Now it turns out this patient #1 knew he was infected.. and just wanted world-class, spare-no-expense treatment in the US. I can't blame him. Time to cancel travel visas and ban non-humanitarian travel from infected countries. Some interesting tips and info at this site.. http://ebolaready.com/
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:36 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote: > >> Apparently the apartment has not yet been disinfected, because Texas is >> having trouble finding a contractor to do the work. ... > > > Some more interesting details from the article I forgot to link to [1]: > > The number of ~ 100 people who may have come into contact with the fellow > with Ebola does not include secondary contacts. > Hospitals may not necessarily dispose of waste material for Ebola patients > due to conflicting guidance from different federal agencies, so it may just > be allowed to pile up. > Family members of the fellow were directed to stay at home but violated the > order. > A family member of the man who went with him to the hospital the first time > claims that he emphatically told workers that he had been in Liberia. This > piece of information was not passed to the doctors who diagnosed him and > sent him home; apparently they were confident enough in the entrance > examination that they saw no need to follow up with the question on their > own (this sounds a lot like the doctors passing the hot potato on to the > nurses to avoid blame). > > Eric > > > [1] > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/03/us/dallas-ebola-case-thomas-duncan-contacts.html
