Ebola & Updates

[angelburst29]

This Declaration makes little sense to me? "In response to the epidemic of the Ebola virus currently affecting multiple countries in Western Africa, and in order to provide the Commissioner of Public Health and other appropriate officials with all authorities necessary to prevent any possible transmission of the Ebola virus within the State of Connecticut, I hereby declare a public health emergency for the State, pursuant to Connecticut general statutes Section 19a-131b, I authorize the Commissioner of Public Health to Order the isolation or quarantine, under conditions prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health, of any individual or group of individuals whom the Commissioner reasonably believes to have been exposed to, infected with, or otherwise at risk of passing the Ebola virus."

Which he defended as a precautionary and preparatory measure in the event that the state has either a confirmed infection or has confirmed that someone at risk of developing the infection is residing in the state.

I'm not aware of - any news reports of possible Ebola victims in Connecticut - as of yet? Isn't this Declaration jumping-the-gun, so to speak, with the intent of locking down and subjecting a whole State in a Quarantine, "because someone might be at risk of developing the infection and is residing in the State"? It sounds more like a pre-meditated agenda because the Ebola virus isn't spreading fast enough to fulfill a certain Political expectation? How does a Declaration like this work, in the event, an individual from Connecticut, working in Africa contracts Ebola like symptoms and is flown back to the U.S. to be treated in a Connecticut Hospital? Would it give the Residents of Connecticut the option to protest and deny treatment to that individual, on the grounds, that to do so would place their whole State under Quarantine and all the legalities that comes with "that Declaration?" And what if, other States jump on the bandwagon, as a precautionary measure, would it place us in an "official Police State?"

Public Health Emergency Declared In Connecticut Over Ebola: Civil Rights Suspended Indefinitely
_http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-10-10/public-health-emergency-declared-connecticut-over-ebola-civil-rights-suspended-indef

Friday Oct. 10, 2014 - We warned a week ago of the various possibilities surrounding an Ebola outbreak in America, and today we get some degree of confirmation of a medical-based martial-law coming to the US. Governor Dan Malloy has declared a Public Health Emergency in Connecticut, authorizing the "isolation of any individual reasonably believed to have been exposed to the Ebola virus." Simply put, as we noted previously, the State of Public Health Emergency allows bureaucrats to detain and force-vaccinate people without due process - despite not one single case being found in CT. If there is a major Ebola pandemic in America, all of the liberties and the freedoms that you currently enjoy would be gone.

_http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2014/10/20141010_CT1.jpg

“We are taking this action today to ensure that we are prepared, in advance, to deal with any identified cases in which someone has been exposed to the virus or, worst case, infected,” said Governor Malloy. “Our state’s hospitals have been preparing for it, and public health officials from the state are working around the clock to monitor the situation. Right now, we have no reason to think that anyone in the state is infected or at risk of infection. But it is essential to be prepared and we need to have the authorities in place that will allow us to move quickly to protect public health, if and when that becomes necessary. Signing this order will allow us to do that.”

Translated... as we previously noted:

If there is a major Ebola pandemic in America, all of the liberties and the freedoms that you currently enjoy would be gone. If government officials believe that you have the virus, federal law allows them to round you up and detain you "for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary." In addition, the CDC already has the authority to quarantine healthy Americans if they reasonably believe that they may become sick. During an outbreak, the government can force you to remain isolated in your own home, or the government may forcibly take you to a treatment facility, a tent city, a sports stadium, an old military base or a camp. You would not have any choice in the matter. And you would be forced to endure any medical procedure mandated by the government. That includes shots, vaccines and the drawing of blood. During such a scenario, you can scream about your "rights" all that you want, but it won't do any good.

In case you are tempted to think that I am making this up, I want you to read what federal law actually says. The following is 42 U.S.C. 264(d). I have added bold for emphasis...

(1) Regulations prescribed under this section may provide for the apprehension and examination of any individual reasonably believed to be infected with a communicable disease in a qualifying stage and (A) to be moving or about to move from a State to another State; or (B) to be a probable source of infection to individuals who, while infected with such disease in a qualifying stage, will be moving from a State to another State. Such regulations may provide that if upon examination any such individual is found to be infected, he may be detained for such time and in such manner as may be reasonably necessary. For purposes of this subsection, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualifying stage”, with respect to a communicable disease, means that such disease—

(A) is in a communicable stage; or

(B) is in a precommunicable stage, if the disease would be likely to cause a public health emergency if transmitted to other individuals.

