Ebola outbreak - general thread #3
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That's a strange statement coming from our governor. Just a couple of years ago he was wanting to secede from the United States. Just saying...............
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There is an interview on BBC News with an Economic Analyst and virology expert. I will try to transcribe the main points:
Risk analyst : people are starting to take the risk seriously now.
Level of panic generated by the case in Dallas is starting to concentrate minds.
If we don't attack Ebola in Africa we are going to have to deal with it in the West.
Virologist: Nigeria is one of the success stories. Risk to UK drops substantially because Nigeria has dealt with the problem. However, wise countries need to be prepared.
Q Should we curtail flights?
A: what effect would that have? We cannot cut the countries off completely - need to balance economic needs with PH needs.
Even with PH measures, some people will get through - Liberian patient who got to US showed no signs of the disease either leaving Liberia or arriving in US.
Risk analyst:
Health systems of all three most affected countries have been decimated by war and they do not have the resources to have mounted the response Nigeria did, even if they had caught the outbreak early enough.
Q: US Health officials are talking about the threat - is it worse now?
A:Most of PH advice has been about how little risk there is of Ebola harming the West, but the real issue is that in West Africa they do not have the resources to deal with it. There is a lack of personnel, of isolation facilities, of personal protective equipment.
This is getting close to being the medical equivalent of a Tsunami, but we are not seeing an equivalent global response.
We need rapid deployment of support and facilities. Most of the pledges are minimal compared to what is needed and the sense of urgency simply isn't there. We are not seeing the emergency global disaster response that we would expect for a major global disaster.
Virologist:
Now cases have been seen in the eastern provinces of Guinea and Liberia which means that the border with Ivory Coast may be crossed soon and another country will be affected. IC is not like Nigeria - it does not have the wealth to deal with an outbreak in the way that Nigeria did.
Risk analyst : people are starting to take the risk seriously now.
Level of panic generated by the case in Dallas is starting to concentrate minds.
If we don't attack Ebola in Africa we are going to have to deal with it in the West.
Virologist: Nigeria is one of the success stories. Risk to UK drops substantially because Nigeria has dealt with the problem. However, wise countries need to be prepared.
Q Should we curtail flights?
A: what effect would that have? We cannot cut the countries off completely - need to balance economic needs with PH needs.
Even with PH measures, some people will get through - Liberian patient who got to US showed no signs of the disease either leaving Liberia or arriving in US.
Risk analyst:
Health systems of all three most affected countries have been decimated by war and they do not have the resources to have mounted the response Nigeria did, even if they had caught the outbreak early enough.
Q: US Health officials are talking about the threat - is it worse now?
A:Most of PH advice has been about how little risk there is of Ebola harming the West, but the real issue is that in West Africa they do not have the resources to deal with it. There is a lack of personnel, of isolation facilities, of personal protective equipment.
This is getting close to being the medical equivalent of a Tsunami, but we are not seeing an equivalent global response.
We need rapid deployment of support and facilities. Most of the pledges are minimal compared to what is needed and the sense of urgency simply isn't there. We are not seeing the emergency global disaster response that we would expect for a major global disaster.
Virologist:
Now cases have been seen in the eastern provinces of Guinea and Liberia which means that the border with Ivory Coast may be crossed soon and another country will be affected. IC is not like Nigeria - it does not have the wealth to deal with an outbreak in the way that Nigeria did.
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The CDC has enterovirus D-68 to deal with also, looks like it mutated?........... CNN..........sorry O/T
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I wonder if the government, paying the airlines for lost revenues,comes in to play here at all.....
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It's probably better that the hospital use that money for infection control. That might be more successful.
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omg another Govt agency. Why can't they just do their jobs?????
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Incorrect--do some research. Just saying.....
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Just watching the news.
Showing a family bringing their relative to a treatment centre in Sierra Leone. The centre was full so they turned them away without any protective equipment.
