Ebola: "Out of Control in West Africa"

[The Reaper]

Originally Posted by Rumblyguts

John Stewart poked some fun at the "crisis" last night. His take-away was there are other things out there as well that can kill us...like pumpkin lattes, stray voltage, and nuclear power plants.

Just the crisis du jour.

Maybe he could tell us how many people in the U.S. have died from nuclear power plant accidents, ever?

TR

[MR2]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

I can't wait until porn stars rule the tv airwaves and are giving political advice to the UN.

Depending on your definition of porn, they already are...

[Sdiver]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

I can't wait until porn stars rule the tv airwaves and are giving political advice to the UN.

Originally Posted by MR2

Depending on your definition of porn, they already are...

Jenny McCarthy comes to mind ....

[LarryW]

The onion is being peeled and the core shows again that our Government has no clue in how to deal with people. They don’t know shit from wild honey and all the bees are either stupid or loaded.

The CDC is the headquarters for the Keystone Cops!

U.S. Ebola patient's partner quarantined in apartment with family members

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/us/tex...html?hpt=hp_t1

(CNN) -- The partner of Ebola patient Thomas Duncan is quarantined in her Dallas apartment where Duncan became sick with the virus after his trip to Liberia, the woman told CNN's Anderson Cooper.

The woman, who asked to be identified only by her first name, Louise, is quarantined with one of her children under 13 and two nephews in their 20s because they were in apartment when Duncan became ill, Cooper said.

Duncan, a 42-year-old Liberian citizen, is now hospitalized in Dallas.

But Louise remains in her apartment, and she's worried, not knowing what to do and waiting on federal health officials, Cooper said.

"She doesn't know how she's going to get food into the apartment. She was told she said maybe the Red Cross would come by. She's still waiting for that," Cooper said.

"Some health officials brought sandwiches last night, but she hasn't had anything today," Cooper said Thursday. "She's certainly kind of at loose ends and is obviously extremely worried."

Cooper's interview with Louise will air Thursday evening on CNN's "AC360˚."

Louise "does not feel that she came into any contact with any (bodily) fluids" from Duncan, Cooper said.

"She says he didn't vomit on her. She wasn't cleaning up after him. She said he was very much sort of prideful, would take care of himself, go into the bathroom when he had diarrhea," Cooper said.

Louise and her family are in isolation with sheets and towels used by the Ebola-stricken Duncan, Cooper said. Louise did use bleach to clean her apartment, "but it's not clear to me how systematic the cleaning was," he said.

The sheets Duncan used are still on the bed, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't taken away those materials, Cooper said.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta said the continuing presence of the sheets, on which Duncan may have transmitted the virus through sweating, are disturbing.

"With the sheets still being on the bed, that obviously is a concern," Gupta said. "We've talked about the fact that this virus can live outside the body, can live on surfaces. It's unlikely for it to be transmitted to someone else that way.

"But why take a chance?" Gupta added.

Louise told Cooper that "she's not clear what she's supposed to do with this," Cooper said. "She seems to think she should wait for the CDC to tell her what to do."

Louise has stowed Duncan's towels in a plastic bag, Cooper said.

[tonyz]

She has a poor plan for food...
She has not disposed of the sheets...
She is waiting for someone from CDC to come along and help...
Poor woman, Darwin may visit first.

[The Reaper]

Having said that, in the interest of national health, a team should have been there as soon as possible to strip the apartment, decontaminate it, quarrantine the family, and burn all of the apartment contents, if not the entire apartment unit.

And maybe prohibit people entering the country from the infected zone.

TR

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Having said that, in the interest of national health, a team should have been there as soon as possible to strip the apartment, decontaminate it, quarrantine the family, and burn all of the apartment contents, if not the entire apartment unit.

And maybe prohibit people entering the country from the infected zone.

TR

Concur.

Our current political leaders and most of the bureaucratic acolytes appear incompetent and dangerous.

[sinjefe]

Originally Posted by DocIllinois

I'd say there was a breakdown in the existing process somewhere.

Yeah, the government was in charge.

[Oldrotorhead]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Having said that, in the interest of national health, a team should have been there as soon as possible to strip the apartment, decontaminate it, quarrantine the family, and burn all of the apartment contents, if not the entire apartment unit.

And maybe prohibit people entering the country from the infected zone.

TR

And present a bill for the services. I will bet these people are not US citizens. Oh wait silly me we are all citizens of the world.

[Oldrotorhead]

Note to protective suits worn by those cleaning outside the apartment in Dallas.

https://twitter.com/wfaachannel8/sta...39906211528704

[Paslode]

Originally Posted by Oldrotorhead

Note to protective suits worn by those cleaning outside the apartment in Dallas.

https://twitter.com/wfaachannel8/sta...39906211528704

The woman with the long dress looks to be walking through wash so she can drag it around the hood. If it wasn't semi-serious it would be funny.

[Paslode]

You may remember this guy down in Texas....

(CNN) -- The quarantined partner of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan should be moved with her family out of the Texas apartment where Duncan became sick with the virus and where his sweat-stained sheets were still on the bed, the Dallas County director of homeland security said.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, also director of the county's Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said officials are working on that relocation after Duncan's girlfriend told CNN of being forced to live with distressing living conditions.

Jenkins acknowledged "some hygiene issues" in the apartment.

"I would like to see those people moved to better living conditions," Jenkins told CNN's Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon. "We are working on that. I would like to move them five minutes ago."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/02/us/tex...thomas-duncan/


back in July...

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins went door-to-door in the neighborhood surrounding the Lamar Alternative Education Center and told residents police plan an extensive presence to discourage protests.

Residents told CBS 11 News they are disturbed by the prospect of protests like the one at the Murrieta Border Patrol station in California.

"I live right here so I don't want to look out the back window and see people protesting every day," said Nathan Smith, who lives adjacent to the school.

Jenkins reassured residents the city will not tolerate a similar situation to the one in California where demonstrators blocked Homeland Security buses and demanded the federal government secure the border.

"As long as they make their statement in keeping with the law," Jenkins said. "This is America and everybody is entitled to an opinion. If they break the law or impede the care of these children, then we'll enforce the law."

http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/07/te...inst-illegals/

[Old Dog New Trick]

Time for a thread name change.

Ebola: "Got Out of West Africa - and showed up in America FIRST"

I always knew we were a first rate country! But it appears that even second world countries have been screening arrivals from the infected countries in question for weeks if not longer.

Don't worry the CDC is on top of this!

[The Reaper]

This should be on the sub-normal IQ test.

You want to leave corrupt, impoverished, disease-infested Country L, and go to the land of milk and government assistance, let's call it Country A.

Before being allowed to depart, Country L's immigration officials ask you if you have had any recent contact with a person infected with a deadly, highly contagious disease.

Unbeknownst to them, you knowingly helped carry an infected pregnant woman around a few days before.

Clearly, if you respond with a truthful answer, you will be required to stay there until you likely die, or will have to pay a large bribe.

Do you a) admit your contact and stay, or b) lie and fly to Country A, where you can infect your fellow travellers, people at the airports you stop at, and your friends and family once you arrive, but have access to a world class medical facility for your care?

Note: We should have already stopped allowing flights from, or connecting from West Africa, and people who have been in a nation with an ebola problem, for the duration of this outbreak.

The Obama Adminstration has repeatedly refused to close the door.

Why?

TR

[Old Dog New Trick]

Originally Posted by The Reaper

This should be on the sub-normal IQ

The Obama Adminstration has repeatedly refused to close the door.

Why?

TR

Isn't this obvious. They need the votes next month.