As you might know, the president does not have a scientific degree - he depends for advice on the same people who do not appear to have advises the use of “full body protection” and “the buddy system” for healthcare workers tending to Ebola patients.
I think it was discovered in the 70’s or 80’s. - plenty of time for anyone in the medical field to know what they are dealing with.
nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/obama-seeks-ease-fears-over-u-s-ebola-epidemic-n226716
Great post. They won’t halt flights and now Ebola is truly a global problem. It is only going to get worse until we restrict travel and get things under control in W Africa. All I can say regarding the CDC is to take their statements as you would from an attorney. They are walking a fine line between educating the masses and preventing panic. Of course none of that excuses Obama from his reckless bus comment.
I had read people posting about this in yahoo and cnn but people would ask cite your source. The CDC keeps dropping the ball.
1976, at the time the pharmaceutical companies new there was not enough money to be made from peoples misery, now they do !
How? How did the CDC give her permission to fly? So what if her temp wasn’t 100.4? What kind of quarantine is flying out of state? Meanwhile, where are all the other staff members, the people the patient zero came in contact with and so on? Has the CDC completely lost contact with them, having given travel permission to anyone who didn’t have a fever? I feel like I am reading a trash novel, not the news. This can’t possibly be really happening.It is almost like they want people to get sick.
Not only did she call the CDC, but she called several times.
The person who answered the phone was most likely not a scientist/physician and was probably going by the pamphlet he/she had been given. The head of the CDC should step down. I would love to hear what the top researchers of the Army Military Infectious Disease Program have to say about this.
My mom and I were discussing the fever threshold the CDC has, and my thought was that everyone’s “normal” body temperature is different. For me, 99.5 is borderline low-grade fever, but for my dad, a 99.5 temp is about 3 degrees above his normal and he knows he is sick. So the guidelines for a fever related to Ebola seem to be a bit murky to me, knowing what I do about what is considered feverish for me compared to my dad.
Good point! The military infectious disease program is probably wishing they could speak the truth.
This country sounds smart. It sounds like this is the first time ebola has travelled outside of africa. It is almost like they want it to.
That’s a good point to bring up. Every student learns that in medical school. It’s common knowlege that 98.6 is just the average for “normal”, but there is a spectrum. The CDC isn’t stupid and they know an ebola contact who is reporting an anomaly in their temperature is definitely a red flag. I can’t go there yet and say this is being done deliberately, but I will say this looks like just another example of how large govt agencies are inefficient at getting things done. You won’t be hearing the term, “high risk” much as that might break the illusion that you can’t get this from sitting next to an ebola victim on a bus.
I can only speculate as to how or who is doing the monitoring of the contacts, but I would hope they have all been given a private number linked to physicians who specialize in infectious diseases so they can properly advise them. Had that been available to the nurse I seriously doubt she would have been cleared to fly. I agree that she shouldn’t have been allowed to fly at all even without symptoms. The number of potential carriers has gotten out of hand.
Arent they monitoring like over 200 people already and this is after just one guy managed to get in?