News Hospital released Ebola patient by mistake

Unless you're showing actual symptoms the screening process is useless. I mean how hard is it to lie to the screeners about certain things, and mask what little symptoms one might have? The screening process is nothing more than a questionnaire, most people can't be trusted to tell the truth.

 

But he originated in Liberia. That's what I'm talking about. We can track all kinds of people. The hot zones are not hard to identify. I don't want a halt to all travel, just the countries that are currently experiencing an epidemic. I don't trust the screening process but better that than nothing.

 

And the scariest part of this is, how many people have all of those people been in contact with? This is only going to get worse.

 

The best detection device is the infrared thermometer that detects body temperature, a spike of which would be the first sign. I know some folks will take otc meds to bring it down but not all of them will and it's still better than nothing.

 

It's true there are some people shitting some bricks. It's not clear if the nurse, Nina Pham, saw other patients after Duncan had died or not (he died on Wednesday; she went to the ER with symptoms on Friday.) Other healthcare workers who were with Duncan did see other patients after Duncan's death, though.

The fate of her King Charles spaniel, Bently, is in the news as I type this.

Dr. Brantley, the original Ebola survivor, gave Nina Pham a blood transfusion today--Duncan did not match his blood type.

People are not hysterical here in Dallas, but there are plenty of things that make one take pause just a little, like my 4th grader has a school friend whose mom is a doctor at Dallas Presby. Everyone has a connection to that hospital; it's an enormous complex. I had two children there and have never even stepped foot in the main hospital.

 

In the news this morning, officials finally shared how they have Pham's boyfriend quarantined. He is in an isolation room at Presby Dallas being monitored.

I thought that is what should have been done with the people who shared the (filthy, according to sources) apartment that Duncan stayed in while he was sick. It seems irresponsible to have handled that any other way, since they were labeled as high risk, just like the boyfriend.

I don't even want to speculate on why it wasn't handled that way.

 

I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I think it was so unexpected and they just weren't prepared. There are only 4 hospitals in the US actually trained and prepared to handle a "hot" patient and this isn't one of them. You can learn a lot by just one mistake and clearly they did.

I am more concerned with the whole intubation and dialysis bit. That is not a best practice or suggestion for any ebola patient. That exposed way more people, instruments, and laundry than necessary. If it was a CYA move, then stupid.

 

I dont know judge Clay Jenkins, but he is doing Dallas damn proud the way he is handling this.

 

Clay Jenkins is an absolute idiot. I've thought this for a long time, and now seeing him and his "handling" of this case solidifies my position.