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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThey're finally cleaning up the vomit
that has been sitting on the sidewalks since Sunday...and doing a spectacular job!
Yay!
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/02/family-ebola-patient-ordered-stay-home-dallas/16574877/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,823 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)nt
Hekate
(90,690 posts)As they are spreading the wash water all over the place, may we hope they are at least using Clorox Bleach in it?
Clusterf**k comes to mind.
B2G
(9,766 posts)Didn't think I'd need the sarcasm smiley, but I guess I was wrong.
That little girl is walking right through the runoff and the mist being created.
Do they WANT this to spread??
onethatcares
(16,168 posts)how much a gallon of bleach costs?????? krikey, the profit goes right out the window if you expect that.
Warpy
(111,261 posts)The workers are not at risk.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Warpy
(111,261 posts)progressoid
(49,990 posts)Next thing you know, those guys will be ZOMBIES!
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Though, to their credit they did wait apparently 4 days to be safe.
One cringes at the possibilities as that stuff sat there, like parvo puke, ready to stick to every passer-by's shoes.
I doubt Mr. Dude is thinking to use bleach.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Let's hope that the rain didn't cause any complications down there.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Should be.
Let's hope.
B2G
(9,766 posts)in the past 5 days?
This whole response is a clusterfuck.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)It's been worse than a clusterfuck.
Imagine a flu outbreak like that portrayed in Contagion.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Respiratory airborne viruses are pretty scary and are continually showing up in new forms in SE Asia where people are in close contact with freshly butchered meat in open air markets.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)pnwmom
(108,978 posts)power sprayer
open sandals
no overgear for clothes
power spray overspray aeresolized for who knows how far
splash perimeter of yards
again
egad!
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)yes- a team should have gone out right away to clean any bodily fluids, but since it's been so many days it should be fine. It's not like smallpox.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Protective gear and everything. Did someone set a blue water bottle down nearby?
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)All of this after CDC assured us everybody knows what to do.
jen63
(813 posts)The same as what ever is inside the apartment. It doesn't survive well outside of the body.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)until now, HIGHLY INFECTIOUS.
I am appalled. And then I remember it's Texas.
B2G
(9,766 posts)I wouldn't be betting my life on the fact it's dead.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)bleach soaking. I know my germs.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)I'd have gotten a 5 gallon bucket of kerosine and had a fire.
Seriously, this is stupid.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Where does that water go after it's down the gutters?
Windy
(5,944 posts)PDittie
(8,322 posts)Much sooner than you expect, I'm sorry to say.