Second Dallas Health Worker Has Ebola
Another worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who helped care for Thomas Duncan has tested positive for Ebola.
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The worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated, health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said…
“Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored,” the health department said.
But the pool of contacts could be small, since Ebola can only be transmitted when an infected person shows symptoms. Less than a day passed between the onset of the worker’s symptoms and isolation at the hospital…
An official close to the situation says that in hindsight, Duncan should have been transferred immediately to either Emory University Hospital in Atlanta or Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Those hospitals are among only four in the country that have biocontainment units and have been preparing for years to treat a highly infectious disease like Ebola.[su_csky_ad]
Red Eye Robot October 15th, 2014 at 7:52 am
“An official close to the situation says that in hindsight, Duncan should have been transferred immediately to either Emory University Hospital in Atlanta or Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.”
Which begs the question, Why isn’t the CDC moving these 2 new patients to Atlanta or Nebraska?
rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 8:11 am
Another oops moment for the CDC
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 10:45 am
Sure, blame Obama. When a private hospital in a Red state screws up, it’s the government’s fault.
rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Where do YOU get off saying I blame O??????? It was the gopee that raped and savaged the health system in the name of cutting the fat in Washington. Next time be careful who YOU accuse of what.
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 1:47 pm
I didn’t get off by saying it, I have to use my hand for that.
Since the CDC held a training at that hospital just prior, and the CDC is only an advisory body, and the hospital ignored their advice, blaming the CDC instead of the hospital makes you look like an idiot, or a teabagger, but I repeat myself.
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 4:02 pm
He is neither but you have a tendency to attack and call names when you disagree with someone
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 6:29 pm
I have a tendency to not be polite when people ask “Where do YOU get off saying” X, unless they have a good reason.
He could have explained what he meant, and I might even have apologized. But he didn’t, and his comment still sounds like a teabagger, IMO.
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 6:38 pm
No, you attacked him because YOU did not understand what he meant. You did the same to me because you assumed the worse. That was my point
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Point out where I attacked you, please.
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 6:57 pm
You attacked and called him names. If you did not understand you could have asked for clarification…you chose to be rude and assume what he meant. You attacked me a few weeks ago, called me a teabagger and a racist.
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 7:36 pm
You’re puzzling. When one uses stupid logic, it makes you look stupid, no matter how smart you may actually be. I doubt that he IS stupid, but his reasoning was, and I said so. Presumably you consider that calling him names.
We disagree. “You’re an idiot” is name calling; “X makes you look like an idiot” is a criticism of X, in this case what he said in that comment.
Nor is it clear what you mean by ‘attacking’ him. Do you mean my first post, which was admittedly sarcastic and mocking, or the second one in reply to his uncalled for– imho–insults?
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
we tend to agree, but sometimes you do assume the worst and attack. Not saying I never did it, but I apologize when I am wrong and move on.
mea_mark October 15th, 2014 at 7:19 pm
uzza is sometimes a little too quick to judge. We all are periodically and it best to breaks now and then and not get to caught up in the moment.
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 7:32 pm
I agree, I have judged improperly and apologized when it was pointed out how wrong I was. Damn, I hate when it happenes to me
rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 4:08 pm
Ignoramus
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 3:58 pm
or for the hospital and the nurses who did not follow all the safety protocols.
searambler October 15th, 2014 at 11:04 am
Texas. Figures. Read this if you wanna know what happened, according to people who were there. Then try and blame Obama…..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/15/dallas-nurses-accuse-hospital-sloppy-safety-ebola
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 4:01 pm
one problem with these assertions, just a few days earlier the same Union and the same woman came out and said the hospital and the nurses “diligently” followed all safety procedures and wore the required safety coverings when treating Duncan. She said this when the CDC said protocols were not followed at the hospital and by the nurses.
mea_mark October 15th, 2014 at 7:24 pm
The protocols may not have been sufficient. It appears ebola may be a little bit more easily transferred than originally thought. New protocols and procedures are already in place from my understanding.
tracey marie October 15th, 2014 at 7:31 pm
They are, the buddy system is in place for protective clothing dress and undress. The nurse, second one ignored protocols to NOT travel and to be in isolation after Duncan died. Now the isolation will be forced.
tiredoftea October 15th, 2014 at 12:18 pm
It seems a shame that a few people have to die or become infected for those health professionals to take the infection protocols seriously.
eyelashviper October 15th, 2014 at 1:06 pm
This second hospital worker to be tested positively for ebola violated the voluntary period of isolation, and as a health professional, was careless and even negligent.
Many experts have stated publicaly that the virus increases in intensity as the patient gets sicker, so the likelihood of contamination will naturally increase. Anyone who had direct contact with Duncan during his stay, when he rapidly became very ill should have been placed in some kind of supervised isolation. The first nurse had the good sense to just go home, and not take the chance of possibly exposing anyone else, and went immediately to the hospital when she developed a fever.
Unfortunately, our overall health system has inconsistencies, and the CDC, while having some staff to directly deal with emergency situations where pathogens are present, is primarily a research and advisory group. In hind sight, they now recommend that patients be sent only to hospitals with adequate facilites. Just wonder if the hospital in Dallas has finally established and practiced the stringent protocols necessary.
rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 6:14 pm
How stupid can a medical professional(?) be…?????….Under observation for exposure and this idiot thinks its a great time to fly to Cleveland!!!! Texas Twits.. That stupid
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 6:30 pm
Another failure for the CDC, eh?
rg9rts October 15th, 2014 at 6:45 pm
No uggo the Dallas medical center. which does not know what a observation period is…I do know where to lay the blame…CDC has already admitted that they screwed up and are changing protocols..try to stay current please
uzza October 15th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Maybe you could trouble yourself to explain how any of this is the fault of the CDC. You just said this was the Dallas Medical Center and the other one was Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital–assuming it’s not all on the individuals who didn’t follow protocols— so ?
mea_mark October 15th, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Let’s take a break before it is more than just the CDC having an oops moment.