In addition, as I discussed above, the CDC already has the authority to isolate people that are not sick to see if they do become sick. The following is what the CDC website says about this...

Quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of well persons who may have been exposed to a communicable disease to see if they become ill. These people may have been exposed to a disease and do not know it, or they may have the disease but do not show symptoms. Quarantine can also help limit the spread of communicable disease.

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And as Police State USA summarizes,

Governor Dannel Malloy has declared Connecticut to be in a state of public health emergency, enabling the indefinite suspension of certain civil rights. State bureaucrats have been granted the broad authority to forcibly detain suspected sick people without due process. The declaration came preemptively, as Connecticut has not yet seen a single case of the virus it purports to stop.

Rationalizing his actions, the governor said in a statement: “We need to have the authorities in place that will allow us to move quickly to protect public health, if and when that becomes necessary. Signing this order will allow us to do that.”

The recipient of most of the newly-imparted power is Jewel Mullen, Connecticut’s Commissioner of the Department of Public Health (DPH). By having this measure in place, Commissioner Mullen explained, “we don’t have to scramble in the event I need to take action.”

The actions that authorities might want to “scramble” to use is the forcible quarantine of citizens — without charges or trial.

Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-131a spells out the powers that may be used during the state of public health emergency:

“[While] the emergency exists [the state] may do any of the following: (1) Order the commissioner to implement all or a portion of the public health emergency response plan developed pursuant to section 19a-131g; (2) authorize the commissioner to isolate or quarantine persons in accordance with section 19a-131b; (3) order the commissioner to vaccinate persons in accordance with section 19a-131e; or (4) apply for and receive federal assistance.”

As noted above, the Commissioner may issue an order of mass vaccination at his or her own discretion.

Section 19a-131d states that any individual who refuses to comply with any portion of the order may be punished with with fines and imprisonment for up to one (1) year.

Fending off a police state requires constant vigilance against efforts to desecrate civil liberties. As the current scenario has shown us, a climate of fear — fear of disease, terrorism, foreign threats, etc. — makes it all-too easy to suspend constitutional rights with minimal public resistance. Many people actually feel grateful to see the government absorbing greater powers; taken with the promises of keeping them safe.

The state of public health emergency will remain in effect indefinitely until lifted by the governor.

(Just a note and after-thought ....) During Hurricane Katrina, Gov. Chris Christy declared "a state of Public Health Emergency" for New Jersey and one was declared for New York. I don't remember hearing those Declaration's being rescinded, after the fact? What about New Orlean's, are they still in a State of Public Health Emergency? Are there any other States that were "declared" in the recent past, due to Hurricane's, floods, Dam ruptures, snow/ice declaration's that are still in effect, making those States now retroactive under the same provisions declared by the State of Connecticut?

 

[loreta]

I saw this the other day on Bernhard Guenther's facebook page:

_https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/ebola-how-to-stage-a-fake-epidemic/

The two primary diagnostic tests for Ebola—the antibody and the PCR—are completely useless for verifying the presence of millions of Ebola virus in a patient—which is what you need to begin to say that patient is an “Ebola case.”

In 1988 with AIDS, and more recently with Ebola, I’ve explained the list of factors that would make people sick and kill them—factors that have nothing to do with HIV or Ebola virus.

In essence, this is how you create a fake epidemic. Real death, false explanation.

You tie together and link together people who are sick and dying for various reasons, and you claim they’re all dying because of the One Germ.

That gives you a powerful psychological ploy, because people are always looking for the one unified thing that explains a whole host of disturbing facts.

You give them what they want.

They buy it.

