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Ebola: It's In The US Now

Michael W. Lively? The psychiatric homeless person who rode the ambulance after TED? Then went walkabout without permission?
 
LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-questions-20141007-story.html#page=1

Dr. C.J. Peters, who battled a 1989 outbreak of the virus among research monkeys housed in Virginia and who later led the CDC's most far-reaching study of Ebola's transmissibility in humans, said he would not rule out the possibility that it spreads through the air in tight quarters.
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Nanci, your pics are nice & tidy compared to the "fulminant/end-stage" pics I was scrolling through yesterday.
But looks like they are doing the best they can over there and in an organized way.
Comprehension of the situation must run low--considering all of the demonstrations and attempts to evade isolation/quarantine.


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Nanci said:
DALLAS (CN) - Texas wants a second patient "reasonably suspected of being infected" with Ebola put into protective custody in Dallas.
Dr. David L. Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, filed a motion for a temporary order of protective custody Monday in Dallas County Court.
The unidentified patient, sued as "M.W.L.," is "reasonably suspected of being infected with a communicable disease (Ebola) that presents an immediate threat to public health," the 4-page motion states.
"Further, movant has determined that proposed patient is a threat to himself or others if not immediately restrained. Further, sources charged with monitoring the proposed patient M.W.L. have observed the proposed patient failing or refusing to follow the written order of the Texas Department of State Health Services by leaving the premises of a medical facility contrary to medical directives, without permission and surreptitiously."
Lakey claims that the proposed patient "meets the criteria authorized by the court" to issue such an order.
"The sworn representations of the applicant, who is a credible person, state that the proposed patient is reasonably suspected of being infected with the communicable disease, Ebola, that presents a threat to public health; has failed or refused to follow the written or verbal orders of the Commissioner; and presents a substantial risk of harm to himself or others if no immediately restrained," according to the motion, filed Monday at 2 p.m.
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Connie and I were out riding our bikes today and this post came to my mind to dwell on. So a little tad bit of paranoia crept in between the lines of my thoughts about this. I've read where some government official once stated that government policy should never allow a good disaster do to waste. So of course the thought came to me that this Ebola is a disaster in the making if ever there were one. And the incident quoted above could most certainly be used to provide incentive for federal laws mandating restrictions on people with, or suspected with, Ebola or any other illness deemed "dangerous" enough to warrant incarceration "for the good of the people." So what a perfect way for the government to gain even more power over the citizenship. And it will sound all too plausible and logical for any serious argument against it.

So maybe the government acting as stupidly as it seems in it's handling of this situation has ulterior motives behind it. Kind of playing Russian roulette, though, I think. But if things get bad, you can bet your butt that our "fearless leaders" will get bunkered away from danger, while WE have to deal with it.
 
From what I understand the people over there are extremely suspicious of clinics and hospitals since most people with Ebola die from it. They think that if they go there they are going to be killed/die (which is likely true since mortality rate is high from the disease). So they go home and attempt remedies there to "cure" the disease...which don't work...which allows their family members to be contaminated...which also contaminates their fellow villagers/neighbors who try to assist them as well.....no quarantine, no stopping the disease...
 
Hmm, and what appears to be the quarantine procedure used for the people who were living with "Ebola Tom"? Weren't they confined to the apartment for a few days where all of the contaminated linens and clothes were still being kept?

But now this is getting even better.....

Jesse Jackson in Dallas to address Ebola scare

"He got sick, went to the hospital," Jackson said. "He didn't have insurance in Africa, and they turned him away. So they sent him back into the community with a contagious disease, and for that there must be some liability."
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So now they want to sue the hospital for turning away "Ebola Tom"? And are bringing Jesse Jackson in to "help" out? :headbang:
 
First they confined them to the apartment, by force (not unreasonably). The apartment wasn't cleaned until they left to a new home that someone donated. The clean-up was stalled because Texas law made it illegal to transport the contaminated waste. The more distant contacts have been given the all clear to return to work, but a stepdaughter (who rode with him in the ambulance) who works as a nursing assistant says she will wait the full 21 days. Other family members complain that friends/neighbors are shunning them.

How old is Jesse Jackson, anyway? Isn't it about time for that wackanut to go meet his maker, and leave us the heck alone???
 
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Oh hell...Jesse Jackson should be the expert we were all waiting for!!!! Kill me now! With ebola!
 
Nanci said:
How the hospital in Spain is quarantining the RN with ebola.
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Apparently the UK currently has 2 (!) rooms that are biosecure enough to house Ebola patients. On the news last night it was said the Govt is considering perhaps creating more.
Obviously having worked in a hospital setting and seen just how ineffectual the measures used could be at containing other infections, I'll admit I'm a tiny bit concerned.
24 years ago my eldest boy was put in an isolation unit at a local hospital with a mystery infection, which luckily turned out to be a kidney infection and easily treated. Not only was the unit distinct from the main hospital, it had positive air pressure systems, strict hygiene protocols for staff and visitors. (That hospital is now closed down and replaced by a housing estate)
 
Dr. C.J. Peters, who battled a 1989 outbreak of the virus among research monkeys housed in Virginia and who later led the CDC's most far-reaching study of Ebola's transmissibility in humans, said he would not rule out the possibility that it spreads through the air in tight quarters.

"We just don't have the data to exclude it," said Peters, who continues to research viral diseases at the University of Texas in Galveston.
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source - LA Times
 
Nanci said:
First they confined them to the apartment, by force (not unreasonably). The apartment wasn't cleaned until they left to a new home that someone donated. The clean-up was stalled because Texas law made it illegal to transport the contaminated waste. The more distant contacts have been given the all clear to return to work, but a stepdaughter (who rode with him in the ambulance) who works as a nursing assistant says she will wait the full 21 days. Other family members complain that friends/neighbors are shunning them.

How old is Jesse Jackson, anyway? Isn't it about time for that wackanut to go meet his maker, and leave us the heck alone???
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Isn't it too early in the incubation period to rule anyone out, even remote contacts, as being not infected? I thought it could take up to 21 days. Has it been that long?
 
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