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Iamthetruth

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5. Just curious

Reply to ChairmanAgnostic (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 01:46 PM

Oct 2014

So you're blaming the fact that the person who was infected went to the hospital told them he was in Liberia and was sent home on the 600MM that was cut and not complete fucking incompetence on the employees at the hospital?

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US Ebola Patient Exposed School Age Children, Governor Said [View all] Purveyor Oct 2014 OP

For those who haven't been taking this seriously till now -- hopefully a wake-up call. pnwmom Oct 2014 #1

I would not consider the misdiagnosis a screwup. Geoff R. Casavant Oct 2014 #16

The screw-up was in the nurse not communicating to the rest of the staff that the patient pnwmom Oct 2014 #18

Good to know. Geoff R. Casavant Oct 2014 #20

Had a visit to the ER in Delaware recently and they didn't just ask woodsprite Oct 2014 #31

Wasn't he also YarnAddict Oct 2014 #26

We can't control that. All we can control is our response here, and our hospital screwed up horribly pnwmom Oct 2014 #28

Can't they burn it? n/t YarnAddict Oct 2014 #29

Very few hospitals have systems large enough to accommodate the mountains of waste involved. pnwmom Oct 2014 #30

I hope the companies shipping that stuff around ... Nihil Oct 2014 #32

aren't they proud that fellow GOPers cut Ebola funding by $600 Million? ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2014 #2

Just curious Iamthetruth Oct 2014 #5

I did not read that as a direct statement of blame for the contact with children IDemo Oct 2014 #7

Yeah, gutting the national and global health infrastructure probably wasn't a great idea deutsey Oct 2014 #13

Yeah, but they all have guns. They'll shoot ebola. Cuz guns save lives! valerief Oct 2014 #8

there you go. The perfect response. Guns vs. Ebola. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2014 #17

I think you just created a new reality series. Unfortunately. valerief Oct 2014 #19

Since we can now track diseases so well, Trillo Oct 2014 #3

One can be held legally accountable for infecting others with HIV . . . another_liberal Oct 2014 #6

And this is happening in the state with the highest rate of those w/o health insurance Dopers_Greed Oct 2014 #4

Most people who don't have health insurance try to avoid getting medical help . . . another_liberal Oct 2014 #10

Not to mention that... Dopers_Greed Oct 2014 #11

Calling in sick can get you fired DotGone Oct 2014 #23

Perry's not much of a governor, not a President, nor a Pediatrician or infectous disease expert... marble falls Oct 2014 #9

Not looking good for Mr. Prefect Hair. Wellstone ruled Oct 2014 #12

President Obola Dopers_Greed Oct 2014 #14

Since Perry YarnAddict Oct 2014 #27

I thought that trench coat was suspicious. nt ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #15

WTF were these morons thinking? AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #21

is there an online list of Ebola infested schools? ...nt quadrature Oct 2014 #22

If a poor person contracts Ebola in a state that doesn't offer them insurance... Kablooie Oct 2014 #24

All that we need is a fast food worker Aerows Oct 2014 #25

That's not how it spreads. alarimer Oct 2014 #33