This may be a case of the boy who cried wolf - they've lied about other diseases in the past but I guess it's worth considering. He's posted a number of other links/interviews etc. which I haven't read or listened to yet but for anyone who wants to dig in, here are a few:

_https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/death-doesnt-someones-opinion-about-death/

_http://www.corbettreport.com/episode-293-the-ebola-effect/

and a two hour interview on Red Ice Radio with John Rappoport:

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etO5KiAHrks

This is a long interview but excellent! Thank you very much. Very good information about vaccines, the medical mafia and excellent information about Ebola. I think this interview answer some doubts about Ebola, in the sense if this is another plot like the H1N1. I think he is a very lucid person, and helps us to understand this chaos of Ebola, in AFrica and in America and Europe, finally in all the world. No good news because surely they will impose force vaccination and quarantines for ordinary people, even if you don't have Ebola.Specially if you don't have Ebola or/and if you are not victim of the Matrix.

I recomend this interview. Thank you very much Don Genaro!

 

[Horseofadifferentcolor]

-http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/second-ebola-case-reported-in-u-s-healthcare-work-at-dallas-hospital-has-tested-positive-for-virus/

October 2014 – DALLAS, TX – (RNN) – A second person in the U.S. has tested positive for Ebola. A Dallas healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive, CNN reported early Sunday. This comes less than a week after the first person to test positive in the U.S., Thomas Duncan, died of Ebola in that Dallas hospital. –WTVM

Nurse was wearing full protective gear:

 

[Ca.]

-http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/second-ebola-case-reported-in-u-s-healthcare-work-at-dallas-hospital-has-tested-positive-for-virus/

Nurse was wearing full protective gear:

If she was infected wearing the fist example, it was because it is not a tight fitting mask. There could, or would be gaps, leading to possible exposure.

If they were wearing the second type of mask, this would be considered a tight fitting mask, but not full face protection.

To verify of it having this capacity of a tight fit, one would place there gloved hands over both the N-95 cartridges, and draw in the surrounding ambient air till the mask begins to collapse on it's self, and no more air can be taken in.

Then one would have what could be referred to as a complete seal. Which is only possible on a clean shaven face. Not even stubble hairs will pass the mark. Like a baby's face, smoottttttttttth, or no dice.

The third type is a full face (eyes, nose, mouth, and lung- (but the ears are exposed), protection. I have yet to see any personnel at this juncture of care wearing this type, by any one, not even the kind in pic-#2.

So why do they keep allowing this flimsy (pic #1) type of mask to be used at all, if they are not tight fitting which could lead to being contaminated.

Am i missing something here ????????????????????????

Are these personnel be tested as guinea pigs to further there agenda?

 

[RflctnOfU]

I saw this the other day on Bernhard Guenther's facebook page:

_https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/ebola-how-to-stage-a-fake-epidemic/

The two primary diagnostic tests for Ebola—the antibody and the PCR—are completely useless for verifying the presence of millions of Ebola virus in a patient—which is what you need to begin to say that patient is an “Ebola case.”

In 1988 with AIDS, and more recently with Ebola, I’ve explained the list of factors that would make people sick and kill them—factors that have nothing to do with HIV or Ebola virus.

In essence, this is how you create a fake epidemic. Real death, false explanation.

You tie together and link together people who are sick and dying for various reasons, and you claim they’re all dying because of the One Germ.

That gives you a powerful psychological ploy, because people are always looking for the one unified thing that explains a whole host of disturbing facts.

You give them what they want.

They buy it.

This may be a case of the boy who cried wolf - they've lied about other diseases in the past but I guess it's worth considering. He's posted a number of other links/interviews etc. which I haven't read or listened to yet but for anyone who wants to dig in, here are a few:

_https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/death-doesnt-someones-opinion-about-death/

_http://www.corbettreport.com/episode-293-the-ebola-effect/

and a two hour interview on Red Ice Radio with John Rappoport:

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etO5KiAHrks

This is a long interview but excellent! Thank you very much. Very good information about vaccines, the medical mafia and excellent information about Ebola. I think this interview answer some doubts about Ebola, in the sense if this is another plot like the H1N1. I think he is a very lucid person, and helps us to understand this chaos of Ebola, in AFrica and in America and Europe, finally in all the world. No good news because surely they will impose force vaccination and quarantines for ordinary people, even if you don't have Ebola.Specially if you don't have Ebola or/and if you are not victim of the Matrix.

I recomend this interview. Thank you very much Don Genaro!

I agree completely. This interview is a must listen. Thanks for posting a link Don Genaro :)

Kris

 

[loreta]

This is another video about a hoax in the arrival of the monk in Spain.

