[Slyfox]

It is really hard to get the straight scoop on ebola. We are led to believe that those who worked with Duncan were wearing full hazmat suits.

On our local Dallas station they showed what they actually wore:

A paper mask, one pair of latex gloves, a cotton gown and goggles.

Except for the goggles that is what I wore in the late 1970s when I worked in a hospital isolation ward.

That is the very minimal that is worn in isolation.

A paper mask, a cotton gown and a pair of latex gloves are meant to protect the patient from something a nurse might expose him to.

Medical staff working with ebola patients need to be wearing full hazmat gear.

Where are the full hazmat suits? We see them on camera going in and out of apartments. Are hazmats only for the camera?

[jazusamo]

I agree...The people at pressers like Frieden are trying to say our protocols are effective to prevent transmission of Ebola, they’ve been proved wrong.

[Sooth2222]

I read the CDC recommendations -- in the New York Times article -- and I was shocked.

The recommendations were less than precautions that might have been taken 30 years ago when the AIDS epidemic began. At least shoe and hair coverings were usually worn in the 1980s when taking care of patients in the final stage of their illness.

The workers who were cleaning up the Dallas apartments -- with the exception of the two apartment maintenance workers who were power washing the vomit off the sidewalk with absolutely no protection -- the cleanup workers were exceeding the CDC recommendations -- with full hoods, boots and respirators. Which would be the common sense thing to do.

I'm sure that Frieden is a really nice guy and went to all the right schools and knows all the right people, but did he ever bother to read what was on his own department's website?