First Ebola case diagnosed in the United States - CDC

Iamtdg said:
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Totally unrelated but think I'm headed to Cheaper Than Dirt to pick up a few more cases of ammo :unsure
 
I just bought some acreage and 2 40' storage containers. Time to bury them in the dirt, buy some guns and take a class on using speech that makes me seem uneducated.
 
 
The medical profession is apparently either misinformed or intentionally giving wrong information as to how one can become infected.
 
L.T. Fan said:
The medical profession is apparently either misinformed or intentionally giving wrong information as to how one can become infected.
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Or they didn't completely follow proper protocol for dealing with patient's who have an infectious disease. I can say at my hospital, there are patient's who are on a contact isolation order which requires one to wear gloves and gowns, but MDs walk in to talk to them without gowning up all the time. You would just hope that something like Ebola would scare people enough to take care.
 
Deuce said:
Or they didn't completely follow proper protocol for dealing with patient's who have an infectious disease. I can say at my hospital, there are patient's who are on a contact isolation order which requires one to wear gloves and gowns, but MDs walk in to talk to them without gowning up all the time. You would just hope that something like Ebola would scare people enough to take care.
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Well, that may be true...but it certainly looks like its easier to contract Ebola then what the CDC has yelled from the rooftops.
 
UncleMilti said:
Well, that may be true...but it certainly looks like its easier to contract Ebola then what the CDC has yelled from the rooftops.
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Exactly. I honestly believe it can be contacted by methods other than bodily fluids and infected needles.

I think the government is trying to suppress public panic by downplaying how infectious the disease is.
 
1bigfan13 said:
Exactly. I honestly believe it can be contacted by methods other than bodily fluids and infected needles.

I think the government is trying to suppress public panic by downplaying how infectious the disease is.
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We got a 19 page info packet today at my job. All about Ebola, the risks, precautions and procedures. Everything that was in there is already public knowledge.

I seriously doubt they would give us old or false information so to suppress public panic when working directly with these people.
 
Deuce said:
We got a 19 page info packet today at my job. All about Ebola, the risks, precautions and procedures. Everything that was in there is already public knowledge.

I seriously doubt they would give us old or false information so to suppress public panic when working directly with these people.
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All I know is someone that cared for Duncan in full contamination gear now has Ebola....and today it was announced that SEVENTY people had cared for him with direct contact over the course of his sickness in TX.

So...70 people, going home to 3-4 people in their households, plus out eating lunch among the public, shopping, etc......people can downplay the virus all they want....but the fact that someone got it, in the US, with our state of the art treatment and razor sharp ability to keep it from spreading (:lol according to the CDC) should be a major red flag to whats really happening out there.
 
UncleMilti said:
All I know is someone that cared for Duncan in full contamination gear now has Ebola....and today it was announced that SEVENTY people had cared for him with direct contact over the course of his sickness in TX.

So...70 people, going home to 3-4 people in their households, plus out eating lunch among the public, shopping, etc......people can downplay the virus all they want....but the fact that someone got it, in the US, with our state of the art treatment and razor sharp ability to keep it from spreading (:lol according to the CDC) should be a major red flag to whats really happening out there.
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The red flag is on that particular RN. 70 people cared for him, yet 1 person gets it? That means she was negligent at some point. My guess is she took her gloves off the improper way and got some germs on her. Then it's as simple as rubbing your eyes or picking your nose.
 
Deuce said:
The red flag is on that particular RN. 70 people cared for him, yet 1 person gets it? That means she was negligent at some point. My guess is she took her gloves off the improper way and got some germs on her. Then it's as simple as rubbing your eyes or picking your nose.
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And after doing that, did she go home to her husband and kids? Then he went off to his job, the kids off to school? Where did she stop off between work and home?

Once this shit starts to get away, gonna be awful hard to get a handle on it.
 
NoDak said:
And after doing that, did she go home to her husband and kids? Then he went off to his job, the kids off to school? Where did she stop off between work and home?

Once this shit starts to get away, gonna be awful hard to get a handle on it.
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Absolutely, it's got scary possibilities.

Good news is I don't believe she was married with kids and they gave her a transfusion with the blood of the survivor with antibodies in it. Hopefully she'll comes right through and not expose anyone else in the meantime.
 
Deuce said:
The red flag is on that particular RN. 70 people cared for him, yet 1 person gets it? That means she was negligent at some point. My guess is she took her gloves off the improper way and got some germs on her. Then it's as simple as rubbing your eyes or picking your nose.
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I think you are missing my point. We've been told by the CDC that Ebola is very difficult to get with all the precautions that are in place. Whether the nurse screwed up or not...she was still taking tons of precaution.

I'm saying its obviously a bit easier to catch then what has been put out there.

And we still are in the window for other people to show up with this thing...Duncan died Oct 8....so that means theres still 15 days left for symptoms to show up in people who directly cared for him.

I read somewhere that he had 22 people attend to him on the day he died.
 
Deuce said:
The red flag is on that particular RN. 70 people cared for him, yet 1 person gets it? That means she was negligent at some point. My guess is she took her gloves off the improper way and got some germs on her. Then it's as simple as rubbing your eyes or picking your nose.
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I don't even work in a hospital, but when I use nitrile gloves (for searches at the prison) I use hand sanitizer on the gloves to disinfect them before I take them off.
 
Clay_Allison said:
I don't even work in a hospital, but when I use nitrile gloves (for searches at the prison) I use hand sanitizer on the gloves to disinfect them before I take them off.
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I can't speak for that Dallas hospital, but that's not procedure here. You take your gloves off first, then sanitize. Makes sense your way, though.
 
Now they're reporting a second hospital worker has tested positive.

Fuck this, shit. Time to start dropping nukes on Texas.
 
NoDak said:
Now they're reporting a second hospital worker has tested positive.

Fuck this, shit. Time to start dropping nukes on Texas.
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Just give them back to Mexico and build the wall along Oklahoma and Louisiana.
 
NoDak said:
Now they're reporting a second hospital worker has tested positive.

Fuck this, shit. Time to start dropping nukes on Texas.
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Shhhhhhh....its not easy to catch.

Move along, the CDC says theres nothing to see here.


:lol
 
Dr Sanjay Gupta did a great demo on healthcare workers being able to remove their protective gear without issues.

He smeared a little chocolate syrup on him, then proceeded to remove his stuff according to protocol.

He still ended up getting syrup on his arm, neck, and forearm.

Pretty scary.
 
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