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ajV4LqShAcw

The more I read and think about Ebola, specially living in Spain and their attitude about the assistant-nurse and the dog of her, the more I am lost. Am I the only one of thinking like this? With the H1N1 I was sure 100%. With this Ebola some I don't know what to think, really.

 

[Mikey]

This is another video about a hoax in the arrival of the monk in Spain.

_https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ajV4LqShAcw

He's clearly playing the incident down and just claims things emotionally without any evidence. For example, he's saying that it is a hoax just because they use a gravity assisted drip outside the chamber, that there is no urine bag visible, that there is no patient visible, that only 2 people were carrying the patient chamber through the narrow airplane door, etc.

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This was shared on facebook today:

_http://www.dcclothesline.com/2014/08/06/just-serious-ebola-look-history-true-story-ebola-reston-virginia/

It gives a short history about Ebola cases in the past, and gives some indications what the symptoms in the terminal stages are like. It also talks about evidence that Ebola is airborne.

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I attached a picture of the rise of ebola cases worldwide. Note that the scale is logarithmic, and the trends are pretty much linear, which means it is an almost perfect exponential rise. An exponential function quickly grows to insanely large numbers. In nature, such a trend cannot continue. So it is actually going to be like a "bell curve". The only question is: How high will the peak be, and when will it occur?

From: _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_West_Africa_Ebola_virus_outbreak

 

[Andrian]

Don't know if the following article has some valid info i hope to not make only noise but i thought it interesting :

While vaccine makers and drug companies are rushing to bring medical interventions to the market that might address the Ebola pandemic, there’s already a technology available right now that can kill Ebola in just two minutes in hospitals, quarantine centers, commercial offices and even public schools.

It’s called the Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot, and it was invented by a team of Texas doctors whose company is based on San Antonio. (And no, I didn’t get paid to write this. I’m covering this because this technology appears to be a viable lifesaving invention.)

The Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot uses pulsed xenon-generated UV light to achieve what the company calls “the advanced environmental cleaning of healthcare facilities.” Because ultraviolet light destroys the integrity of the RNA that viruses are made of, it renders viruses “dead.” (Viruses aren’t really alive in the first place, technically speaking, so the correct term is “nonviable.”)

Ebola, just like most other viruses, are quickly destroyed by UV light. That’s why Ebola likes to spread in dark places where sunlight doesn’t reach. (Think of Ebola as a “vampire” virus that feeds off human blood but shuns sunlight…) The Xenex robot destroys Ebola on surfaces in just two minutes, zapping them with a specific wavelength of UV light at concentrations that are 25,000 times higher than natural sunlight.
Kill Ebola with electricity and UV light; no toxic chemicals needed

The reason I’m covering this medical technology is because I’m seriously impressed with the concept and the green technology behind it. The Xenex unit generates UV light using xenon — one of the noble gases — rather than toxic mercury. So there’s no toxic mercury to deal with, even when disposing of the equipment after its useful life.

So many of the approaches to disinfection in hospitals today are based on harsh, toxic chemicals that pose a secondary risk to the health of hospital patients and staff. But UV light emitted by the Xenex robot leaves no chemical residue whatsoever and requires no chemical manufacturing plant to manufacture. This is truly “light medicine” because it disinfects using specific frequencies of light.

Studies touted by the manufacturer appear to show extraordinary disinfection results spanning both bacterial superbugs and viral strains:

- 57% reduction in MRSA at Moses Cone

- 53% reduction in C.diff infections at Cooley Dickenson

- 50% reduction in bacterial contamination at Cambridge Health Alliance

- 30% reduction in C.diff at the MD Anderson Cancer Center

- 62% reduction in microbial load at the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Already in 250 hospitals and growing…

The Xenex UV robot is already being used in about 250 hospitals. That number is likely to increase dramatically due to the current global Ebola outbreak.

The base price of the Xenex unit is around $100,000, and the unit pays for itself very quickly by preventing expensive infections. It can disinfect a typical hospital room in about 10 minutes, and it comes with organization and scheduling software that allows hospital staff to keep track of which rooms have been treated.

