JSA wrote:
klehner wrote:
Running mom wrote:
My understanding is that contrary to all scientific evidence and, you know, logic - they have decided to keep him in the nations most densely populated city to be cared for by people who have exactly zero experience caring for an ebola patient. I mean, what could
possibly go wrong? Questions: Unlike the nurses in Dallas, these ladies will not walk from work to their self-contained cars, to go to their own personal residences. They will come off the unit and, most likely, get on a bus or subway coming into contact with, who knows, thousands of people before arriving home. So - will they still be wearing their same uniforms that they have worn while taking care of the ebola patient? Will they change and/or shower? Or do they just hop off shift and head out the door? Will they self- quarantine? It is obviously not possible for a nurse who has no experience caring for an ebola patient to inadvertently get virus on herself while taking off the protective gear - right? and then sit with that contaminated clothing on busses, subways taxis... yah. this is a great idea. This whole ebola thing would not be such a big deal if people used just a tiny bit of logic and common sense. But - sigh, this is not possible. Gosh, why didn't they think of practicing their protocols beforehand? Perhaps you should email the hospital and give your advice on how they should handle ebola cases; I'm sure they haven't thought it through nearly enough. I'm not entirely sure why you are bagging on her, so, perhaps you can explain. I mentioned earlier in this thread, and in another thread, that my old Army unit (very old, going back to my enlisted days prior to the JAG Corps) was recently sent over to Liberia. They trained for weeks before deploying. When I was in that unit, during Desert Storm, we assumed bio and chem attacks and, as the pointing end of the spear, we were expected to be the first to encounter and/or have to remove same. We rehearsed that shit day in and day out. Do you really think civilian hospitals have done anything like this? I do not believe the medical community in generally fully understands Ebola yet. NYC hospitals aren't run by newbie healthcare providers. "running mom" said "to be cared for by people who have exactly zero experience caring for an ebola patient". Nonsense.
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Emergency medical workers, wearing full personal protective gear, rushed to Dr. Spencer’s apartment, on West 147th Street. He was transported to Bellevue and arrived shortly after 1 p.m.
He was placed in a special isolation unit and is being seen by the designated medical critical care team. Team members wear personal protective equipment with undergarment air ventilation systems.
Bellevue doctors have been preparing to deal with an Ebola patient with numerous drills and tests as well as actual treatment of suspected cases that turned out to be false alarms.
This whole thread betrays such fear and ignorance. How many non-healthcare providers have become infected in the US? Exactly zero. You are far more likely to catch the gay than Ebola.
An interesting factoid that might help keep things in perspective:
"Africa is full of overcrowded public transport — buses, minivans and some trains. There are no known instances of transmission in those environments. On July 20, a dying Liberian-American flew to Nigeria and was vomiting on the plane. All 200 people aboard were monitored; none fell ill."
The physician infected in NYC had only a low grade fever: 100.3, not 103 as earlier reported. (I'm sure someone here will say that the CDC is just lying about that). He was not out and about with any of the typical symptoms that would indicate he was anywhere near being contagious.
As for "wrecking your organs": if you are treated reasonably early, as have everyone in this country except patient zero, you won't have anything like that:
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Medical experts say most people who manage to recover from an acute Ebola infection will likely be able to return to their life and resume normal activities. But unfortunately, Ebola survivors do often develop certain chronic inflammatory conditions that affect the joints and eyes, problems that can follow a survivor through the remainder of their life. Dr. Amar Safdar, associate professor of infectious diseases and immunology at NYU Langone Medical Center, told CBS News these chronic conditions are a result of the body's immune response.
He said Ebola survivors are at risk for arthralgia, a type of joint and bone pain that can feel similar to arthritis. Ebola survivors also frequently report complications with eyes and vision, an inflammatory condition known as uveitis which can cause excess tearing, eye sensitivity, eye inflammation and even blindness.
If you aren't treated early, you typically die.
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