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Confirmed: another healthcare worker who took care of pathogen-carrying, pathogen-spreading criminal Thomas Eric Duncan has Ebola.
Now there are two cases from an individual index patient. An outbreak is not contained until there are fewer than two additional cases from any one individual index case.
As if the above isn't bad enough...No hospital 'protocols' for Ebola treatment: US nurses' group.
CDC Director Frieden: If the US Bans Travel From West Africa Ebola Will Spread
Meanwhile, some 4500 West Africans with visas enter the United States every month. How many new index cases are among them?
Additional reading...Ebola Preparation ‘Will bankrupt my hospital!’ Director Reacts to CDC Prep Call.
Tammy Swofford's comment this morning at my blog site:
- 18,000 Nurses In California To Strike Over Ebola
No Sponge Baths Until My Needs Are Met From Bloomberg: Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike starting Nov. 11, partly over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus. The walkout would affect 21 hospitals...
- Usatoday: U.s. Uniformed Officers To Treat Ebola Patients In Liberia
USAToday: U.S. Uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia President Obama has assured Americans that none of the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops heading to Liberia will treat Ebola patients, but 70 uniformed officers of the U.S. Public Health Service...
- Cdc Now Watching 125 People For Ebola Signs
That number is expanding rapidly, isn't it? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now monitoring 125 people for symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus, including 76 who came into contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who died...
- Ebola News 10-14-14 - Constantly Updated At Bottom Of Post
WHO Says There Could Be Up To 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In 2 Months ----- One Week of Observation Left; Original 48 Contacts OK So far, Duncan's family members remain symptom free. However, it appears officials are preparing the msm because...
- Ebola: What You Are Not Seeing In The Mainstream Media
What you are not seeing the msm report: Doctor dons Ebola protection suit to protest CDC Nurses stage Ebola ‘die-in’ on Las Vegas Strip NYT: Texas Says That Up to 100 Are at Risk of Ebola Exposure YahooNews:Scores possibly exposed to U.S. Ebola patient;...
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Yet Another Ebola Case In Dallas (With Addendum)
Now there are two cases from an individual index patient. An outbreak is not contained until there are fewer than two additional cases from any one individual index case.
As if the above isn't bad enough...No hospital 'protocols' for Ebola treatment: US nurses' group.
Nurses Union Releases Statement That Ebola Patient Duncan Was Left In Open Area of the ER For Hours
FoxNews
A statement from National Nurses United also says Thomas Eric Duncan was left in an open area of an emergency room for hours.
A spokesman for the group says nurses were forced to use medical tape to secure openings in their flimsy garments. It's said that the patient had explosive diarrhea and projectile vomiting.
In a conference call with reporters executive director RoseAnn DeMoro says the allegations are based on revelations from "a few" nurses and that the claims were vetted.
AND HERE'S THE GUY WHO IS LEADING US:The nurses also said that Duncan's lab samples were allowed to travel through the hospital's pneumatic tubes, opening the possibility of contaminating the specimen delivery system. The nurses also alleged that hazardous waste was allowed to pile up to the ceiling.
CDC Director Frieden: If the US Bans Travel From West Africa Ebola Will Spread
Meanwhile, some 4500 West Africans with visas enter the United States every month. How many new index cases are among them?
Additional reading...Ebola Preparation ‘Will bankrupt my hospital!’ Director Reacts to CDC Prep Call.
ADDENDUM
Tammy Swofford's comment this morning at my blog site:
I have discussed with AOW for literal weeks (since the Ebola numbers climbed in W. Africa) that we were unprepared for Ebola in America.
This morning I called her. Tears are streaming down my face and I do not cry easily. When I saw images of nurses with their necks exposed on videos, supposedly "ready" for Ebola, I knew we were doomed. Having trained constantly and consistently in the USNR for chem-bio scenarios wearing MOPP IV gear in sweltering heat, I KNOW what it takes to train and be safe. The military, does it right. Period. They set the standard. They set the standard in many things in medicine.
For weeks, I have brought this concern to my own hospital. Finally, we will provide training for critical care nurses. Now that a unit of labor is down, and nurses may flee the hospitals in Dallas, we will train. And then, in an act of bureaucratic genius, we will have "daily briefings" on Ebola.
We cannot talk Ebola to death. We can only contain Ebola by proper gear, worn by healthcare workers with weeks (not one damn session) of training in wearing the gear.
How many nurses will die because of bureaucratic incompetence and callous disregard for our lives? Naturally, my own hospital will continue along with their yearly holiday tradition of gratitude for our labor. We get a fifteen dollar Target card to cover Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Yeah, now you understand the sacrifices that nurses make for you every day.
And how many clients did the nurses infect after they cared for Mr. Duncan?
Tammy Swofford
Reporting from the hot zone
- 18,000 Nurses In California To Strike Over Ebola
No Sponge Baths Until My Needs Are Met From Bloomberg: Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike starting Nov. 11, partly over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus. The walkout would affect 21 hospitals...
- Usatoday: U.s. Uniformed Officers To Treat Ebola Patients In Liberia
USAToday: U.S. Uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia President Obama has assured Americans that none of the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops heading to Liberia will treat Ebola patients, but 70 uniformed officers of the U.S. Public Health Service...
- Cdc Now Watching 125 People For Ebola Signs
That number is expanding rapidly, isn't it? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now monitoring 125 people for symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus, including 76 who came into contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian national who died...
- Ebola News 10-14-14 - Constantly Updated At Bottom Of Post
WHO Says There Could Be Up To 10,000 New Ebola Cases Per Week In 2 Months ----- One Week of Observation Left; Original 48 Contacts OK So far, Duncan's family members remain symptom free. However, it appears officials are preparing the msm because...
- Ebola: What You Are Not Seeing In The Mainstream Media
What you are not seeing the msm report: Doctor dons Ebola protection suit to protest CDC Nurses stage Ebola ‘die-in’ on Las Vegas Strip NYT: Texas Says That Up to 100 Are at Risk of Ebola Exposure YahooNews:Scores possibly exposed to U.S. Ebola patient;...