning from West Africa should be sent to Guantanamo for three weeks before entering the country.
Personal Protective Equipment. Things like cut-resistant gloves for butchers, bunker gear Fire Fighters wear, face shields/goggles, Tyvek haz-mat suits, arc-flash suits for electricians, etc.
Call the CDC Strike Team!
Use the Hash Tag! #
Now they’re moving Nina Pham to Maryland. It seems they’re moving confirmed cases to hospitals more equipped to handle Ebola
Good luck, and prayers sent. Please keep the SITREP updated and the RUMINT going ;)
So the CDC has definitely set the standard of care as hospitalization at one of our specialized isolation units. We have a total of about 20 of those beds in the whole country. Won’t take many “guests” from West Africa to fill them up....
From your link:
Nina Pham, one of the two nurses who contracted Ebola in Dallas, is expected to be moved to a National Institutes of Health isolation unit in Bethesda, Maryland, a federal official with direct knowledge of the plans told NBC News on Thursday.
The transfer could happen later Thursday, but the official cautioned that plans were evolving. Pham was diagnosed with the virus on Sunday after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted Ebola in Liberia, flew to Dallas and later died.
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Texas Pres. Being allowed to sink like Titanic?
Not sure what’s up over here but they’re not letting a hospice patient transfer out. same with other transfers.
Let us know if you hear anything about the Boston subway thing
Holy crap.
Stay safe.
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