CDC threw this nurse under the bus
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Anonymous
God, that's terrifying. That poor nurse - she's only 26. Maybe that guy shouldn't have gotten on an airplane and lied about being exposed to Ebola - and now of course his "partner" is suing everyone. |
Anonymous
My spouse is one of those people. And he would never think twice about treating a sick patient, that's what he (and all doctors) took an oath to do. If it makes people uncomfortable, healthcare isn't the right career choice. |
Anonymous
Could his estate be sued? |
Anonymous
Let your spouse speak for themselves, again, only when sitting in front of the Ebola victim. |
Anonymous
| The government's protocol for dealing with Ebola (at facilities such as Fort Detrick) is far stricter than the protocol most hospitals have in place. If the protocol failed to protect her, it is the protocol's fault. I seriously doubt it is the nurse's fault. Of course the CDC throws her under the bus to try to prevent a public panic. |
Anonymous
Did you read it? I think it's pretty rational and rings very true. Quotes Hopkins doctors etc. Not exactly TMZ. |
Anonymous
| The weird CDC director walked back his earlier ill-considered remarks about alleged breach of protocol. |
Anonymous
The "call any doctor" part is absurd. They are putting an awful lot of responsibility in the hands of medical receptionists. Because when you call your doctor, that's who you talk to. That is who will be the first line in determining whether to schedule an appointment, tell you to go to the ER, or to consult with the doctor or nurse to get direction on what to tell the patient. |
Anonymous
So we're starting with this shit again? |
Anonymous
The article is very good. And pp is right - it has very reputable sources. |
Anonymous
He lied. Liberia said he lied. They were planning to prosecute him when he returned home. What about this is too hard to understand? Are you stupid? |
Anonymous
A lot of this is a case of hindsight being 20/20. The idea about the 1-800 number sounds like a good one but things like this take time to be set up. They can't be implemented overnight. |
Anonymous
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EBOLA_HOSPITAL_STAFF?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-10-13-18-45-19
 Why on earth would they need 70 staffers taking care of him? It seems like the sensible thing to do would be to have a pretty limited number of people with any type of contact with the patient?!
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Anonymous
This has been covered many, many times. Do your research and quit repeating speculation as though it's proven fact. |
Anonymous
Not the PP, but just to explain to the other PP; it was reported that he was very distraught when he was told of his diagnosis, and said he would have never brought it, had he only known, wished he'd never exposed his family etc. ... If that is true, he suffered from a massive case of denial, and I hate to say, stupidity. After all, half of his neighbors were dead or dying within a few days... About 6-7 people. They certainly knew it was Ebola then - at least by the second death... And his fiancée said; " Ebola just never came up at all in our conversation!" I mean, how can it not? How? You are just coming from a hot zone country where this is changing people's lives like nothing ever before, where this is on everyone's mind. Your neighbors are dying like flies. How can it not come up? And how can I, as a relative, NOT ask about the situation 'at home'? Utter denial. Unknown degree of stupidity all around. But it is here now, and now it's up to us, not to be in denial and display stupidity in dealing with this, locally, nationally, and internationally. |