The correspondent ended up giving them her alcoholic rub and five single latex gloves (well she dashed up, dumped them on the bonnet of the car and retreated rapidly, bless her. Not taking any chances!) and off they went.
The good news was the sight of three little girls who had recovered in the treatment centre after receiving supportive care and that one of the workers at the centre found out about a bed becoming available and could let the family at the beginning of the report know - so hopefully their relative will get the care he needs.
Showing a family bringing their relative to a treatment centre in Sierra Leone. The centre was full so they turned them away without any protective equipment.
The correspondent ended up giving them her alcoholic rub and five single latex gloves (well she dashed up, dumped them on the bonnet of the car and retreated rapidly, bless her. Not taking any chances!) and off they went.
The good news was the sight of three little girls who had recovered in the treatment centre after receiving supportive care and that one of the workers at the centre found out about a bed becoming available and could let the family at the beginning of the report know - so hopefully their relative will get the care he needs.
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We have a blog here called 'diary of an ER nurse'................very good, I feel for her big time............
yes with 2 sets of gloves feeling for a vein for IV................in her words through her eyes...............
yes with 2 sets of gloves feeling for a vein for IV................in her words through her eyes...............
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I doubt it and previously stated I wasn't planning on suing the hospital.. Money wasn't the issue either.
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ABC News ‏@ABC 9m9 minutes ago
JUST IN: Hospital: Dallas Ebola patient remains critical, but is now receiving investigational drug brincidofovir - @NikkiBattiste
JUST IN: Hospital: Dallas Ebola patient remains critical, but is now receiving investigational drug brincidofovir - @NikkiBattiste
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ABC News ‏@ABC 14m14 minutes ago
Biopharmaceutical company Chimerix says FDA to allow use of investigational drug brincidofovir for Ebola patients - @ABCscholz
Biopharmaceutical company Chimerix says FDA to allow use of investigational drug brincidofovir for Ebola patients - @ABCscholz
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Does anyone know if this was the hiv drug the Dr in Africa had success with?
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US Journalist Believes He Got Ebola While Cleaning Infected Car
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-journalist-ebola-nebraska-treatment/story?id=25987193
Levy said that his son is “not certain” when he got the disease, but believes that he could have gotten infected by some of the spray back that came when he was using chlorine to disinfect a car.
"It was a vehicle that somebody had died in," Levy said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-journalist-ebola-nebraska-treatment/story?id=25987193
Levy said that his son is “not certain” when he got the disease, but believes that he could have gotten infected by some of the spray back that came when he was using chlorine to disinfect a car.
"It was a vehicle that somebody had died in," Levy said.
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By 2011, the collaboration with NIAID had reached its conclusion and a new partnership with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) began with the goal to complete the development of brincidofovir as a medical countermeasure against smallpox. The Chimerix Smallpox Animal Efficacy Development Program plans to enter the equivalent of Phase 3 testing in 2014 in support of an NDA submission for brincidofovir for treatment of smallpox.
http://www.chimerix.com/c/discovery-clinical-trials/brincidofovir-smallpox.php
Questions related to Ebola
http://www.chimerix.com/c/discovery-clinical-trials/brincidofovir-ebola.php
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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-journalist-ebola-nebraska-treatment/story?id=25987193
great video..............protective plane
Duncan's girlfriend is mad saying Duncan's not getting the treatment other American's are getting.............
great video..............protective plane
Duncan's girlfriend is mad saying Duncan's not getting the treatment other American's are getting.............
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Bingo! Even if he didn't know Marthalene had Ebola, he still knew she was ill, bleeding out her mouth, and died that night. Even if he thought it was malaria- he still had a duty to report it. The question was "Have you been in contact with someone who was ill in the last 21 days?" Didn't specifically say Ebola, so even if he thought she had malaria, he lied. His selfishness/ignorance will cost him his life and needlessly take down others with him, probably including his girlfriend, so no pass from me and I still think it would be helpful to close our borders!!!
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