They also have probably the most dangerous job in the country now. ER Doctors & Nurses are all at risk every time a patient shows up with any symptoms that mirror or are similar to Ebola. Nina Pham is being monitored by a team of nurses/doctors of about 20 and they all have hazmat suits similar to astronaut suits and are observing very strict decontamination rules getting sprayed down etc.
Libby, I could not agree with you more. Dr Freiden of the CDC has repeatedly thrown these two under the bus. The Dallas stories have detailed far more than this article, including that the protective gear in the first few days of treating Mr Duncan, when both nurses were treating him, did not include booties, and they wore two gowns that had to be closed with tape to hold them shut. Reports from nurses detail a mountain of soiled linens piled in the room. Lab samples were sent via the hospital’s pneumatic system instead of delivered by hand in sealed containers. These nurses did what they could to offer care and comfort with what they had and followed what they were told. Problem is, the CDC gave out so much bad and conflicting info, that has now put everyone at risk. Telling the second nurse to get on the plane and fly home with a fever, then lying about it, then getting caught in that lie, and having to admit they told her that after blaming her. This is an absolute mess and the CDC is at the helm. Pray that this can be stopped before it infects others.
Actually, TxLady, I think the better analogy is that he was using them as a human shield in a fire fight.
But, in today’s litigious society, it’s our new reality. If they don’t say enough they get sued & vilified for covering things up, if they say too much based on what they know now, they become incompetent and treated like pariahs, when new info comes to light that shows them to be inaccurate.
Well put Libby…
Once again our government shows it arrogance by not strictly following WHO and DWB protocols that have be very successful without the technology we have available in even the most basic hospitals here. Quite sad that we always have to think we know it all.
God bless these healthcare workers that place themselves in harms way to care for the sick. They are truly heroes.
They also have probably the most dangerous job in the country now. ER Doctors & Nurses are all at risk every time a patient shows up with any symptoms that mirror or are similar to Ebola. Nina Pham is being monitored by a team of nurses/doctors of about 20 and they all have hazmat suits similar to astronaut suits and are observing very strict decontamination rules getting sprayed down etc.
Libby, I could not agree with you more. Dr Freiden of the CDC has repeatedly thrown these two under the bus. The Dallas stories have detailed far more than this article, including that the protective gear in the first few days of treating Mr Duncan, when both nurses were treating him, did not include booties, and they wore two gowns that had to be closed with tape to hold them shut. Reports from nurses detail a mountain of soiled linens piled in the room. Lab samples were sent via the hospital’s pneumatic system instead of delivered by hand in sealed containers. These nurses did what they could to offer care and comfort with what they had and followed what they were told. Problem is, the CDC gave out so much bad and conflicting info, that has now put everyone at risk. Telling the second nurse to get on the plane and fly home with a fever, then lying about it, then getting caught in that lie, and having to admit they told her that after blaming her. This is an absolute mess and the CDC is at the helm. Pray that this can be stopped before it infects others.
Actually, TxLady, I think the better analogy is that he was using them as a human shield in a fire fight.
But, in today’s litigious society, it’s our new reality. If they don’t say enough they get sued & vilified for covering things up, if they say too much based on what they know now, they become incompetent and treated like pariahs, when new info comes to light that shows them to be inaccurate.
Well put Libby…
Once again our government shows it arrogance by not strictly following WHO and DWB protocols that have be very successful without the technology we have available in even the most basic hospitals here. Quite sad that we always have to think we know it all.