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morningfog

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5. We've been through this.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #4)

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 05:30 PM

Oct 2014

First of all, Duncan was much MUCH more ill, had a much higher viral load when he was admitted.

Second, no one knows when the nurse were infected. They had skin showing the days just before he died.

They will get proper protection, but his risk to them today was very low.

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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