 

[Nicholas]

Don't know if the following article has some valid info i hope to not make only noise but i thought it interesting :

While vaccine makers and drug companies are rushing to bring medical interventions to the market that might address the Ebola pandemic, there’s already a technology available right now that can kill Ebola in just two minutes in hospitals, quarantine centers, commercial offices and even public schools.

It’s called the Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot, and it was invented by a team of Texas doctors whose company is based on San Antonio. (And no, I didn’t get paid to write this. I’m covering this because this technology appears to be a viable lifesaving invention.)

The Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot uses pulsed xenon-generated UV light to achieve what the company calls “the advanced environmental cleaning of healthcare facilities.” Because ultraviolet light destroys the integrity of the RNA that viruses are made of, it renders viruses “dead.” (Viruses aren’t really alive in the first place, technically speaking, so the correct term is “nonviable.”)

Ebola, just like most other viruses, are quickly destroyed by UV light. That’s why Ebola likes to spread in dark places where sunlight doesn’t reach. (Think of Ebola as a “vampire” virus that feeds off human blood but shuns sunlight…) The Xenex robot destroys Ebola on surfaces in just two minutes, zapping them with a specific wavelength of UV light at concentrations that are 25,000 times higher than natural sunlight.
Kill Ebola with electricity and UV light; no toxic chemicals needed

The reason I’m covering this medical technology is because I’m seriously impressed with the concept and the green technology behind it. The Xenex unit generates UV light using xenon — one of the noble gases — rather than toxic mercury. So there’s no toxic mercury to deal with, even when disposing of the equipment after its useful life.

So many of the approaches to disinfection in hospitals today are based on harsh, toxic chemicals that pose a secondary risk to the health of hospital patients and staff. But UV light emitted by the Xenex robot leaves no chemical residue whatsoever and requires no chemical manufacturing plant to manufacture. This is truly “light medicine” because it disinfects using specific frequencies of light.

Studies touted by the manufacturer appear to show extraordinary disinfection results spanning both bacterial superbugs and viral strains:

- 57% reduction in MRSA at Moses Cone

- 53% reduction in C.diff infections at Cooley Dickenson

- 50% reduction in bacterial contamination at Cambridge Health Alliance

- 30% reduction in C.diff at the MD Anderson Cancer Center

- 62% reduction in microbial load at the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Already in 250 hospitals and growing…

The Xenex UV robot is already being used in about 250 hospitals. That number is likely to increase dramatically due to the current global Ebola outbreak.

The base price of the Xenex unit is around $100,000, and the unit pays for itself very quickly by preventing expensive infections. It can disinfect a typical hospital room in about 10 minutes, and it comes with organization and scheduling software that allows hospital staff to keep track of which rooms have been treated.

It is very interesting and was posted on SOTT.

Seems this equipment should be in all hospitals!

 

[Keyhole]

Looks like ebola may be here in england at last...
London hospital thrown into chaos after ‘Ebola patient’ walks into casualty

Britain’s hospitals may be unprepared to deal with an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, NHS insiders have claimed, after a suspected sufferer caused chaos in a London A&E ward.

Unprepared, ‘panicking’ staff at Lewisham hospital allowed the patient to use communal toilets and to have visitors, despite the risk of infecting others, insiders claimed this weekend.

Staff failed to follow correct procedures to deal with the deadly virus, despite high-profile NHS drills supposed to demonstrate that British hospitals are ready.

The supposed victim, who had travelled from Sierra Leone, was not transferred to a specialist unit at the Royal Free Hospital, the only fully-equipped ‘Ebola-proof’ isolation unit in the UK.

Instead, he was treated by staff at Lewisham hospital equipped with aprons, masks and gloves, rather than biohazard suits, insiders said.

epa04441883 A handout photo released by the UK Department of Health of staff from North East Ambulance Service and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, north east England taking part in a national exercise to test Britain's readiness for an Ebola outbreak. Dozens of medical professionals from hospitals, the ambulance service and Public Health England were involved in the eight-hour exercise in locations across the country. Actors will simulate symptoms of the deadly virus to test the response of emergency services, while some staff will wear personal protective equipment. EPA/HO HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
Ebola is fatal in up to 70 per cent of cases (Picture: EPA)

MORE: British government orders half a million Ebola suits

The man was later found not to have the virus.

