2nd Healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola

nwlady said:
Excellent point, and this day and age, you think we'd have this nailed down, especially when we have things like 911 happening on American soil. I just don't see where those running the show have their priorities straight. And if people are lining their pockets (money is the One True God) are not smart enough to know they can't spend it if their dead?
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Visa's expedited from Ebola region in August yet all summer along south Americans coming across the border en masse getting hearings years down the road.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...Extensions-From-Ebola-Countries-in-August?amp

This is right up there with oh nothing to worry about, everything's under control. They had to know or maybe even wanted this thing to at least grab headlines. This yet another item for the zero or poor credibility column.
 

nwlady said:
I'm sure you are right Phil. Funny, I was just thinking what good would it do me to have a million dollars to spend right now? I couldn't enjoy it because of my health, couldn't go on those tropical trips, can't do shit without your health:(
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... but then couldn't you pay to be frozen until they figure out what's wrong and how to fix it? :p
 
This women said she felt funny in Ohio.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebola-o...nurse-with-ebola-said-she-felt-funny-in-ohio/

I don't think we have the honest story from her, the hospital or CDC.


Heard a recent report said she observed taking Tylenol at the airport although still trying to confirm. But the problem with Tylenol and body temperature screening is that it temporarily lowers a fever. Even experts admit Tylenol use could be a problem.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-10-09/airport-ebola-screens-hampered-by-dormant-virus-tylenol

How many are going to an airport or port sick loaded up with Tylenol to just to get by the screenings?
 
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Second Nurse To Contract Ebola Retains High-Profile Attorney
October 20, 2014 6:59 AM



CLEVELAND (CBS News/CBS Cleveland/AP) — Amber Vinson, the second nurse in Dallas to contract the Ebola virus, has retained a high-profile attorney, her family said in a statement.
In the statement, obtained by CBS affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, the family said they “are troubled by some of the negative public comments and media coverage that mischaracterize Amber and her actions.”

“Suggestions that she ignored any of the physician and government-provided protocols recommended to her are patently untrue and hurtful. In the interest of Amber and our family, we have retained esteemed attorney Billy Martin to provide us with legal counsel during this unfortunate and troubling time,” the family said in the statement.
Martin’s past clients include Michael Vick and disgraced former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig.
Vinson was among the team of medical professionals who treated the first person to die of Ebola on U.S. soil, Thomas Eric

Duncan. Between Sept. 30-Oct. 2 and Oct. 5-Oct. 8, Vinson actively engaged in caring for Duncan, records show. She inserted catheters, drew blood, and dealt with Duncan’s body fluids while wearing protective gear.
On Oct. 10, two days after Duncan died, the 29-year-old Vinson flew into Cleveland from Dallas. She visited a bridal salon in Akron the following day, and that same night fellow nurse Nina Pham tested positive for the disease.
Vinson called and reported her temperature to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention two days later, and they cleared her to fly out of Cleveland to Dallas. Back in Dallas, Vinson reported having a fever.

On Oct. 15, after Vinson is diagnosed with having contracted Ebola, state and local health officials confirm Vinson flew out of Cleveland and address precautions taken to decontaminate and limit spread of illness. Vinson is transferred to a special bio-containment unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

Officials in Ohio have since announced they are monitoring the health of a total 153 people in Ohio who had contact with Vinson, flew on the same flights as her or visited the same bridal shop. Three people in Ohio have now been ordered quarantined in their homes.

http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2014/...contract-ebola-retains-high-profile-attorney/
 
Nigeria has been declared free of Ebola; due to the use of aggressive quarantining techniques; and the nurse who contracted Ebola in Spain has had a negative test, so is recovering; but will remain in isolation until a second negative test is produced.
 
Thanks for the article Misty,

I think we need a new show called "As the Web is Weaved". It will be interesting to watch, and I'm wondering how many more cases are going to show up in the U.S.:(
 
Vivjen said:
Nigeria has been declared free of Ebola; due to the use of aggressive quarantining techniques; and the nurse who contracted Ebola in Spain has had a negative test, so is recovering; but will remain in isolation until a second negative test is produced.
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Good news, Vivjen and Thanks for sharing. Had read an article on how some do well on the new medication and some don't...that the thinking it's Very Important to be treated early, quick rehydration, plasma transfusions and a healthy immune system to help fight it.
 
Sounds good to me too, Misty; a very small light at the end of a very long tunnel...

There are some vaccines beginning clinical trials too..
 
nwlady said:
Thanks for the article Misty,

I think we need a new show called "As the Web is Weaved". It will be interesting to watch, and I'm wondering how many more cases are going to show up in the U.S.:(
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I read today, Denise, that the first nurse has been downgraded to fair, and it's rumored that her boyfriend is showing symptoms and has been taken to a hospital and put in isolation, but a recent update states he was not showing any symptoms but is being monitored. The American Hospital Association said that fair is not a downgrade, that it is better than good. :saywhat:

Good name for a new show, Denise, and very fitting. :)
 
Presbiterian Hospital really bungled that entire ordeal.. They didn't give their employees adequate tools to do their job and be safe.. They deserve it to be sued
 

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