One of the Texas Presbyterian Hospital nurses who took care of Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan, Patient Zero here in the United States, has tested positive on a preliminary test and is in isolation.
Thomas Eric Duncan died of Ebola on October 8.
UPDATE: From today's press conference at Texas Presbyterian Hospital: Texas Presbyterian, a 900-bed hospital, will no longer accept any patients into the ER now, and ER arrivals will be diverted to other hospitals in Dallas. Reason given for closing the ER? Understaffed.
UPDATE II --- The Nurse, now Ebola patient - according to Fox News -WAS WEARING PROPER PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WHEN SHE TREATED DUNCAN.
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Ebola math
NOW it's on.
Duncan first sought medical attention at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital the first time on September 26th.
This new case involving a health care worker who had some sort of contact with Duncan reported fever on Friday, 10/10/2014.
14 days to first symptom
Update posted in the body of the blog post.
All the medical & related personnel that were involved with Duncan's case on that first visit continued to work for at least two days until Duncan was admitted and diagnosed. Did they continue working in the medical field since? How many patients have inadvertently been in contact with them?
From Press conference live right now: The 2nd person who contracted ebola was wearing the full protections as recommended by the CDC!
If the 2nd person who contracted Ebola was wearing full protection THAT IS BIG NEWS.
Pasto,
If the 2nd person who contracted Ebola was wearing full protection THAT IS BIG NEWS.
According to Fox News, THAT is the case!
Pasto,
If the 2nd person who contracted Ebola was wearing full protection THAT IS BIG NEWS.
According to Fox News, THAT is the case!
Duncan's first attempt at hospitalization took place on Sept. 26th where msm reports he was discharged with a fever of 103.
The healthcare worker now in isolation - reportedly, "reported a low-grade fever on Friday night" and was wearing full protection gear and following all CDC guidelines when he or she made contact with Duncan."
Sept. 26th-October 10th is 14 days to first symptoms becoming evident, if the exposure is related to the first hospital visit.
Question: How likely was it that this healthcare worker was wearing full protection gear while treating Duncan on that first visit?
If not likely, then the incubation is less than 14 days.
Buckle your seatbelts, this is going to be one hell of a bumpy ride!
Read this to gain a better understanding of protective gear and procedure. What it can and cannot do, even for healthcare professionals:
ScientificAmerican: Ebola Spread Shows Flaws in Protective Gear and Procedures October 10, 2014 Larry Greenemeier
http://tinypic.com/r/1z3ueyt/8
Referencing link above:
"Smith also points out that his cleanup workers wore three layers of gloves to protect themselves while working but also to safely undress after the work was done. “That way, you can undress in layers, keeping your hands protected as you remove layers of possibly contaminated clothing,” he says."
Now if the nurse had violated this procedure in removing her protective suit, she could easily contract the disease by just touching her hair when removing her head dress. In most cases this is not too much of problem with many diseases - but with ebola it could mean infection.
Undressing procedures must be strictly followed.
ZeroHedge: Public Health Emergency Declared In Connecticut Over Ebola: Civil Rights Suspended Indefinitely 10/10/2014 22:53
Governor Dan Malloy has declared a Public Health Emergency in Connecticut, authorizing the "isolation of any individual reasonably believed to have been exposed to the Ebola virus." Simply put, as we noted previously, the State of Public Health Emergency allows bureaucrats to detain and force-vaccinate people without due process - despite not one single case being found in CT. If there is a major Ebola pandemic in America, all of the liberties and the freedoms that you currently enjoy would be gone.
The Public Health Emergency Declaration
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