OT: Ebola – Global Pandemic?

[NotCranky]

The focus of Ebola misery is pretty much going to stay where it is at until it unwinds , hopefully soon.

I think that conclusion can be drawn from this.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/health-science-technology/ebola-outbreak/map-how-the-ebola-outbreak-spread-through-africa/

[bearishgurl]

[quote=blogstar]Someone spoofed South Western College on Ebola.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/…
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[quote=all][quote=flu]My concern is… People in this country aren’t taking it seriously enough…And it’s the arrogance that I’m worried about….[/quote]

I thought communiques from the county school districts and bearishgurl’s college campus being quarantined/evacuated is overreaction.[/quote]

zk, SWC never has been and is not “my” campus. I’ve taken several evening classes there (more than 20 yrs ago) but my kids have never attended classes there. They went directly to university after HS.

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[zk]

[quote=bearishgurl]

[quote=all]

I thought communiques from the county school districts and bearishgurl’s college campus being quarantined/evacuated is overreaction.[/quote]

zk, SWC never has been and is not “my” campus. I’ve taken several evening classes there (more than 20 yrs ago) but my kids have never attended classes there. They went directly to university after HS.

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“all” is not me. Not sure where he/she got the idea that that’s your campus.

Good info on the other thread about colleges, bg. Thanks.

[outtamojo]

[quote=outtamojo][quote=zk][quote=outtamojo]According to Yahoo article, nurse who caught it knew full well she was treating Ebola patient and was wearing the full protective outfit.
I work in healthcare and I knew all along how these bulletins and special protocols work. They send you emails and maybe let you put on the gear a few times and then make you sign a piece of paper saying you were trained but nothing preps you for the real thing. There is only one good teacher and that is experience, which we dont have in good supply.
They will try to blame it on the poor
worker but in my view the pencil pushers as they always do failed to take into account the practical aspect of a learning curve.
They need to set up a team able to travel to care for stateside Ebola patients so they can get the necessary experience. They need to set up rooms for the team to live so they self quarantine.
The range in talent between the best and the worst healthcare workers is such that if you send in the worst you are just sending them in to die.
Hug your healthcare worker today for they risk their own lives and that of their families everyday.[/quote]

Good points and good ideas, mojo. I like the traveling team idea.

I imagine that the story of the Texas healthcare worker will be similar to the Spain healthcare worker. Made a small mistake and paid for it tragically. Not to put the blame on her. Like you said, without experience in dealing with these things, it would be very difficult to make zero mistakes.[/quote]

A care team from the military sounds ideal – they are already on duty and I bet they get way more training than your average hospital worker.
http://www.naturalnews.com/047226_Ebola_outbreak_Dallas_health_care_worker.html
That Frieden guy needs to resign.[/quote]

They are reading my posts 🙂
“Military Preps Ebola team…

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/19/health/us-ebola/index.html?c=us

[bearishgurl]

[quote=zk][quote=bearishgurl]

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I thought communiques from the county school districts and bearishgurl’s college campus being quarantined/evacuated is overreaction.[/quote]

zk, SWC never has been and is not “my” campus. I’ve taken several evening classes there (more than 20 yrs ago) but my kids have never attended classes there. They went directly to university after HS.

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“all” is not me. Not sure where he/she got the idea that that’s your campus.

Good info on the other thread about colleges, bg. Thanks.[/quote]

Sorry zk, I now see that it is another one of craptcha’s (misguided) comments. Just because someone lives in a particular community college district or CC attendance area doesn’t mean he, she or their family has ever taken any classes there.

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[zk]

Interesting article about the overreaction to ebola.

[moneymaker]

[quote=moneymaker]So there is a journalist headed to Nebraska Sunday night, now all we need is CA and NY and we will be ready for full scale pandemic. The media will be reporting Monday that the pandemic has doubled in a little more than a week, the markets will fall and hysteria will prevail. I hope the journalist, Ashoka Mukpo, can be saved for his sake and ours.[/quote]

Ok just CA now, who will it be?

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=zk]Interesting article about the overreaction to ebola.

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That was a very good article.

Some people watch the news and think that world is collapsing around them. For example they think that Greece is hellish, but it’s still a beautiful country where life goes on. Iceland experienced a worse financial collapse, but it’s not in the news much so few ever mention Iceland.

The world is safer than ever, but people experience hyper security neurosis that many politicians encourage and exploit.

[outtamojo]

I would be comforted if they can manage to treat the NY doctor w/out infecting any other healthcare workers.

[FlyerInHi]

Who exactly is “they”?

We have a decentralized, disparate, private health care system. But a few cases of ebola, and we want the government to swoop-in and instantly control the whole situation.

It seems me like an opportunity not to be wasted.

[outtamojo]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Who exactly is “they”?

We have a decentralized, disparate, private health care system. But a few cases of ebola, and we want the government to swoop-in and instantly control the whole situation.

It seems me like an opportunity not to be wasted.[/quote]

Political nutjobs please stay away. This is, or should be, all about safe handling of ebola cases and not getting anyone killed due to inadequate processes.

[FlyerInHi]

Of course, but safe handling is a learning process, especially in a disparate system where there is no central command and control.

It’s unfair and inefficient to expect hospitals that have never handled ebola before to be 100% prepared. Nor do we want them to be. The costs to be prepared all the time, 100% of time for all outbreak possibilities, would be astronomical and would take away from precious resources to care for day to day health issues.

The frenzy over this is so irrational.

[Coronita]

Nina Pham is cured… That’s good news.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/24/health/ebola-nurse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Also Vinson seems to be almost there too…

Good news.

[outtamojo]

[quote=flu]Nina Pham is cured… That’s good news.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/24/health/ebola-nurse/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Also Vinson seems to be almost there too…

Good news.[/quote]

Yes, very good news. Less frightening to know that 1rst world medical care can make this level of virus less of a death sentence.

[The-Shoveler]

If you can get into one of the 4 or 5 hospitals set-up to handle this type of thing.

I still say we get 150 cases at the same time I will really start to worry.

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