Man who died from Ebola endured treatment delays

AP ^ | 11/18/2014 | AP

[wtd]

• Man who died from Ebola endured treatment delays

  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone did not receive aggressive treatment until nearly two weeks after he first started showing symptoms — a delay that doctors said probably made it impossible for anyone to save his life

[exDemMom]

Well, yes. An Ebola patient’s best chance is to receive good supportive care early. That means fluids, electrolytes, and treatment of other symptoms as they arise. Once the patient is about to crash, probably nothing will help.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

He tested negative at first. Very unfortunate.

[tflabo]

Buncha racists in Omaha just like Dallas. /sc

[Eagles6]

Sounds like a decent man. Probably took all of the precautions and still got it.

Just heard that the idiot doctor in NYC, his total treatment including contact tracing cost $20,000,000.

[Kozak]

Do you have a source?

[wrench]

Is your google broke?

About a dozen articles yesterday, here is one

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1084743-ebola-cost-new-york-more-than-20-million-says-chuck-schumer-and-he-wants-it-back/

[I want the USA back]

The lawsuits will start soon. A non-White who died - let the claims of unfair treatment begin.

[Eagles6]

https://wwlp.com/2014/11/17/should-cities-be-reimbursed-for-ebola-costs-one-u-s-senator-says-yes/

[nclaurel]

Scary to think it took so long to show positive. As a healthcare provider I have to wonder if the virus is mutating so that it requires a higher virus load in a patient for tests to detect it.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

You are right. I was thinking the same thing.

[heartwood]

According to NBC:

Salia, working at a Methodist hospital in Sierra Leone, first felt ill during the first week of November. But he hadn’t been treating Ebola patients and he’d already come through a 21-day incubation period after a close call with an Ebola patient. And his first blood test for Ebola came back negative on November 7.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/dr-martin-salias-death-shows-early-ebola-treatment-vital-n250201

With the negative results, Dr. Salia began treating himself for malaria, the most likely cause of fever and malaise in Africa. On Nov. 10, he tested positive for Ebola.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1411100?query=featured_home&#t=articleResults

Now God rest Dr. Salia, for he showed the greatest love for his fellow man. And I believe this time we can't really fault the CDC for their approach to transport and treatment.

But I do fault them for their insisting that after 21 days since exposure there is no risk. Last night I sat through a government flunky presenting happy-happy pap on Ebola, regurgitated from the CDC. Ebola doesn't scare me nearly as much as a lying government does.

[bgill]

Stick Dr. Bowling with the bill, not the hospital or the taxpayers.

[Eagles6]

In a sane world...

[Smokin' Joe]

Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

[null and void]

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

[null and void]

Yep. But waiting until he's about to crash then further stressing him with international travel feeds the meme that we only cure white people because we be racis.

Plus the added "benefit" of the possibility of his bleeding out from every orifice and pore here enhances the chances of bringing an outbreak to our soil.

[null and void]

Scary to think it took so long to show positive. As a healthcare provider I have to wonder if the virus is mutating so that it requires a higher virus load in a patient for tests to detect it.

Yet Ebola Nurse insists her violating quarantine was A-OK because she tested negative.

[null and void]

Ebola doesn't scare me nearly as much as a lying government does.

Too bad my tagline is busy.

[SisterK]

Wow. He was having symptoms, yet still testing negative.