re: So, is Ebola Still Airborne?

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You asked for one instance of a peer-reviewed study which showed travel restrictions would not stop the spread of a pandemic

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bullshite.
I asked if effective quarantine whether individual or international was not a mechanism preventing viral spread!

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We use a device called a Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR), because we found them to be more comfortable for our nursing staff when performing patient care duties in the unit.

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I don't know whether to laugh or cry for you at this point.

A PAPR is more """"""comfortable"""""" than a mask with a fluidshied?

Gosh, you should acquaint your ORs with that finding.

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A PAPR is more """"""comfortable"""""" than a mask with a fluidshied?

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You've never worn one, have you? Current isolation guidelines for ebola virus disease in early August called for an N-95 respirator - not 'a mask' - and a face shield. In our training in preparation for receiving our first two patients, we quickly received feedback from nursing staff that this was not the best solution for 8-12 hour shifts in a full isolation environment. Especially when nursing duties also intersect with janitorial duties, as they do in the SCDU.

However, our PAPR hoods are held on the head with a bicycle helmet-like contraption, are individually adjusted for fit, are less likely to fog up over time, and a myriad of other reasons.

The reason it's not really relevant in the OR is because most operations aren't conducted in an isolation environment.

You can laugh or cry all you want, but when you're done be sure to check out the website we created that includes our ebola policies and videos of proper donning and doffing of PPE. You'll learn something!

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A PAPR is more """"""comfortable"""""" than a mask with a fluidshied?

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Absolutely, and "masks with fluid shields" aren't the recommended protection for ebola treatment personnel anyway.

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Gosh, you should acquaint your ORs with that finding.

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As if comfort were the only deciding factor here.

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An individual quarantine creates more problems that it fixes?

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On an international level, yes. It is a woefully inefficient and wasteful use of money, time and resources that doesn't actually stop disease spread based on empirical evidence.

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On an international level, yes. It is a woefully inefficient and wasteful use of money

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Well that depends on particular epidemiology, doesn't it. Are we talking Flu or are we talking Leprosy?

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isolation guidelines for ebola virus disease in early August called for an N-95 respirator - not 'a mask' - and a face shield

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What? Why in the world would isolation guidelines for ebola virus call for an N-95 respirator?

Again . . . please . . . take your time.

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a virus that is extremely difficult to catch outside of a healthcare setting.

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As a healthcare worker I'm going to tell you to take your "outside of a healthcare setting" and STICK IT!

That is the BS directly responsible for the THP infections.

To personalize it, in the 1990's the CDC, at similar political suggestion, made idiotic assertions as to lack of HIV healthcare worker risk. I saw two dedicated healthcare colleagues contract HIV and die as a result of patient care in that timeframe. If ANYONE is at RISK, acknowledge it. That is all.

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As a healthcare worker I'm going to tell you to take your "outside of a healthcare setting" and STICK IT!

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As a healthcare worker who's actually worked with ebola patients in the last 3 months, you don't know what you're talking about. It's incredibly difficult to catch if you're careful, as evidenced by 4 separate institutions with proper precautions dealing with the patients with no exposures. The only exception is Texas Health Presbyterian, which was woefully unprepared.

Sterile =/= isolation precautions.