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2nd health care worker tests positive for Ebola at Dallas hospital
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:12 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:12 am
quote:CDC says . . . . wait for it . . . . it is not surprised
CNN
2nd health care worker tests positive for Ebola at Dallas hospital
By Holly Yan, CNN
updated 6:06 AM EDT, Wed October 15, 2014
A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, the state's health department said Wednesday.
The worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated, health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said.
The preliminary Ebola test was done late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and the results came back around midnight. A second test will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:16 am to NC_Tigah
quote:I'm starting to doubt this.
Ebola can only be transmitted when an infected person shows symptoms.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:20 am to bhtigerfan
quote:
I'm starting to doubt this.
Why is that?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:25 am to NC_Tigah
Thanks Obama!!! This is just one in a long line of the fiascos of this incompetent administration!!!
It could have been stopped....with a ban on people from infected countries....that is irrefutable!!
Stupid fricking liberals!!!!
It could have been stopped....with a ban on people from infected countries....that is irrefutable!!
Stupid fricking liberals!!!!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:25 am to bhtigerfan
quote:
I'm starting to doubt this.
I'm not sure we have as good a handle on this disease as we think we do, but having two healthcare workers who cared for a symptomatic person testing positive for the disease isn't demonstrating that.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:49 am to the808bass
quote:Well, there is a slight difference in the protocols for CDC workers handling Ebola in controlled settings at the CDC . . . .
having two healthcare workers who cared for a symptomatic person testing positive for the disease isn't demonstrating that.
. . . versus the CDC's recommended protocol for US healthcare workers handling Ebola within an environment of explosive diarrhea, projectile vomit, and a bleeding dying patient . . . .
Geaux Figure!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:51 am to the808bass
quote:
I'm not sure we have as good a handle on this disease as we think we do, but having two healthcare workers who cared for a symptomatic person testing positive for the disease isn't demonstrating that.
It demonstrates to me that maybe something is wrong with the protocols. Perhaps nobody broke them, they're just not effective for some reason.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:51 am to Jim Ignatowski
quote:
Thanks Obama
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:07 am to NC_Tigah
It is now obvious that Texas Pres. had exactly zero business handling ebola cases. While the numbers are low and manageable all those infected need to be taken to Omaha or Atlanta where the staffs are trained for this.
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 6:10 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:07 am to NC_Tigah
The truth is the CDC is downplaying the risk so the public isn't over reacting to the risk.
Anyone comparing Ebola to HIV, SARS, or swine flu is a little uninformed, intentionally.
Anyone comparing Ebola to HIV, SARS, or swine flu is a little uninformed, intentionally.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:12 am to NC_Tigah
Protocols will fix this.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:15 am to NC_Tigah
Protocols are a bitch...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:17 am to bhtigerfan
quote:Even if so, how many people know immediately when they have a fever? How many surfaces do they touch/people do they interact with before they do realize it? Rub an eye, have an itchy nose, then touch an ATM keypad, handle money, put something back on the shelf at a grocery store? Sneeze or cough around other people? And I think all of us know at least one person who can't seem to speak without spraying spit everywhere.
Ebola can only be transmitted when an infected person shows symptoms.
I'm starting to doubt this.
Those working around an Ebola patient are probably checking frequently for a fever or symptoms the rest of us, not knowing we'd been exposed to a risk, would shrug off.
The protocol in hospitals isn't working 100%, but the workers there have more protection than the general public. If this disease ever infects someone outside the hospital setting I think it could easily run rampant in a hurry.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:18 am to Jim Ignatowski
quote:
Thanks Obama!!!
No, thanks Thomas Eric Duncan! The man lied his way into the USA...and I argue he would have done the same under President Romney. He thought only of himself and has put many more lives at risk - including his friends who kept him at their apartment.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:18 am to ItNeverRains
We need to designate certain hospitals to handle any and all cases of suspected Ebola. This is getting serious. I mean, they keep telling us that Ebola is a very very low risk of contracting and yet two health care workers who by all accounts did everything they were taught, have now contracted this virus. I am really starting to wonder about the fluid only based transmition theory. It is a virus and viruses evolve. Im thinking that this thing is beyond fluid based transmition. This is absolutely a world issue now. Nobody is safe! Possible 10,000 new cases per week? How can any country or agency control that? I hope to god these "experts" know what they are talking about?
One more question, wasnt there a couple of leading scientist on Ebola that were killed on the plane that was shot down in the Ukraine?
One more question, wasnt there a couple of leading scientist on Ebola that were killed on the plane that was shot down in the Ukraine?
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 6:20 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:22 am to Jim Ignatowski
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:22 am to NC_Tigah
I'm not either. Once we found out there were 70+ people who cared for Duncan & they didn't even know how the healthcare workers were exposed, it descending a matter of time. I hope there aren't too many more.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:23 am to ItNeverRains
quote:
The truth is the CDC is downplaying the risk
quote:He appears before a Congressional Committee tomorrow.
On July 21, Frieden said that “Ebola poses little risk to the U.S. general population.” Any advanced hospital in the country has the capacity to isolate a patient, he said. “There is nothing particularly special about the isolation of an Ebola patient"
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:24 am to TDFreak
quote:exactly, glad the fricker is dead.
No, thanks Thomas Eric Duncan! T
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:24 am to TDFreak
Rather novel spin right there. It would have been Mitt Romney's fault.
Seems legit!
Seems legit!
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