Posted on 10/01/2014 9:22:18 PM PDT by knak
“This scumbag came to America... “
Let see this guy gets into a crowded cab with several people including one dying of ebola in such bad condition that it is obvious and helps hold her legs. Can we say UNBELIEVABLY STUPID. Don’t get in that cab!!!!!
Then either with another show of SUPREME STUPIDITY, or malicious intent boards a plane for another country.
Then gets sick enough to go to the hospital and is to STUPID or sinister to point out that he had considerable direct contact with ebola. Then leaves the hospital to infect more people for days. Before finally in dire medical condition returns to the hospital and finally gets something done, perhaps after a relative calls to get the attention of the CDC.
I am tempted to say skip the medical treatment and go right to the cremation. If he has an IQ over imbecile he knowingly was endangering the life of many others.
Stupid? No. Evil? Yes. All part of the plan.
Good point.
Hero? Probably not. Consider post #11.
That’s not why he went to the hospital from what I read.
Apparently the only time Liberia came up was when they asked his for his SS card and he said he did not have one and was Liberian. His travel was never brought up.
Somehow, this critical info did not make it into the background for the doctor.
Now I know from experience with my own family that most people wait to be asked by the doctor or nurse before offering up information. They just assume the doctor or hospital will make the correct diagnoses, with or without background info and most even resent having to give up that information because they see no purpose in it.
I don’t now what exactly happened here to miss that important fact, but I suspect the question was never specifically asked, or the doctor did not interpret it correctly.
His SS card was asked for not by a nurse but by the admissions people who are only looking to get the hospital paid at some point down the line.
Probably so...
Unfortunately he used Verizon Directory Assistance, and his call was connected to the Canadian Broadcast Corporation.
If you come to the United States to get free medical care for your Ebola - the people at the hospital have to be aware enough to put you in expensive isolation units... The scam don’t work if relatives get infected - and there’s no free care...
The WSJ buried the lede on the story today. The only original information in the story was that the admitting nurse actually had the competence to go down an Ebola checklist and interview the patient properly.
The information didn’t make it to the rest of the staff of the hospital, and the hospital LET HIM GO!!!!
So, first time at bat, the evidence is in place that the hospital KNOWS what it is supposed to do, and not only did they strike out, they forfeited the game.
Not ready. The morons quoted in the WSJ said, “This should be a wake up call to other hospitals . . .”
You think?
Has nothing to do with patient load, at all. Hospitals are the first line of defense in public health emergencies - natural or intentional. There was no mass casualty situation going on at the time. They knew it was coming. They executed the checklist. The nurse passed the information. The doctor DIDN’T READ IT, prescribed the antibiotics, and LET HIM GO.
That’s the kind of stuff that someone in federal government, or STATE government should come down on like a ton of bricks. I haven’t seen any reports of how many kids showed up at the FOUR SCHOOLS where exposed students attend.
The superintendent said ‘extra custodial staff’ would be on duty. So, there you go.
Perry is going to be tested as a President. He’s now got every reason to make the border a state security issue.
Article at the link mention that relatives said the man was vomiting all over the place outside their home. I wonder how many people stepped on it and thereby transported the vomit elsewhere. Yuck.
> “Only THIS administration could be THIS stupid and jayvee...”
Lets not get all wee-weed up.
One medical journal found that vomit did not contain live virus. The sample size was small; I don't know.
There could be a problem if someone got the vomit on oneself while it is still wet. Hopefully, someone sprayed down the area with bleach, which will kill any virus present.
Use 10% bleach (diluted 1:10 from a bottle of 6% bleach so it is really 0.6%) on visibly contaminated surfaces and standing liquids. Use 1% bleach (diluted 1:100 from the 6% stock) to wipe down surfaces. Let the bleach stand for several minutes before wiping it up.
Bleach will kill Ebola and most other microorganisms. It will not kill cryptosporidium, which must be killed with hydrogen peroxide.
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