It was reported today that all the contaminated stuff (sheets/towels) is still in their apt.
CDC has not removed it.
After a month of so all the body fluids, blood and vomit will dry up and they can use them safely again (they could wash them but that’s optional as the virus will be dead by then).
I just have to put myself in this woman’s situation.
My husband/x-husband/partner/whatever was just admitted to the hospital with one of the deadliest diseases known to man. For four days, he infected everything in our apartment. It took a call from the nephew to get the hospital to actually help.
Then, the government is telling me to lock myself in the infected apartment WITH MY 13 YEAR OLD CHILD, without cleaning it, without supplies or haz-mat suits, without food, or anything.
And nobody is bringing us food.
A SANDWICH. A freaking sandwich for each person was brought *yesterday*.
And even if there was food, I’d want to throw out ANYTHING that was still in that environment for fear that it could be contaminated before I ingested it or gave it to my child. There are bags of dirty linens and nobody is removing the garbage.
I don’t know if anyone could *make* me go back into that unclean environment with my child, let alone lock us in there. I’d happily quarantine ourselves anywhere BUT that apartment.
If this is how the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT manages a tiny quarantine with FOUR individuals in one apartment, then we’re in serious trouble.
But here’s the other thing. Every health official in the country has gone on the record over and over again that there is NO DANGER of exposure unless a person is symptomatic.
How sure are they of that?
I see they are delivering food in BANANA boxes to the quarantined Liberians... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2778575/You-live-First-quarantined-resident-appear-outside-apartment-housed-America-s-Ebola-victim-emerges-wearing-YOLO-t-shirt.html