Today is day 21 from the first time Mr. Duncan presented to the ER and was sent home.LucyL said:
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Blossom said:
I just heard an interview with his nephew. Sounds like the hospital were not onto it at all. Even knowing he had just come from Liberia, and that he had symptoms including a temperature of 103, they sent him home, then when they admitted him they sat on the blood test using their normal protocols, for a turn around of a few days, took a long time to get him into isolation, and didn't make any attempts to communicate with his family about what was happening - they found out he died from the media.
Yeah, the story is tragic from every angle. What a shame. The hospital dropped the ball completely and repeatedly it seems. Hopefully similar situations will be handled better moving forward. One can only hope. It seems rather bleak thus far. My company announced it's Ebola isolation protocol today and it's nothing more than ordinary contact isolation measures, gown, gloves and a surgical mask- no foot covers or goggles mentioned.tara said:
I'll admit openly to being angry for a good portion of the day.Charlie said:Dang Blossom.
I wanna rant so hard right now, but I will hold my tongue.
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Blossom said:
Still amazing none of his first contacts have become ill, as he was pretty sick by the time he was admitted. Good news though. Something still doesn't add up as to how it got out of control so fast in west Africa.
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More troubling is the fact the the 3rd person treated for Ebola at Emory is STILL THERE. He arrived from Sierra Leone on September 9th, 5 weeks ago. I wonder if that means he hasn't tested negative yet.
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There's a lot that doesn't add up about all of this. I do wonder if there is more going on that's being withheld from the public. I can't help but be a bit skeptical.LucyL said:
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Hope the terrible treatment he was given doesn't discourage others from seeking help if they start to show symptoms.
Doesn't seem that fast - started in December last year. I wonder if it could have been stopped if they'd received enough relevant support at the beginning.
I totally missed the part where the outbreak started last December. For some reason I thought I had read it was in March or April of this year. That does make the situation in the U.S. and Europe seem more hopeful.tara said:
This is terrible to consider but I've wondered if Mr. Duncan had received better care or actually survived if that would have encouraged more West Africans to travel abroad for treatment. I'm certain I'm not the only one to have thought this. I do believe (and possibly naively) that after the initial series of blunders they probably did try to save him. It's too bad his blood type excluded him from a blood transfusion from a Ebola survivor. I'm not thrilled that he lied to get here but I still wouldn't wish the man dead.
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tara said:
That's what makes it so unusual. They have Ebola outbreaks in Africa periodically (though never in the west before) and it will last a few months, like this one started out. But then in March, it really began to pick up and suddenly, by June Doctors without Borders were labeling it "out of control". Instead of confining to that corner of Guinea where the alleged index case was it jumped into three countries very fast (for Ebola).
So yeah, why didn't /couldn't it be contained to Guinea? The very first time it showed up, when nobody knew what it was, it didn't get out of control. In April, they still thought they could control it. By June, no.
Military preps quick-strike team for Ebola response in United States
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Source: Doctors Without Borders physician in NYC tests positive for Ebola
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/health/ne ... index.html
So far it seems to be only healthcare workers here in the U.S. falling ill with Ebola at this point. That's encouraging.
The local news reported today that 5 people are being monitored for possible Ebola in my state.
Things have been silent on the Ebola front. Does anyone have any information?
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