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2014-10-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Dallas County & TX slowly, slowly getting act together on Ebola contacts

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 And do we think any other county in the US is more ready?

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-10-11 11:55|| 2014-10-11 11:55|| Front Page Top

#2 "Anyone else who is not considered to have close contact with an Ebola patient showing symptoms will be told to go to their own physician. That's what deputy Monnig was advised to do by Dr. Perkins."

And Monnig's case then scared the authorities sufficiently to start the entire outbreak protocol including suits for patient and personnel and isolation for those who came into contact with Monnig in the clinic.

If Monnig had been positive his visit to the clinic would have worsened the situation by at least an order of magnitude. If he'd been visited by EMS with protection equipment he could have been transported to a clinic without endangering anyone.

Since AFAIK a doctor can not rule out Ebola by performing a direct examination there was really no choice but to isolate Monnig preemptively.

If 'anyone else who is not considered to have close contact with an Ebola patient showing symptoms' shows unspecific symptoms of an infections they will have to do the same anyway.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-10-11 14:58|| 2014-10-11 14:58|| Front Page Top

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