The insider at Lewisham hospital said: ‘The hospital is unprepared. Staff were panicking and scared for their safety.’

The outbreak has killed 3,000 people in West Africa, and infected Westerners who had travelled to the region as well as the health workers treating them.

A Dallas nurse who was part of the treatment team for Thomas Eric Duncan, became the first person to contract the virus in the United States over the weekend, despite wearing protective clothing.

Symptoms of the virus can take up to 21 days after infection to appear – and the virus is fatal in up to 70 per cent of cases, according to the World Health Organisation.

Researchers at Boston Northeastern University predict there is a 50 per cent chance Ebola will arrive in Britain within the next 16 days, due to Britain being a major transport hub.

source :http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/13/london-hospital-in-chaos-after-ebola-patient-walks-into-casualty-4903988/

 

[RflctnOfU]

Came across an interesting collection of information pointing out some big red flags in the Ebola narrative being spun and woven by MSM

_http://truthsector.net/2014/09/20/final-nails-in-the-ebola-scam-coffin-the-2014-ebola-outbreak-is-a-proven-fraud-here-is-the-evidence-i-am-sick-and-tired-of-repeating-this-fact-over-and-over-again/

Kris

 

[Horseofadifferentcolor]

Sloppy protocols: second healthcare worker from Dallas hospital tests positive for Ebola

A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced. The unidentified health care worker reported a fever Tuesday and was isolated at the hospital, authorities said. The preliminary Ebola test was run late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and results were received at about midnight, authorities said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun confirmation testing. Health officials interviewed the patient, hoping to track down any contacts or potential exposures in the community, the CDC said in a statement. “While this is troubling news for the patient, the patient’s family and colleagues and the greater Dallas community, the CDC and the Texas Department of State Health Services remain confident that wider spread in the community can be prevented with proper public health measures including ongoing contact tracing, health monitoring among those known to have been in contact with the index patient and immediate isolations if symptoms develop,” the CDC said in a statement.

The diagnosis follows days after nurse Nina Pham, 26, who also treated Duncan, was diagnosed with Ebola. Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola Sept. 30 and died Oct. 8. CDC Director Thomas Frieden had previously suggested that Pham may not be the only person who became infected while treating Duncan. “It is possible that other individuals could have been infected,” Frieden said. Ebola has killed more than 4,000 people, mostly in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, according to recent figures by the World Health Organization. -ABC



Claims made by nurses: On the day that Duncan was admitted to the hospital with possible Ebola symptoms, he was “left for several hours, not in isolation, in an area where other patients were present,” union co-president Deborah Burger said. Up to seven other patients were present in that area, the nurses said, according to the union. A nursing supervisor faced resistance from hospital authorities when the supervisor demanded that Duncan be moved to an isolation unit, the nurses said, according to the union.

Claim: The nurses’ protective gear left their necks exposed: After expressing concerns that their necks were exposed even as they wore protective gear, the nurses were told to wrap their necks with medical tape, the union says. “They were told to use medical tape and had to use four to five pieces of medical tape wound around their neck. The nurses have expressed a lot of concern about how difficult it is to remove the tape from their neck,” Burger said.

Claim: At one point, hazardous waste piled up – “There was no one to pick up hazardous waste as it piled to the ceiling,” Burger said. “They did not have access to proper supplies.”

Claim: Nurses got no ‘hands-on’ training – “There was no mandate for nurses to attend training,” Burger said, though they did receive an email about a hospital seminar on Ebola. “This was treated like hundreds of other seminars that were routinely offered to staff,” she said.

Claim: The nurses ‘feel unsupported’ – So why did the group of nurses — the union wouldn’t say how many — contact the nursing union, which they don’t belong to? According to DeMoro, the nurses were upset after authorities appeared to blame nurse Pham, who has contracted Ebola, for not following protocols. “This nurse was being blamed for not following protocols that did not exist. … The nurses in that hospital were very angry, and they decided to contact us,” DeMoro said. And they’re worried conditions at the hospital “may lead to infection of other nurses and patients,” Burger said. A hospital spokesman did not respond to the specific allegations, but said patient and employee safety is the hospital’s top priority. –WCTI

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/sloppy-protocols-second-healthcare-worker-from-dallas-hospital-tests-positive-for-ebola/

 

[Horseofadifferentcolor]

Officials: ‘We are preparing contingencies for more’

“We are preparing contingencies for more,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins in a Wednesday morning press conference. “And that is a very real possibility.”
Meanwhile, health officials said early Wednesday morning that the second Ebola patient lived alone and with no pets, unlike the first health care worker diagnosed with Ebola: nurse Nina Pham. She had a dog, who is now in quarantine as well and is being well-taken-care-of. Officials say he is in good spirits, wagging his tail.

