Ebola patient coming to Emory hospital

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I’m going to preface this comment with the fact that I have a background in both infectious disease epidemiology and biological/chemical weapons.


With that said, I think this is a terrible idea in the absence of knowing exactly how this patient became infected.


http://www.11alive.com/story/news/health/201 4/07/3…

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Now that I think about it more, there must already be someone here with the disease, I can’t think of any other reason to take a chance like this.

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Read an article on cnn about this. They didn’t explain really why the decision was made to do this. With no known cure, is there a benefit to treating the patients here that outweighs the public risks of transporting them to the US?

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  • kennymac Said:
Read an article on cnn about this. They didn't explain really why the decision was made to do this. With no known cure, is there a benefit to treating the patients here that outweighs the public risks of transporting them to the US?



Everything I've read indicates that Emory is more than prepared to deal with this. However, I don't trust that everyone involved will take the danger involved with treating this patient seriously.
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For clarity, my concern is related to the term nosocomial infection, and the fact that I’ve see worse infection control practice in hospitals than any other healthcare setting I’ve ever been in.


The short story, people just aren’t ever cautious enough for me.

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  • pathdr2b Said:
........and the fact that I've see worse infection control practice in hospitals than any other healthcare setting I've ever been in.......people just aren't ever cautious enough for me.



A prediction that came to pass a LOT sooner than I thought it would.

And for an extra bit of irony, in the state I currently live in.
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Trouble just follows you…

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  • croooz Said:
Trouble just follows you...



I know right, ROTFL!!!!!