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re: Taking in foreign Ebola patients...
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:20 pm to mmcgrath
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:20 pm to mmcgrath
OK, just making sure you favor repatriating them back into the hot zone after curing them.
I just don't see the point in wasting all that taxpayer money shuttling people back and forth to the US, and taking all the risks that entails. If we want to make a difference, we should invest that money in facilities & training, in Africa. Then they get what they need, we don't get what we don't want, and everybody is better off. Why is everyone in such a hurry to bring this plague here?
I just don't see the point in wasting all that taxpayer money shuttling people back and forth to the US, and taking all the risks that entails. If we want to make a difference, we should invest that money in facilities & training, in Africa. Then they get what they need, we don't get what we don't want, and everybody is better off. Why is everyone in such a hurry to bring this plague here?
Posted on 10/29/14 at 1:01 pm to CadesCove
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If we want to make a difference, we should invest that money in facilities & training, in Africa.
Exactly, especially since the CDC chief said it was imperative to not limit travel to and from Africa. He said a travel ban would lessen the effort to control the disease in Africa.
Is he now on the bandwagon to bring those infected people here? shite, that's like finding a ticking nuclear bomb over there and saying "let's bring it to the US to defuse it".
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Posted on 10/29/14 at 1:46 pm to CadesCove
quote:Absolutely.
OK, just making sure you favor repatriating them back into the hot zone after curing them.
quote:I think this is where the message is getting lost. Our health care professionals are much more protected in treating patients here rather than there, therefore there is less risk of spreading it in the US.
I just don't see the point in wasting all that taxpayer money shuttling people back and forth to the US, and taking all the risks that entails. If we want to make a difference, we should invest that money in facilities & training, in Africa. Then they get what they need, we don't get what we don't want, and everybody is better off. Why is everyone in such a hurry to bring this plague here?
In the Dallas case the exposure was much greater as Duncan was a walk-in and therefore there was a significant period before diagnosis and the staff was not well prepared for that articular instance. HCP's like the doctor in NYC and Ms. Hickox (sp?) are much more likely to have Ebola if they are spending time in West Africa.
Finally, if we are a major contributor to fixing this thing in West Africa, with thousands of people successfully treated by the US, we will have a large vocal community to fight against the anti-American rhetoric that is slowly taking over the region. Also, the US will be better prepared to handle any homegrown bio-terrorism and / or natural outbreak.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 1:48 pm
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