Low bidder.....
Either they know something we don’t or the have a death wish.
But did they have clipboards?
Hold my beaker of amoebic dysentary, and watch this ...
Ok so maybe they won’t get sick but don’t they need to be monitored now to be sure and maybe even quarantined...and won’t the people they come in direct contact with need to be monitored?
How expensive is all this? It is a comedy of errors.....
Saw a new blip from some New York politician to the effect that people in New York were “going to show the dumb Texans how to handle Ebola”. You would think by now, especially with an Ebola czar, that their fine tooled system would be up and running and things like this wouldn’t be happening.
What is this, ‘Joe’s Ebola Cleanup and Trash Hauling Service’?
I thought that this country was ready to contain any spread of ebola.
Hopefully this clean-up crew will be quarantined before they spread the virus to their family members.
And will they be quarantined or just walk around spreading it to more people. Will be waiting for N.Y.’s response to this!
I would feel a lot safer if they weren't carrying the barrels by their lids. Fortunately waste disposal in New York is handled by the most ethical and safety conscious people in the world. And if youse questions that, youse might just be found in the East River. Capiche?
Yo, Joey and Vinny got this! Are you kidding me with the casualness of that cleanup crew? The whole scene looks like a regular trash pickup, but this is freaking Ebola!!! Also, why isn’t that building cordoned off? You see people walking casually by with apparently no concerns in the world. I’m certainly no epidemiologist or infectious disease control officer but if I’m part of a cleanup crew of a house where the occupant tested positive for a killer disease I’m not going in unless I’m fully gloved and gowned up. I sincerely hope those pictures are fake because everyone seems to be taking this much too casual for the situation. Incredible.
Makes you wonder who really is taking this Ebola threat serious....obvious those who should aren’t to date....from medical teams to CDC to police. ...it all does start at the top!
B-b-but Westerners are so much smarter than those backwards Africans. Disease can NEVER spread here. Why, every one of us washes our hands every single time that we use the bathroom. We’re *educated*! /s
Are these the best and brightest people that NYC has to offer to fight this killer disease? New Yorkers in authority are morons playing with the lives of millions.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
With a small risk that one of these morons might actually catch the disease.
The proper course of action would be to ignore the apartment, let the occupants serve out their quarantine / illness, and then let them sort out the apartment.
Not knowing whether the containers were “hermetically sealable” If one were to give NY the benefit of the doubt, it could be that after the affected items were disinfected/gathered and sealed in the containers, the workers felt it okay to remove the PPE.
It’s a BIG stretch seeing as how videos I’ve seen about DECON involve boot baths, shower sprays, assistance of others to remove PPE, etc.
There’s no evidence for fomite transmission.
I would have worn the gear, but it’s probably going to be OK.
Bring Out Your Dead
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...