Here’s more about how the govt treated the apartment and the residents (including the man’s girlfriend, who probably had sex with him):
“Dallas, Texas (CNN) — A Dallas apartment where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States had stayed is finally getting a thorough cleaning, days after the diagnosis left four people quarantined there with soiled towels and sweat-stained sheets from the Ebola patient.
After some delays, the first of three phases to clean the apartment began Friday afternoon. While the process will take days, at least sheets and towels that Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan used have been removed.
Also out are the four people — the partner of the Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, her 13-year-old son and her two 20-something nephews — who’d been stuck there for days.”
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Why in the world were these people left there? We should have quarantine/isolation units in hospitals (and other places, if necessary) where the environment is fully controlled and where everyone and everything, going in or out, is sterilized and closely monitored.
Apparently, health officials found out that the soiled stuff was in the apartment from Anderson Cooper when the residents complained about it to the news media??? This is unbelievable!
Seriously, I’ve heard of a better hazmat response to a broken CFL lightbulb (not kidding). FYI, those CFL lightbulbs with mercury do *technically* need to be handled in a very specific way. (But CFLs are “greener”! /sarcasm)
