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At least 70 hospital staff cared for Mr. Duncan
Posted on 10/13/14 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 6:55 pm
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Posted on 10/13/14 at 6:58 pm to Da Sheik
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:04 pm to Da Sheik
quote:NO shite?!
The size of the medical team reflects the hospital's intense effort to save Duncan's life, but it also suggests that many other people could have been exposed to the virus during Duncan's time in an isolation unit.
Do they suggest that less people should've cared for this man?
How about we look at the positive that ONLY 1 OUT OF 70 caught the disease.
Nope. We can't do that. News has to play up the fear factor.
Gullible and afraid people wouldn't keep going back to them for mundane and minute detail updates if that wasn't the case.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:04 pm to Da Sheik
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Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist who studies mental health epidemiology, said the apparent breach is a grave concern that she compared to "a puddle of gasoline that is spreading out, and the match could be lit at any time.
Could they not find an Infectious disease doctor to comment on their story.
This seems odd.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:05 pm to ruzil
quote:Apparently not, so they go with a psychiatrist from Beverly Hills.
Could they not find an Infectious disease doctor to comment on their story.
Oh yea, thats a real authority right there.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:08 pm to Scruffy
Liberals lost all common sense years ago. Makes perfect sense they would get a psychiatrist from Beverly Hills to be their "expert". Idiots.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:08 pm to Da Sheik
Why?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:09 pm to Da Sheik
If a modern, industrialized country like the U.S. can't treat a single patient without infecting healthcare workers, what chance do third-world countries like Liberia have?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:11 pm to Scruffy
Hell, we aren't even looking at the fact that out of the 5 or 6 people who have been treated here in the states, only one out of the probably 200+ people who interacted with them have caught Ebola.
Pretty damn good stats, IMO.
Pretty damn good stats, IMO.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 7:19 pm to ruzil
I have to disagree Ruzil and Scruffy; there is no infectious disease scholar that has the resume of this woman.
LINK
I dare you to find another scholar that has written a movie called "Murder by TV."
LINK
I dare you to find another scholar that has written a movie called "Murder by TV."
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Maintaining a star-studded practice in Beverly Hills, Dr. Lieberman is also well known as a psychiatric expert witness who testifies in high profile trials, and analyzes trials in the media. She has written Murder by TV: A Descent Into Madness, a first-person account of the Jenny Jones Talk Show Murder Trial, where she was the forensic psychiatrist for the defense. Dr. Lieberman has testified before Congress on several occasions, as well, notably regarding the harmful impact of media violence.
This post was edited on 10/13/14 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 10/13/14 at 9:41 pm to Scruffy
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How about we look at the positive that ONLY 1 OUT OF 70 caught the disease.
That we know of. As you should know, the disease may not manifest for 21 days after infection. While I don't disagree that the stats have thus far been comforting, the waiting period gives an eerie feeling of a ticking time bomb.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:17 pm to Bmath
We are on the verge of a full scale outbreak.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:18 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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We are on the verge of a full scale outbreak.
Why is that?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:18 pm to Scruffy
quote:
How about we look at the positive that ONLY 1 OUT OF 70 caught the disease.
No shite that's what I'm screaming.
I agree w Scruffy.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:39 pm to SpidermanTUba
quote:Well, I officially quit.
I agree w Scruffy.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:46 pm to ruzil
quote:This is a huge problem (IMO) in the health field. They are always coming up with new names for everything they do, and sometimes it is whatever name catches on.quote:Could they not find an Infectious disease doctor to comment on their story.
Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills psychiatrist who studies mental health epidemiology, said the apparent breach is a grave concern that she compared to "a puddle of gasoline that is spreading out, and the match could be lit at any time.
This seems odd.
A doctor who specializes in "epidemiology" would be someone you would get on your show. "Mental health epidemiology" is a completely different field and obviously a mistake by a producer or some helper in the news room. But being from Beverly Hills she probably got paid well.
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:51 pm to Scruffy
While the hype and media spin is over shooting the reality of this disease people have a right to be concerned.
If the public is to rely on the current transmission model of direct contact with bodily fluids or even extended that to droplet spread how is your 1/70 or even 1/200 number supposed to be reassuring?
1 pt being infected with an excessively high mortality disease, which by definition of above transmission should be easily prevented, has caused the infection of one healthcare worker.
Look at it this way.
If every pt admitted with HIV or TB requiring a multiple day stay resulted in 1 of that pts healthcare team contracting TB or HIV, would find that cause for celebration?
If the public is to rely on the current transmission model of direct contact with bodily fluids or even extended that to droplet spread how is your 1/70 or even 1/200 number supposed to be reassuring?
1 pt being infected with an excessively high mortality disease, which by definition of above transmission should be easily prevented, has caused the infection of one healthcare worker.
Look at it this way.
If every pt admitted with HIV or TB requiring a multiple day stay resulted in 1 of that pts healthcare team contracting TB or HIV, would find that cause for celebration?
Posted on 10/13/14 at 10:54 pm to mmcgrath
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This is a huge problem (IMO) in the health field. They are always coming up with new names for everything they do, and sometimes it is whatever name catches on. A doctor who specializes in "epidemiology" would be someone you would get on your show. "Mental health epidemiology" is a completely different field and obviously a mistake by a producer or some helper in the news room. But being from Beverly Hills she probably got paid well.
I posted a link to her webpage a few posts up. I didn't read all of it, but I don't see anything particularly scholarly about her mental health work, let alone infectious diseases. I personally find this extremely unethical.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 4:36 am to Scruffy
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It was unclear from the records released to the AP how many of the approximately 70 individuals involved in Duncan's care had direct contact with his body or fluids.
quote:It worked.
News has to play up the fear factor.
Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:48 am to NC_Tigah
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Replies (5)21 ruzil At least 70 hospital staff cared for Mr. Duncan (Posted on 10/13/14 at
So that's what Jesse Jackson was talking about! Big time racist right there! If he would have been white he would have had obviously had 140 people caring for him instead of just 70 and instead of spending a measly 500k on a non- US citizen I am sure it would have been millions if he was a white from say South Africa. The injustice never ceases to amaze me!
This post was edited on 10/14/14 at 5:49 am
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