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pnwmom

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2. Do you know what the word "hope" means?

Reply to Demit (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 05:10 PM

Oct 2014

I hope every single hospital that has to deal with an Ebola patient will fully comply with the new protocols -- but doctors and nurses are human and capable of making mistakes.

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I hope this is NOT how the members of the Bellevue hospital staff will greet their new patient [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

The photo is 2 weeks old. Demit Oct 2014 #1

Do you know what the word "hope" means? pnwmom Oct 2014 #2

No, tell me. I hope your answer is as substantive as your OP. Demit Oct 2014 #8

It doesn't sound like he is terribly ill. morningfog Oct 2014 #3

There is a risk to the workers if they have skin exposed, as the nurses did during the period pnwmom Oct 2014 #4

We've been through this. morningfog Oct 2014 #5

You can't say truthfully that because we don't know what this doctor's viral load is, pnwmom Oct 2014 #6

Crap - symptomatic on Tuesday, Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #7

And on public transportation, I heard. Denial is strong. pnwmom Oct 2014 #9

The public transportation reported is not very public Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #11

NYT article says he used Subway to get to the bowling alley. LisaL Oct 2014 #15

The subway was not mentioned in the earlier article - Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #17

He used a subway and an Uber taxi. pnwmom Oct 2014 #16

I was reporting what was known at the time - Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #18

Those costs should be a reason, pnwmom Oct 2014 #19

My understanding is that a number of staff who work with DWB have been infected onenote Oct 2014 #10

Here's what I've seen Ms. Toad Oct 2014 #12

There's a great article in Time magazine about the 12 years of prep that Emory did Wella Oct 2014 #13

This was under old CDC guidelines. LisaL Oct 2014 #14