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28. "Move along, folks. We got this." Like hell, they had this. nt

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Presbyterian workers wore no protective gear for two days while treating Ebola patient [View all] cali Oct 2014 OP

The news just keeps getting better. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #1

Its as if the whole hospital lives in some desert island with no knowledge of what is happening in jwirr Oct 2014 #44

dear god what the hell?! nc4bo Oct 2014 #2

really... some administrator doesn't get what I learned 43 years ago in NCO school... HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #5

Frieden reminds me of Paul Bremer or Michael Brown, too incompetent KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #70

We've regressed into a fucking 2nd-world country. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #3

We've always been a "2nd-world country". KamaAina Oct 2014 #43

11 beds in the whole country for Ebola patients. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #46

My daughter suggested they curtail TBF Oct 2014 #4

There should be a quarantine on those countries for all purposes except transporting medical JDPriestly Oct 2014 #27

Makes sense mainstreetonce Oct 2014 #30

One expert said he would place a 21 day quarantine on people before they snagglepuss Oct 2014 #36

A quarantine sound good but where would you keep the people who were quarntined? If they go jwirr Oct 2014 #45

Ebola is only contagious when symptoms are present. It appears she wasn't snagglepuss Oct 2014 #47

Never has worked Tweedy Oct 2014 #38

Well, some find a way - TBF Oct 2014 #55

Many find a way Tweedy Oct 2014 #58

Well they are not going TBF Oct 2014 #62

True Tweedy Oct 2014 #67

This is *West* Africa... Fumesucker Oct 2014 #69

lol - TBF Oct 2014 #72

I was quarantined. It is not a matter of choice. A big sign is put on your house or the place JDPriestly Oct 2014 #73

One man in Canada who was being watched for ebola is in the Canadian military, he was snagglepuss Oct 2014 #35

What about airplanes IN the USA? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #49

I hear you - TBF Oct 2014 #56

On site training and Quality assurance have always made sense to me. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #60

"Unfuckingbelievable" doesn't begin to describe this. nt ecstatic Oct 2014 #6

Jesus, that's even worse than I had heard deutsey Oct 2014 #7

Health care workers treating Thomas Eric Duncan IN A HOSPITAL ISOLATION UNIT Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #8

Remember, "it's really hard to catch." Or so we've been told. I don't fault the nurses for believing ecstatic Oct 2014 #24

I can. AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #26

We've also been told that numerour health care professionals caught it and died. LisaL Oct 2014 #29

if you are a health care worker dealing with bodily fluids it is infectious Tweedy Oct 2014 #39

That's criminal. procon Oct 2014 #9

And you know this was the cause how? Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #10

exactly riverwalker Oct 2014 #63

That sure sounds like a breach of protocol. morningfog Oct 2014 #11

How does it sound like a breach of protocol? LisaL Oct 2014 #25

Breached protocol repeatedly Tweedy Oct 2014 #40

Projectile Vomiting and Explosive Diarrhea undeterred Oct 2014 #12

The administrators of this hospital should be sent to Liberia JPZenger Oct 2014 #13

I suspect it isn't actually lies, from the hospital or the CDC, but carefully constructed speech HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #16

CDC does not require hazmat suits. LisaL Oct 2014 #14

That title is a little misleading ctaylors6 Oct 2014 #15

Is a lot misleading. LisaL Oct 2014 #17

Hospitals MUST accept full responsibility for proper handling of whatever illness or injury comes kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #34

Hospital did not follow protocols Tweedy Oct 2014 #61

tort reform prevents law suites against hospital unless gross negligence can be proved! jonjensen Oct 2014 #18

The hospital fucked up, but no need to exaggerate as reality is bad enough. uppityperson Oct 2014 #19

At what point did the CDC get involved? Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #20

They send the team in before Mr. Duncan's results were announced. LisaL Oct 2014 #21

Oh man. Rex Oct 2014 #22

Wow. City Lights Oct 2014 #23

"Move along, folks. We got this." Like hell, they had this. nt valerief Oct 2014 #28

Shit. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #31

Evidently this report has been debunked. Dreamer Tatum Oct 2014 #32

I see nothing in the article at that link that debunks the report. nt Zorra Oct 2014 #57

This is all Obama's fault, and Frieden's fault, and CDC's fault according to several DUers. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #33

I think President Obama is caught off guard by Frieden's incompetence, ecstatic Oct 2014 #41

You got a link to a published peer-reviewed article that says Ebola is contagious before kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #50

um, yes. go to PubMed and search ecstatic Oct 2014 #51

I am well aware of that study that demonstrated, in a very few patients, evidence of asymptomatic, kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #53

That's the point. It hasn't been ruled out. ecstatic Oct 2014 #65

True. But if you have that many people running around with Ebola I'm not sure it's a kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #66

The study done in 2005 suggests it's very possible: ecstatic Oct 2014 #68

I've read that about 100 times in the past couple of weeks, lol. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #71

I don't think that's it at all - TBF Oct 2014 #59

Important reminder about federalism Tweedy Oct 2014 #37

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is a private, corporate-owned hospital KeepItReal Oct 2014 #42

But it must be inspected/authorized for business by the State. Not arguing with you... KittyWampus Oct 2014 #52

Still regulated Tweedy Oct 2014 #54

But regulations are anathema in Texas procon Oct 2014 #64

Are you fucking kidding me? KatyaR Oct 2014 #48