Posted on 08/10/2014 12:46:23 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
I have spent a little time compiling links to threads about the Ebola outbreak in the interest of having all the links in one thread for future reference.
Please add links to new threads and articles of interest as the situation develops.
Thank You all for you participation.
Wanna bet he’d be in a bunny suit with 2 or 3 layers of protection including goggles and facemask were HE to venture into a situation where he was around ebola patients?
From same site:
https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=396&language_id=ENG
Liberia, 12 September
“Media sources report that fake death certificates mentioning non-Ebola causes of death in Ebola victims are being issued in Liberia. Such certificates allow family members to carry out traditional burials of the dead bodies. Health authorities have started inspecting medical facilities to investigate this as traditional burial practices will further spread the disease.”
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If true, YIKES.
No doubt. LOL.
I bet he wouldn’t share a cab with an Ebola patient, even if he was guaranteed he/she wouldn’t barf on him. Hahaha!
You’re welcome.
Interesting (and frankly, scary) Ebola model made by FReeper, using the Daily Transmission Rate from June 1 to September 10.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3204322/posts?page=1
Here’s the story of one of the doctors, Dr. Ada Igonoh, who attended to Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria.
One snippet:
“Even with the symptoms I did not believe I had Ebola. After all, my contact with Sawyer was minimal. I only touched his I.V. fluid bag just that once without gloves. The only time I actually touched him was when I checked his pulse and confirmed him dead, and I wore double gloves and felt adequately protected.
Doesn’t sound like he was thrown up on directly.
Wonder if this particular variety has become more easily transmitted dermally.
[snip]
According to a senior military official, Dempsey said at a recent meeting: “The Department of Defense’s number one priority is combating Ebola.”
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Wow. That is quite a statement. Suddenly the Administration’s hair is on fire over this. From the 25-bed hospital being sent over... to this...
I had questioned that when the Liberian motorcycle cab drivers got sick. Exchange of sweat, perhaps? I’m not sure whether thy are riding two-up or there is a different configuration like a sidecar or trike.
Well, if it’s in sweat...
Wonder if pores are ‘open’ enough for it to enter that way.
I would think if it can get out, it can get in. Both would have to be sweating, though--one from fever, the other from exertion, heat, or even PPE...
It certainly sounds that way. I remember one of the nurses saying that she only touched the chest of one of the male patients, and she became infected. Also Ken Isaacs, in his testimony before congress stated that this virus was so infectious that even one millimeter of exposed skin meant that you would be infected and likely die.
Dr. Igonoh, of the piece I posted the link to, also was in the isolation ward with the nurse Justina (the runner), and later Dr. Adadevoh joined them. She said the men were in another area. The conditions were deplorable. Both Justina and Dr. Adadevoh died, but Dr. Igonoh just “knew” she would survive.
Oh, one thing Dr. Igonoh said that contradicted Justina’s story, was that when Sawyer pulled out his IV and blood went everywhere, apparently it spilled all over Justina’s hands. So she was “literally” immersed in body fluids. Poor girl. It was her first day on the job, too.
“In addition, it is possible to become infected by touching contaminated objects (objects that have germs from an infected person on them). The germs get onto the toucher’s hands, and then may accidentally be transferred into the nose, mouth or eyes, or enter the blood stream via cuts on the hands.”
https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=402&language_id=ENG
Someone infected rides the taxi, wipes their sweaty forehead a few times, and rests their hand somewhere. They get out, someone else gets in, puts their hand where the infected person’s hand was, then they casually rub their eye, their nose, or their lips.
Boom.
(Or even through tiny cuts on the hands. I bet we have many we can’t even see. Yikes.)
I found this NOVA documentary on the 1995 Kikwit outbreak. Everyone ought to watch it, the difference between what they experienced then versus what we’re hearing now is quite interesting.
It’s almost an hour long and somewhat graphic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_ZW1vpkzI
I noticed that upthread. Hubby and I watched that back in July. That was the first outbreak managed by MSF if I’m not mistaken. They originally started out with the ‘mask, gloves, gown’ but you can see people in bunny suits in there too.
Regardless, they’re not all dropping like flies (the medicos).
‘Something’ is clearly more communicable about this strain that’s 3% different from the first Zaire strain sequenced.
Oy, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it had already been posted. Oh well, it’s important enough to be posted twice I suppose.
The ambulance door opened and a Caucasian gentleman approached me but kept a little distance. He said to me, ‘I have to inform you that your blood tested positive for Ebola. I am sorry’. I had no reaction. I think I must have been in shock. He then told me to open my mouth and he looked at my tongue. He said it was the typical Ebola tongue. I took out my mirror from my bag and took a look and I was shocked at what I saw. My whole tongue had a white coating, looked furry and had a long, deep ridge right in the middle.
That tidbit is good to know. Sounds like thrush brought on by the collapse of the immune system.
Oh no, it’s definitely worth mentioning again. It was a really great documentary.
I liked the fact that they used the transfusion method to save one of their nurses. That was a really bright idea.
I google stalked the Zairian doctor and he’s still around.
I noted that the transfusion was highly controversial in the ‘95 outbreak, and today it’s the go-to thing if you can get it. Of course the Western docs are using processed plasma instead of whole blood.
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