According to this he lives near the Lower Greenville area of Dallas...
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/heal...n-dallas-county-ebola-patient-cases/16524303/
As a nurse, I will say what is the point of asking a question if a positive response was not communicated? That was badly done and I'm a little surprised that the hospital administration admitted it.
Question - what exactly do they mean by monitoring the kids the confirmed case of Ebola was in contact with? Why are all the family and friends around him in those symptomatic days not quarantined? Did I misread it and they have taken this precaution?
To me, monitoring means watching for fever or symptoms, that does not mean quarantined away from the public.
I don't know how to post a retweet but it's from WFAA here in Dallas and Janet St James says the residents at the Ivy Apartments have not had anyone visit them.
Rebecca Lopez ✔ @rlopezwfaa The residents we have talked to at Ivy apartments say no one from CDC or Health Department have been here to talk to them. Manager confirms
Retweeted by Janet St. James
The very first news reports here in TX were that he had been caring for his sister in Liberia who had EBOLA! He knew he had been exposed and hopped a plane to the US so he could get healthcare.About 12 people and five children who went to school...... Sad. Four schools at that.
I am with the poster who said it so well. I think he'd been around someone close who recently died of Ebola and got out of Liberia before he started showing symptoms and make use of the American Health System which is free for him. I am curious when he bought his plane ticket.
Just thinking out loud.
The very first news reports here in TX were that he had been caring for his sister in Liberia who had EBOLA! He knew he had been exposed and hopped a plane to the US so he could get healthcare.
If he knowingly exposed othesr to this, he should be arrested if he survives.
JMO!
[h=3]Sister: US Ebola patient said he was from Liberia[/h]
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26...ria?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
A million of cases by January 2015 is not horrific enough?
The frustrating thing about this is that unless there is an emergency order for this to be given off label, it will probably not be used here until blind studies are done. Of course, if it could be shown that it would be unethical to give a placebo, maybe the docs can leap frog over the normal red tape, which in honesty, is there to protect us from unsafe medicines. But given the virulence of ebola, perhaps...
I am not certain, but I think the FDA would have to approve it for use on ebola patients, since it would be used for something it wasn't originally approved for. They are pretty rigid on stuff like, from what I understand. The benefits of using it must outweigh the risks and I believe that is decided on a case by case (or disease by disease) determination.I understood that it was a drug given to hiv patients seems it should be already fda approved right? Ugh idk
The very first news reports here in TX were that he had been caring for his sister in Liberia who had EBOLA! He knew he had been exposed and hopped a plane to the US so he could get healthcare.
If he knowingly exposed othesr to this, he should be arrested if he survives.
JMO!
EL PASO — Troops from Fort Bliss will help combat the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
Nearly 500 soldiers from El Paso could be sent to Liberia to provide support for health care workers. The post is now notifying soldiers in the 1st Armored Division about their role in containing the Ebola epidemic.
As many as 490 troops from Fort Bliss could be deployed to Liberia. Their mission will be to provide logistical and transportation support for U.S. personnel and international health care workers.
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/loca...-africa-operation-united-assistance/16520033/
I could get really snarky right now but I'll be a good girl.
Don't want to tho":thinking:
I heard Obama was going to send 3000 troops total to the Ebola infected area which means 3000 more possible infections plus their families etc.. Ridiculous!
It's interesting to me that the sister has disclosed the name of the patient. I wonder if the patient will allow the CDC and hospital administration to release his name now that his family has done so. JMO.