Gardenlady
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Ok, I'm officially out...There's enough "could've , should've" to cover the globe. I posted this because I thought it was pertinent to show the, IMO, lack of professionalism displayed by officials at both the hospital and the govt level. While we're all just spouting opinion I'll give you mine: I'd bet $$$ this deputy did not think he had Ebola at all but was making a point about being expected to go into a hazardous condition without proper equipment and no follow up on monitoring his health. In essence, nobody gave a crap about him or his fellow deputies, and by completely skipping him in releasing the results, they further proved that. You are going to have a bunch of pissed off govt employees putting their butts on the line without proper training or equipment. The ambulance that transported Mr Duncan to the hospital was left in service for 48hours before it was taken offline and decontaminated! You had emts and the public with needless exposure. The airline employees are walking off the job in NY because they are not trained/equipped to handle cleaning planes that may contain Ebola. And by the way, the reason the deputies were in the apartment in the first place was to serve an official quarantine order because the family completely disregarded the initial verbal order to stay home. Mods, feel free to delete...
I hope you don't think my disbelief/annoyance was at you for your post - my apologies. I am annoyed/in disbelief at the deputy and wife, rather, if what media is reporting turns out true.
I realize second guessing doesn't do much HERE in this forum, but public officials (LE, first responders, EMTs etc) and health care professionals MUST look at what has happened in Dallas and second guess. I am dumbfounded, frankly, that a member of LE who attended to the apartment of a known Ebola patient would take himself to a VERY public clinic knowing what he knew. It is one thing for a private citizen to panic and head to a public waitin room/clinic/ER. Denial bein what it is. But this man knew where he had been, knew that if he was ill then he could possibly cause either a panic or a new outbreak, yet STILL took himself to an urgent care clinic in the middle of the day. This is unacceptable in a person who occupied a position of authority in the community. He knew better. And being in a position of authority and knowledge, he should be held to a higher standard. No excuse for doing what he did. If he thought he was ill then knowing the situation he should have sat his arse down and called someone to report so that they could come get him.
No excuses. And none for the hospital that turned Duncan away either. The CDC regularly issues updates and guidelines. Patients are NOT always forthcoming and 100% honest when questioned about history. The failure of the hospital and the failure of this deputy are unacceptable. Dallas needs to get their ish together.
Sorry for the rant. I started out just wantin to apologize for making it seem like I was angry at you for your post, which I was not. But got off on a rant. Sorry again for that. :sigh:
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