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kestrel91316

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1. CDC expected the Texas hospital to be minimally competent at RUNNING A HOSPITAL,

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Oct 14, 2014, 05:23 PM

Oct 2014

which always includes running an infectious diseases/isolation ward.

Instead, that particular hospital, at least, turns out to have been run by negligent, lazy buffoons who can't bother to train staff adequately and make sure that staff are AWARE OF PROPER PROTOCOLS.

It's Texas. Frieden should have expected the worst.

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Better Ebola response may have prevented nurse's case, CDC head says [View all] pnwmom Oct 2014 OP

CDC expected the Texas hospital to be minimally competent at RUNNING A HOSPITAL, kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #1

What you said. Little Star Oct 2014 #2

Only 4 places in the US are equipped to handle Ebola. candelista Oct 2014 #13

Exactly Little Star Oct 2014 #14

it's Texas... TheVisitor Oct 2014 #3

Any day now. Just watch. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #4

You just spread a bunch of bullshit TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #6

The CDC DID NOT admit their protocols are wrong! STOP LYING!!! SkyDaddy7 Oct 2014 #7

EMORY HOSPITAL Ebola Patients WERE TREATED IN A BIO LEVEL 4 HAZARD UNIT TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #8

So what? CDC Protocol WAS NOT FOLLWED in Texas, period! SkyDaddy7 Oct 2014 #9

I DO NOT get my information from Breitbart. TexasMommaWithAHat Oct 2014 #10

The CDC did change their protocols... City Lights Oct 2014 #11

That article is misleading... SkyDaddy7 Oct 2014 #15

Here's a NYTimes article saying CDC changed their guidelines: City Lights Oct 2014 #17

Texas Momma appears to be correct: dixiegrrrrl Oct 2014 #12

Then CDC was very, very wrong, weren't they? LisaL Oct 2014 #16

Profit-based system Dopers_Greed Oct 2014 #5