Anonymous wrote:Never, EVER in my life did I think I would agree with John Boehner about anything ever, but yes to this assertion:

"A temporary ban on travel to the United States from countries afflicted with the virus is something that the president should absolutely consider along with any other appropriate actions as doubts about the security of our air travel systems grow".

Obama keeps saying that a pandemic is inevitable if we don't treat people in West Africa and, yes, we absolutely need to address the illness over there. But why the HELL are we also not keeping out travelers who've been in affected areas without instituting a quarantine. What the hell is the CDC thinking ????

Anonymous wrote:CDC now confirmed they okayed her flight. She called repeatedly to ask and express her concerns and they told her to go on the flight.

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Anonymous wrote:CDC now confirmed they okayed her flight. She called repeatedly to ask and express her concerns and they told her to go on the flight.

Oh God, we are doomed.

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MarleySkye840 wrote:Stop blaming this nurse! I cannot believe the people on here even suggesting that she doesn't deserve treatment and even that she should apologize? There are many angles to this story and we are not privy to all facts and information. The way that many of you are so quick to condemn people is crazy.

If she violated CDC protocol, not to fly on a commercial airline, she may have opened herself up to civil or criminal liability.

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Anonymous wrote:Never, EVER in my life did I think I would agree with John Boehner about anything ever, but yes to this assertion:

"A temporary ban on travel to the United States from countries afflicted with the virus is something that the president should absolutely consider along with any other appropriate actions as doubts about the security of our air travel systems grow".

Obama keeps saying that a pandemic is inevitable if we don't treat people in West Africa and, yes, we absolutely need to address the illness over there. But why the HELL are we also not keeping out travelers who've been in affected areas without instituting a quarantine. What the hell is the CDC thinking ????

I really can't understand why you are panicking now about someone from West Africa, when this nurse traveled from Texas. Huh?

Anonymous wrote:Never, EVER in my life did I think I would agree with John Boehner about anything ever, but yes to this assertion:

"A temporary ban on travel to the United States from countries afflicted with the virus is something that the president should absolutely consider along with any other appropriate actions as doubts about the security of our air travel systems grow".

Obama keeps saying that a pandemic is inevitable if we don't treat people in West Africa and, yes, we absolutely need to address the illness over there. But why the HELL are we also not keeping out travelers who've been in affected areas without instituting a quarantine. What the hell is the CDC thinking ????

Anonymous wrote:CDC now confirmed they okayed her flight. She called repeatedly to ask and express her concerns and they told her to go on the flight.

MarleySkye840 wrote:Stop blaming this nurse! I cannot believe the people on here even suggesting that she doesn't deserve treatment and even that she should apologize? There are many angles to this story and we are not privy to all facts and information. The way that many of you are so quick to condemn people is crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Think she deserves some of the good samaritan's blood? (if she's the same blood type?)

Of course! We don't deny life saving treatment because we think someone made a poor choice esp. Since the CDC didn't tell her to not travel when she called to report a fever.

Of course she deserves it if she's a match. I hope that at some point she will apologize for her poor choices, but you know what -- CDC effed up by not telling her to stay put and also if it pushed her off when she called with a fever and Tx Presby messed up with its general lack of preparedness, equipment, and help or support for these nurses. But for the CDC and Tx Presby, she may not even be in this situation at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people harp on the hospital not having highly specialized equipment. Not every hospital is prepared to handle something like this. This is news?

WTF -- so it's ok for hospitals to be unprepared and then hang their nurses out to dry? I realize that not every local hospital is prepped for everything -- doesn't CDC realize that? Why not come up with a protocol that involves isolating a patient like this who walks in, not having any staff with him (which I realize sucks for that patient but is needed to protect people), and then get the local department of health to get adequate PPE to that hospital within x number of hrs or arrange for transport to a bigger regional hospital that can handled this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people harp on the hospital not having highly specialized equipment. Not every hospital is prepared to handle something like this. This is news?

WTF -- so it's ok for hospitals to be unprepared and then hang their nurses out to dry? I realize that not every local hospital is prepped for everything -- doesn't CDC realize that? Why not come up with a protocol that involves isolating a patient like this who walks in, not having any staff with him (which I realize sucks for that patient but is needed to protect people), and then get the local department of health to get adequate PPE to that hospital within x number of hrs or arrange for transport to a bigger regional hospital that can handled this.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why people harp on the hospital not having highly specialized equipment. Not every hospital is prepared to handle something like this. This is news?