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40. The Ebola Symposium at Duke Medical

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 06:45 PM

Oct 2014

said that the greatest fear is that it would get loose in a metropolitan area. That has never happened before. Usually, the sickness has been contained in small villages. American inner cities have pockets of poverty where slumlord squalor has created neighborhood blight that rivals and surpasses places in other third world nations.

I have confidence that the professionals in the healthcare field will not let us down. But it is necessary for us to help them contain the disease. Forcing the government to put an armed guard at your door because you insist on trivializing why you have been quarantined is stupid and could be deadly. I think Americans can act with common sense in this matter, but I do wonder if they will.

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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