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Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola
Posted on 10/12/14 at 7:24 am
Posted on 10/12/14 at 7:24 am
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(CNN) -- A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state's health agency said. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The employee helped care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person ever diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. Duncan died Wednesday.
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 7:35 am
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Posted on 10/12/14 at 7:32 am to Handbasket
Posted on 10/12/14 at 7:39 am to NC_Tigah
Not surprising since during the initial visit precautions weren't taken when the patient was obviously a foreigner(thick accent) who admitted he just came from West Africa.
Despite these facts he was sent home so I'm sure the staff didn't feel the need to take extra precaution during his 1st visit.
I think it was the family who actually called the CDC because the hospital didn't seem to take his condition too seriously
Despite these facts he was sent home so I'm sure the staff didn't feel the need to take extra precaution during his 1st visit.
I think it was the family who actually called the CDC because the hospital didn't seem to take his condition too seriously
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 7:41 am
Posted on 10/12/14 at 7:40 am to Handbasket
CDC says not to worry so I guess I'd better start.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:22 am to sugar71
Thomas Duncan never would've been here if Obama had taken the necessary steps to restrict air travel for people with passports from countries experiencing an epidemic of the Ebola virus.
But by all means, sugar, continue to make excuses for your boy.
But by all means, sugar, continue to make excuses for your boy.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:23 am to Handbasket
Reports are also saying the worker was wearing full CDC protective gear while treating Duncan. And with all that, the CDC still says that we should not worry over the fact that someone in full protective gear contracted the disease. Seems pretty unsettling to me.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:31 am to sugar71
quote:The new Ebola pt contracted the virus during the second hospital course.
Not surprising since during the initial visit precautions weren't taken when the patient was obviously a foreigner(thick accent) who admitted he just came from West Africa.
Despite these facts he was sent home so I'm sure the staff didn't feel the need to take extra precaution during his 1st visit.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:33 am to sugar71
quote:Idiot.
I think it was the family who actually called the CDC because the hospital didn't seem to take his condition too seriously
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:38 am to NC_Tigah
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The new Ebola pt contracted the virus during the second hospital course.
I've been thinking all along something seems off about this strain. My suspicions are slowly being confirmed.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:44 am to Handbasket
I thought this was supposed to be really hard to contract. If he/she was protected, how in the world did they get it?
Posted on 10/12/14 at 8:48 am to SundayFunday
quote:As I've said from the beginning the "hard to contract" meme is politically motivated BS.
I thought this was supposed to be really hard to contract. If he/she was protected, how in the world did they get it?
Frankly, it is nothing short of a miracle we've only had one additional case so far.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:15 am to NC_Tigah
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The new Ebola pt contracted the virus during the second hospital course.
I can't help it that I'm in your head & you put so much time of your life responding to me.
I have already acknowledged this after seeing the CNN report this morning .
Protocol error on workers part.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:18 am to KILGUS
quote:bullshite.
Reports are also saying the worker was wearing full CDC protective gear while treating Duncan. And with all that, the CDC still says that we should not worry over the fact that someone in full protective gear contracted the disease. Seems pretty unsettling to me.
This wasn't unexpected.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:19 am to Handbasket
Pfft....Ebola is like,practically impossible to catch and transmit in a developed country.... 
Posted on 10/12/14 at 10:29 am to sugar71
quote:I don't really even know who you are.
I can't help it that I'm in your head & you put so much time of your life responding to me.
I do know what you've posted.
Let's see:
quote:You claim to realize your "understanding" was erroneous, yet you chose to leave your erroneous information in place.
Not surprising since during the initial visit precautions weren't taken when the patient was obviously a foreigner(thick accent) who admitted he just came from West Africa.
Despite these facts he was sent home so I'm sure the staff didn't feel the need to take extra precaution during his 1st visit.
That changes you from one who is simply mistaken, to one who is a dumbass.
quote:You probably ought not jump to further speculative conclusions. Hopefully we will discover how the worker contracted the disease. A breach in protocol is more likely than not. However, the protocol itself and/or equipment used could be at fault.
Protocol error on workers part.
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:16 pm to theunknownknight
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I've been thinking all along something seems off about this strain. My suspicions are slowly being confirmed.
Airborne exposure. Just like the movie.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:17 pm to Pinecone Repair
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Pfft....Ebola is like,practically impossible to catch and transmit in a developed country....
Because it has been spreading like wildfire in the US.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:28 pm to Dizz
Its very interesting how even Ebola has become a political issue. Every progressive out there seems to be on the "there's nothing to worry about" bandwagon and while conservatives are the opposite.
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:28 pm to Dizz
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quote:
Pfft....Ebola is like,practically impossible to catch and transmit in a developed country....
Because it has been spreading like wildfire in the US.
Exactly. I put this in the other thread but I'll put it here as well.
There have been more cases of the Plague in the US this year than Ebola. And that spreads much easier than Ebola.
LINK
From the CDC itself: LINK
This post was edited on 10/12/14 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 10/12/14 at 12:31 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
I've been thinking all along something seems off about this strain. My suspicions are slowly being confirmed.
I'd love to hear you try and intelligently articulate this in depth. It would amuse me.
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