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AverageJoe90

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26. It does make you wonder if certain people in the media actually give a shit.......

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 03:30 AM

Oct 2014

Color me cynical, but the CDC has rarely gotten the credit it really deserves; notice how there haven't been any problems elsewhere in the country?

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CNN actually did some real journalism on ebola and public health policy [View all] whereisjustice Oct 2014 OP

Yes, it's all the CDC's fault, that a hospital in Texas... SidDithers Oct 2014 #1

Presbyterian does not have even a Level IV Trauma Center. Downwinder Oct 2014 #2

Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #3

And you can guarantee that the protocol was followed perfectly... SidDithers Oct 2014 #4

perhaps you can come down from canada and monitor them and make sure they are behaving... whereisjustice Oct 2014 #8

Canada, particularly Toronto, will be prepared if we do get a patient... SidDithers Oct 2014 #12

lol - when we need help from canada, you'll be the last one we call, given your history whereisjustice Oct 2014 #14

... SidDithers Oct 2014 #16

I think most Canadians don't believe in zombies or live in igloos. whereisjustice Oct 2014 #17

Even if we hadn't had that second Ebola case, that article offers some excellent suggestions. pnwmom Oct 2014 #23

I have a sneaking suspicion most that TEXAS hospital staff kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #6

profit comes first, administrators freely admit this, however, people in health care generally whereisjustice Oct 2014 #11

There's more than the scent of a straw man in your post. pnwmom Oct 2014 #22

I've noticed the word "breach" being interpreted as "violation" Midnight Writer Oct 2014 #5

Yep. Where are the folks hollering about PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY now, kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #7

Exactly right. Recall Reagan's response to AIDS Midnight Writer Oct 2014 #15

I agree, but we have to be sure before we expose health care workers to infectious disease whereisjustice Oct 2014 #18

The CDC did not say there was a "violation" of protocol Midnight Writer Oct 2014 #19

The exact quote is here. And it was irresponsible. whereisjustice Oct 2014 #20

Yes, I stand corrected Midnight Writer Oct 2014 #27

As a doctor he blew it. I would argue if he had stuck to the medicine and whereisjustice Oct 2014 #30

And states' rights - Texas is huge on states' rights, so they have kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #9

no, a breach in the protocol means someone didn't do what they should have done TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #21

Thanks for this. Seriously. You are 100% correct. This is a horrible disease, whereisjustice Oct 2014 #25

And the hospital had 70 people treating Mr. Duncan. LisaL Oct 2014 #32

that asshole needs to lose his job TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #37

what the F*ck is it with DU'ers trashing the CDC. It's like a wingnut infestation has taken over. KittyWampus Oct 2014 #10

do you have something of value to add to this thread? The Dr. who wrote this list of 5 critical whereisjustice Oct 2014 #13

Constructive criticism is not the same as "trashing the CDC." pnwmom Oct 2014 #24

It does make you wonder if certain people in the media actually give a shit....... AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #26

why wait until there are more deaths before modifying the procedures to protect health care whereisjustice Oct 2014 #28

The "call a doctor" advice sounds like it was given by someone with privilege Fumesucker Oct 2014 #29

Can't leave it up to Hospital CEO's riverwalker Oct 2014 #31

All that's well and good.......BUT BooScout Oct 2014 #33

I agree. Hospital in Spain was not a biosafety level 4 hospital either. LisaL Oct 2014 #34

Dallas prosecutor threatening to arrest Thomas Duncan??? Little Star Oct 2014 #35

NPR had a story about a nurses' union demanding some more protections adigal Oct 2014 #36