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Oh, for crying out loud! How could Obama start an Ebola epidemic? He doesn't have it (that we know of).
He's doing nothing to prevent the infected from travelling to America.
It's called criminal negligence. When an American dies, it will be negligent homicide. He's using Americans as test subjects in a political correctness experiment.
He's doing nothing to prevent the infected from travelling to America.
It's called criminal negligence. When an American dies, it will be negligent homicide. He's using Americans as test subjects in a political correctness experiment.
Obama is following advice of medical experts around the world. It is the responsible thing to do. It is a manifestation of the triumph of knowledge over ignorance, if you will.
Obama is following advice of medical experts around the world. It is the responsible thing to do. It is a manifestation of the triumph of knowledge over ignorance, if you will.
When it comes to your town and disrupts whatever gravy train you're on, get back to me.
OK, I'm back. In the three days I was gone, a lot has happened on the Ebola scene. At first, I was going to drop the "CDC blamed the nurses" issue, because it was contentious and seemed kind of over with. But then, two things happened.
One, Craig Spencer, MD, came down with Ebola after traveling around NYC, including going bowling, for a couple of days while feeling "under the weather" before his temperature spiked and he was officially diagnosed with Ebola. No one at the CDC, let alone the head honcho Dr. Frieden, made any statements about any breaches in protocol Dr. Spencer must have committed, and/or his travels in public, including on public transportation prior to his diagnosis.
Amber Vinson is apparently highly p*ssed off at the CDC and is planning to hire an attorney. Here is a snippet: "The next day, Frieden said he'd gotten an "earful" from nurses around the country about his comments."
Do you think that neither the two nurses nor Dr. Spencer was infected due to a breach in the protocol for use of PPE? If you do not believe any of the three experienced a breach in protocol, what mechanism do you propose for their catching the virus?
Do you think that neither the two nurses nor Dr. Spencer was infected due to a breach in the protocol for use of PPE? If you do not believe any of the three experienced a breach in protocol, what mechanism do you propose for their catching the virus?
Even I must admit that there seems to be blame cast upon these two nurses for catching Ebola as if they had no one but themselves to blame but that same tone is not attached to Dr. Spencer. I do not think it was purposely done, however. Rather an unfortunate wording issue.
Even I must admit that there seems to be blame cast upon these two nurses for catching Ebola as if they had no one but themselves to blame but that same tone is not attached to Dr. Spencer. I do not think it was purposely done, however. Rather an unfortunate wording issue.
The blame is clearly on their employer who failed in just about every area one can fail from recognition of the disease, proper isolation of the patient, to lack of training and proper equipment for those who worked on him.
Do you think that neither the two nurses nor Dr. Spencer was infected due to a breach in the protocol for use of PPE? If you do not believe any of the three experienced a breach in protocol, what mechanism do you propose for their catching the virus?
I think Hyperthetic said it well. And I am not able to make any further determination of how those two got infected. The head of the CDC did not blame Dr. Spencer or Dr. Brantly before him for a breach in protocol, just the nurses! Heck, Brantly was considered a hero when he walked off the plane. Frieden's remark was a totally unnecessary slam on the nurses, probably meant (unwisely) to reassure the public that the risk is only for people who so break protocol.
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And I am not able to make any further determination of how those two got infected. The head of the CDC did not blame Dr. Spencer or Dr. Brantly before him for a breach in protocol, just the nurses! Heck, Brantly was considered a hero when he walked off the plane. Frieden's remark was a totally unnecessary slam on the nurses, probably meant (unwisely) to reassure the public that the risk is only for people who so break protocol.
