The family has stepped forward and identified the hospitalized nurse. She is only 26. Here's hoping her young age is a positive factor in helping her to beat this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/13/nina-pham-ebola-dallas_n_5977670.html

I have spoken to many dc area doctors and surgeons and they are terrified that an out break cannot be contained in a hospital. All of them believe that the cdc is not telling the whole truth and it is more contagious than reported. They also believe that we need to disallow travel into the United States from affected countries. It is crazy how different the cdc stance is from the doctors and medical professionals in the hospitals.

Anonymous wrote:She is said to be in a stable condition. Please do not start to panic and whip-up unnecessary hysteria.

They said she's in critical, but stable condition. And I agree with pp, same was said about Duncan. I guess it's hard to transport Ebola patients, but they've transported a number of others, so is like to see her moved to somewhere with a true isolation unit.

Anonymous wrote:CDC contact isolatation precautions allow for a non-waterproof gown that doesn't fully cover and protect the healthcare worker. Nurses can be exposed even when wearing what is required because it is not a full hazmat suit. She wasn't properly protected!

ITA. CDC's "meticulous" "protocol" WRT protective suiting doesn't even cover the ears, sides of face, or hair. I've had vomit in my hair before and not discovered it until the next day (don't ask). She could have touched her hair and later touched her face. Lots of possible exposure routes when your whole body is not covered.

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Anonymous wrote:Here come the lawyers.

You do not want justice for someone who was wronged?

What could possibly be the basis for a lawsuit? Saying something mean? if its coming up with a protocol that was insufficient, she would have to prove she didn't make any mistakes. They need a better protocol, thats for sure, but this is not a lawsuit.

Anonymous wrote:She is said to be in a stable condition. Please do not start to panic and whip-up unnecessary hysteria.

You sound like you work for the CDC.

Anonymous wrote:She is said to be in a stable condition. Please do not start to panic and whip-up unnecessary hysteria.

So was Duncan....

They did the same thing to the nurse in Spain. She said she didn't know how it happened, then I think they forced her to say a glove touched her face a few days later.

CDC contact isolatation precautions allow for a non-waterproof gown that doesn't fully cover and protect the healthcare worker. Nurses can be exposed even when wearing what is required because it is not a full hazmat suit. She wasn't properly protected!

Anonymous wrote:Here come the lawyers.

You do not want justice for someone who was wronged?

She is said to be in a stable condition. Please do not start to panic and whip-up unnecessary hysteria.

Here come the lawyers.

Probably looking at a lawsuit so they are CYA.

Of course they did. They will do whatever it takes to contain a panic, and if they don't say "It's her fault," people start to speculate on additional ways it might be spread.

They better be careful though. It won't help them if healthcare workers start turning against them. We're already seeing it with reports from groups of nurses saying they haven't been properly trained, other healthcare workers saying they aren't being given adequate resources, etc.

They're trying to contain a panic but if they piss off healthcare workers, the HCWs can drive a panic faster than anybody else.

Nice of them to cover their own asses. They have NO IDEA how protocol was breached or if it was actually breached.. They only ASSUME there was a "breach in protocol" and now they blame the victim. Typical. Poor woman.