Posted on 09/21/2014 6:07:31 AM PDT by george76
Dr. George Risi had to pass a dozen armed checkpoints to leave Sierra Leone – four of which ordered him out of the car so a guard could take his temperature.
The Missoula infectious disease specialist is still checking his thermometer twice daily since his return from 20 days of volunteer work in an Ebola virus ward. He and fellow Missoulian intensive care nursing director Kate Hurley cared for up to 95 patients, from babies to grandparents, suffering from the often-fatal disease.
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While untreated Ebola tends to be 70 percent fatal, Risi said about half of the patients in the Kenema clinic where he worked made it through alive. Those who do usually have antibody resistance for up to 10 years.
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I hope he got to use his own disposable thermometer.
I wouldn’t trust a thermometer at a check point to be sterile.
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From the article:
“Any competent hospital can handle Ebola,” Risi said. “We know how to protect ourselves – you just need to be diligent in the use of the guidelines.”
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Uh. OK.
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