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25. But don't he sound real smart and doctor-like

Reply to kestrel91316 (Reply #19)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 05:55 PM

Oct 2014

May have even read The Hot Zone in the 90's. That's book-larnin!

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Delay In Dallas Ebola Cleanup- WORKERS BALKING AT TASK [View all] KittyWampus Oct 2014 OP

duh. Expect more of this. n/t librechik Oct 2014 #1

Ignorance!!! This is reminding me of HIV in the 80s.... Avalux Oct 2014 #2

If you have properly educated staff they should know that. But if contractors hire KittyWampus Oct 2014 #3

IMO the clean up crew should be as educated as all the other workers or we just add more people to jwirr Oct 2014 #21

Yup. I remember in the not so distant past people saying they would not use someone with HIV+ for uppityperson Oct 2014 #4

Except that this waste is far more hazardous. nt pnwmom Oct 2014 #6

Because the mortality rate is higher? Avalux Oct 2014 #8

The amount of virus needed to transmit the infection is lower, pnwmom Oct 2014 #9

That may be true. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #7

EXCEPT--Hello? There are biohazard-suited DOCTORS dying from contact! YOU volunteering? WinkyDink Oct 2014 #20

Some of them said they touched the outside of their contaminated suits when removing them, thusly uppityperson Oct 2014 #26

So you are volunteering. former9thward Oct 2014 #28

Explaining how they got exposed is volunteering or claiming perfection? uppityperson Oct 2014 #33

I know exactly what they mean. former9thward Oct 2014 #38

I have not worked with ebola but have with other fatal infectious diseases. And have educated people uppityperson Oct 2014 #39

And how do you know this? Avalux Oct 2014 #41

it's easier to contract Ebola than it is to contract HIV CreekDog Oct 2014 #36

Suppose they lived in Preston Hollow or Southlake or...one of those neighborhoods? misterhighwasted Oct 2014 #5

This is a pointless path of argument. It isn't the income; it is the populace from AFRICA, as in---- WinkyDink Oct 2014 #22

The Ebola Symposium at Duke Medical Generic Other Oct 2014 #40

Texas. No regard for people's health. No regard for the environment. No regard valerief Oct 2014 #10

Dallas surely has a hazmat team. SEND THEM IN! summerschild Oct 2014 #11

That's who should do it. undeterred Oct 2014 #31

You first. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #12

I have a job. The point being, shouldn't there be trained professionals to deal with this who are KittyWampus Oct 2014 #14

Obviously, since hemmorraghic fever virii are endemic to Texas AngryAmish Oct 2014 #15

WTF? The ebola outbreak has been on the horizon for weeks/months… EVERY state should have a protocol KittyWampus Oct 2014 #16

Texas, being a Red state, is like a third-world country. Louisiana1976 Oct 2014 #18

As if every single community has the resources for what seemed far-fetched. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #24

not every single community needs to. That's why we have state and federal government. KittyWampus Oct 2014 #42

Do those folks know that they are trained and equiped properly? AngryAmish Oct 2014 #27

Nobody uses the term "virii". Just sayin'. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #19

But don't he sound real smart and doctor-like alcibiades_mystery Oct 2014 #25

Reminds me of the people who only know about science-y stuff because they have read about it in kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #30

This reminds me of the graffiti scene in Life of Brian AngryAmish Oct 2014 #29

For what reason? Ebola was never HERE; indeed, it was never out of rural Africa. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #23

i think if they were offering them enough money and safety, they'd do it CreekDog Oct 2014 #37

Who is their union steward? ...nt quadrature Oct 2014 #13

Based on the absence of public awareness and fear (whether warranted or not , fear is present) etherealtruth Oct 2014 #17

Dr. Sanje Gupta said today on CNN that they can't find crews willing... grasswire Oct 2014 #32

CNN showing video of a man hosing the sidewalk down. cwydro Oct 2014 #34

great B2G Oct 2014 #35