ABC reported:
MORE EBOLA NEWS:Four members of a family the U.S. Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Texas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened, while Liberian authorities said they would prosecute the man for allegedly lying on an airport questionnaire.The unusual confinement order was imposed after the family failed to comply with a request not to leave their apartment, according to Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins.Texas State Health Commissioner David Lakey said the order would help ensure the four can be closely watched, including checking them for fevers over the next three weeks.“We didn’t have the confidence we would have been able to monitor them the way that we needed to,” he said.The family will not be allowed to receive visitors, officials said.Authorities were also concerned about the cleanliness of the home and hired a cleaning service, Lakey said.
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AND THEN THERE'S THIS:
Recall Obama's trip to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta took place on Sept. 16
then consider:
Executive Order -- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, 9/18/2014
Fascinating that Obama's recent executive order reads like legislation, and it’s also fascinating that the panel created by the executive order is composed completely of people from the executive branch.
Fascinating in a “holy sh*t” kind of way.
then consider:
Executive Order -- Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, 9/18/2014
Fascinating that Obama's recent executive order reads like legislation, and it’s also fascinating that the panel created by the executive order is composed completely of people from the executive branch.
Fascinating in a “holy sh*t” kind of way.
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Texas state health commissioner David Lakey said the unusual quarantine step with the four people who stayed with the Ebola patient was so health officials could do the necessary monitoring, including checking them for fevers over the next 21 days.
"We didn't have the confidence we would have been able to monitor them the way that we needed to," Lakey said.
Texas officials are delivering groceries to the home where the patient stayed and are preparing to have it professionally cleaned.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said the Ebola patient's belongings and clothes and household trash, possibly including his sheets, are bagged inside the house so the people who live there cannot come into contact with them until they are removed.
source: ABCNews 10/2/2014
Question: Who bagged the items? What kind of protective measures were offered/taken in that process?
FWIW, my confidence in the management of this ebola fiasco is sinking by the minute.
Three kids have been (unforgivably) exposed to concentrated levels of ebola contaminated bio-hazard in that unit.
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