Dallas Texas Ebola Case

[poppy]

Ebola hates us for our freedoms.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Well maybe this will cure people of their viruphobia. it's an ebola plush doll. I'll bet even Andy could cuddle up with one of these! http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/ebola.html

 

[John G]

No panic. I hear they are planning to visit our area for spring break...

 

[poppy]

Well maybe this will cure people of their viruphobia. it's an ebola plush doll. I'll bet even Andy could cuddle up with one of these! http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/ebola.html <img src="http://www.sowal.com/bb/attachment.php?attachmentid=38214"/>

This thing could double as a plush turd doll.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

This thing could double as a plush turd doll.

So could some of the things I clean out of the cats litter box. You ever see a furry turd? It's what I call a "furd".

 

[poppy]

WTF? Man diagnosed with Ebola and Texas quarantines his family under armed security in the virus infested apartment for five days before they are moved to a location provided by an anonymous donor and the place is finally decontaminated. It's hard to believe a state the size of Texas couldn't have come up with a safe place for this family a bit sooner, thanks Gov. Perry.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

I hope this answers the question about why it makes sense to have the military involved in these kinds of operations, particularly in 3rd world nations where conditions in cultural behavior are even worse than in the state of Texas. Hard to believe, I know. These are precision operations that require organization and adherence to strict protocols. If ever there was a time to sweat the small stuff, this is it. Who does that better than anyone? I think we can all say with pride, the military of course. Part of the strategy is going to involve stopping this dead in its tracks abroad. From what I hear, we've done just that in Nigeria. Over here, our civilians should be able to handle this competently. Apparently in Texas, that is simply not the case. I'm sure there are plenty of other places in the country where this would not have been such a complete failure of operations and communications. In spite of all that, this probably will be contained, but as long as it exists abroad, there will always be some risk over here. It's that simple.

 

[Lake View Too]

I heard on NPR that they are tracking about 40 definite contacts of the original case and another 60 remote contacts. That's relatively easy to do. But, if any of the forty have forty contacts, and so on, tracking gets exponentially more difficult. Also heard some of the definite contacts resisted quarantine. Some people are flat-out going to resist being "arrested" for being sick. Some are just going to bolt...That's at the core of the problem in Africa.

 

[carson]

I hope this answers the question about why it makes sense to have the military involved in these kinds of operations, particularly in 3rd world nations where conditions in cultural behavior are even worse than in the state of Texas. Hard to believe, I know. These are precision operations that require organization and adherence to strict protocols. If ever there was a time to sweat the small stuff, this is it. Who does that better than anyone? I think we can all say with pride, the military of course. Part of the strategy is going to involve stopping this dead in its tracks abroad. From what I hear, we've done just that in Nigeria. Over here, our civilians should be able to handle this competently. Apparently in Texas, that is simply not the case. I'm sure there are plenty of other places in the country where this would not have been such a complete failure of operations and communications. In spite of all that, this probably will be contained, but as long as it exists abroad, there will always be some risk over here. It's that simple.

I agree with 2/3 of the comment. But overall theoretically Texas has the best hospitals, not a singular hospital, but hospitals, both private sector and military in the US. The disconnect is it became the Keystone Cops, there still is a glory grab here, with no entity clearly in charge as Poppy pointed out with the five day lapse in cleaning the apartment and removing the family. Another case of everyone wants control but nobody wants blame. Dallas County removes the infected materials but does not have the proper DOT certification to dispose of it. WTF? The CDC is camped out there and meanwhile the infected items are in a bag inside a barrel inside a container inside a sealed truck protected by two Sheriffs.

Hopefully FEMA didn't train the CDC.

 

[Lake View Too]

Also, it's always "good" to remember, that the "list of possible contacts" came from a deathly sick man trying to remember every single person that he may have come in contact (or that may have come in contact with his clothing, bedding, etc.) in the last too weeks. Did he forget somebody?