Live Science updated this morning their article about the potential health reasons for quarantining the Thai kids and coach.
It’s so frustrating that the doctor from Johns Hopkins mentioned bats and rabies (3rd paragraph). Link to article: https://www.livescience.com/63018-thailand-boys-quarantined-cave-diseases.html - from julia's cell Julia G Germany On Jul 10, 2018, at 10:38, Diana Tomchick <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: My guess is that a few of them have histoplasmosis (best guess at the “respiratory infection” cited by various new sources), and they want to ensure that the doctors catch all the possible other problems they might have, including gastrointestinal problems from consuming cave water. My other guess is that they kept them quarantined in order to control their access to reporters. What do you think would have happened if the first 4 or 8 were removed from the cave without incident, but someone in a later group had experienced trouble on the way out of the cave? It’s mind boggling to think about how the families would have been besieged by reporters from all over the world—and as we can all see, there’s no shortage of international media at this location. A number of psychologists interviewed on CNN have been asked to speculate on the sorts of lingering psychological effects upon the boys of this incident, and the Chilean miners of Copiapó are often mentioned (see http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-chile-miners-thailand-cave-20180706-story.html). I haven’t noticed any of them focusing on the effects of having a media circus surround them once they are released from the hospital. :) Diana ************************************************** Diana R. Tomchick Professor Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214A Dallas, TX 75390-8816 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> (214) 645-6383 (phone) (214) 645-6353 (fax) On Jul 9, 2018, at 11:28 PM, Marvin and Lisa <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Can anyone speak to the extreme measures being taken by the Thai medical team to keep the boys in quarantine? Is that really necessary? Are they afraid the boys might have contracted something in the cave or are they afraid that their immune systems might be weakened and they are protecting them from being infected by visitors? Marvin Miller -----Original Message----- From: Texascavers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee H. Skinner Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 8:34 PM To: New Mexico Cavers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Texas Cavers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>; Sandia Grotto <sandia-grotto-of-the-national-speleological-soci...@googlegroups.com<mailto:sandia-grotto-of-the-national-speleological-soci...@googlegroups.com>> Subject: [Texascavers] ABC 20/20 Special on Thailand Cave Rescue ABC will air a special edition of 20/20 tomorrow evening (Tuesday July 10, 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time) on the Thailand cave rescue. As the next group of cave divers enter the cave, they are hopeful of bringing out all four remaining boys and their coach, Lee Skinner _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers ________________________________ UT Southwestern Medical Center The future of medicine, today. _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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