From Yahoo News:
In a letter posted to posted to Facebook by Villa Pepa Protective Association, an animal rights group, Javier Limon Romero, the husband of the infected nurse, Teresa Romeo, says an official with the Madrid health department told him “that they have to sacrifice my dog.”
“I was asked to give them my consent, but I obviously refused,” Javier wrote. “He said he was going to ask for a court order to forcibly enter my home and sacrifice Excalibur.”… According to the Associated Press, “Madrid’s regional government obtained a court order to euthanize and incinerate their pet,” saying “available scientific knowledge suggests a risk that the mixed-breed dog could transmit the virus to humans.”
It’s unclear whether they carried out the order. “It seems unfair,” Javier wrote of the euthanasia order.
“If you are really worried about this problem I think you can find another type of alternative solution, such as putting the dog in quarantine and observation as it has me. Or maybe you will have to sacrifice me just in case. But of course, with a dog it’s easier, it doesn’t matter as much.”
Note what the man said:
ReplyDelete"Or maybe you will have to sacrifice me just in case."
**sigh**
To my knowledge, there's been only one study about dogs carrying Ebola. Wild dogs in Africa, I think.
ReplyDeleteCanadian Ebola vaccine license holder moving ahead with safety trials
ReplyDeleteOctober 8, 2014 8:43 a.m.
TORONTO - With talk turning to the idea that Ebola vaccines and drugs may be needed to quell the West African outbreak, the tiny U.S. company that holds the licence for a Canadian-made vaccine says it is working as fast as it can to get that option tested and ready for use.
NewLink Genetics says at least five clinical trials involving the vaccine, known as VSV-EBOV, will soon be under way in the United States, Germany, Switzerland and in an unnamed African country which is not battling Ebola. As well, the Canadian government has said it wants to conduct a trial in this country.
AP: Doc: Spanish woman touched face with ebola glove 10/082014 9:01 a.m.
ReplyDeleteFREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Spanish health officials say they are investigating whether a nursing assistant infected with Ebola got the disease after she touched her face with protective gloves after leaving the quarantine room where an Ebola victim was being treated.
Dr. German Ramirez says nursing assistant Teresa Romero says she remembers she once touched her face with the gloves.
Health officials have said Romero twice entered the room of Spanish missionary Manuel Garcia Viejo, who died of Ebola on Sept. 25 in Madrid. She went in once to change his diaper and also entered after he died to retrieve unspecified items.
Ramirez said Wednesday that Romero believes she touched her face with the glove after her first entry into the priest's room.
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Note: This nurse ['s aid] is reported to have entered the priest's room only twice. Once to change his diaper, the second time to collect and dispose of his things.
NASDAQ: Third Health Worker Hospitalized Over Ebola in Spain October 8, 2014 8:25 a.m.
ReplyDeleteA spokesman for Spain's regional health department said the hospital worker, whose name wasn't disclosed, had a slight fever, one possible early symptom of Ebola. The aide was part of the medical team that treated Manuel García Viejo, a 69-year-old Spanish missionary who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and was evacuated to Madrid. He died in late September
Flight attendants call for tougher Ebola screens at airports
ReplyDeleteWednesday - 10/8/2014, 8:17am ET
The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) says new, stronger measures must be implemented in Ebola virus hotspots to keep anyone with likely symptoms grounded.
The union representing nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants at 19 airlines believes airlines and health officials are relying too heavily on voluntary questionnaires.
AFA says in a news release that options are limited once someone infected with the Ebola virus is on a plane - flight crews don't have the medical training or personal protective equipment required for handling an Ebola patient.
Ebola training focuses on astronaut-like gear
ReplyDeleteOctober 8, 2014 at 6:21 AM
The serious-faced physicians practice pulling on bulky white suits and helmets that make them look more like astronauts than doctors preparing to fight a deadly enemy. These training sessions at U.S. hospitals on Ebola alert and for health workers heading to Africa can make the reality sink in: Learning how to safely put on and take off the medical armor is crucial.