Dallas police tweeted about decontamination efforts happening in the 6000 block of Village Bend Drive early Wednesday morning, finishing off the exterior of an apartment building around 6:30 a.m. Officials said by the 7 a.m. press conference that Phase 1 of the decontamination process was completed, treating the common areas and the exterior of the building. They also distributed flyers to people living in the apartment complex where the second health care worker lives, knocking on all doors. The flyers were both in English and Spanish.
_http://kxan.com/2014/10/15/second-health-care-worker-in-dallas-tests-positive-for-ebola/

 

[Horseofadifferentcolor]

Second Ebola patient traveled on commercial airline day before symptoms appeared – CDC requests passenger list

Second health-care worker with Ebola traveled on Frontier flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas on Oct. 13, CDC says in e-mailed statement. CDC asking 132 passengers on flight to call 1-800-CDC-INFO, plan to begin interviewing passengers about flight, monitoring those who need it. Health-care worker exhibited no signs, symptoms of illness while on flight, according to the airline crew. “At approximately 1:00 a.m. MT on October 15, Frontier was notified by the CDC that a customer traveling on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13 has since tested positive for the Ebola virus. The flight landed in Dallas/Fort Worth at 8:16 p.m. local and remained overnight at the airport having completed its flying for the day at which point the aircraft received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures which is consistent with CDC guidelines prior to returning to service the next day. It was also cleaned again in Cleveland last night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on October 10. Customer exhibited no symptoms or sign of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew.
_http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/

 

[Tristan]

Ebola Airborne published today by Doom & Bloom: http://www.doomandbloom.net/airborne-ebola/

One of the questions I am most asked about Ebola is its potential to be transmittable through the air. CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden and other top health officials say no, but now a reputable research facility is disputing this claim.


The well-known and respected Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota recently notified the CDC and the World Health Organization that “there is scientific and epidemiologic evidence that Ebola virus has the potential to be transmitted via infectious aerosol particles.” For the first time, they include exhaled breath in their report.


CIDRAP has been involved in public health preparedness for epidemics since 2001. With regards to Ebola, they have always stated that it is unclear how the virus is transmitted, at least from an airborne standpoint. Their new stance is troubling and calls into question the opinions of just about every medical expert that you’ve seen in media.



I’ve always felt that the issue of airborne transmission was more a question of semantics than anything else. Ebola is well known to be transmittable by inhalation. Droplets of blood, vomit, mucus, saliva, and other fluids spewed into the air by a patient and then inhaled by another can certainly transmit the virus. Therefore, ebola can be caught through the air. The question is: Can you get it by simply breathing the air in the room and airplane where an ebola patient is present.



The answer is still “probably not likely”, but the CIDRAP report changes that to “probably not likely, but possible”.

CIDRAP also calls into question whether N95 respirator masks are effective in preventing inhalation of airborne Ebola virus. They state: “Healthcare workers have experienced very high rates of morbidity and mortality in the past and current Ebola virus outbreaks. A facemask or surgical mask, offers no or very minimal protection from infectious aerosol particles.” They recommend instead a “powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) with a hood or helmet”.


There are problems here. Various images of healthcare workers in West Africa show poor fits on masks, and, sometimes, I even see N95 masks placed upside down. A mask that passes the “fit test” should give protection in general unless you are physically caring for active ebola cases. N100 masks would be better but are not as affordable. 1 powered air-purifying hood or helmet costs at least $427, almost as much as the average West African makes in a year. The U.S. may be able to afford this, but who in the ebola zone could obtain such protection? As such, Ebola rages on.


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Better training for health workers on proper fit for masks and spending more resources on getting the appropriate gear for those in close contact with ebola patients is the answer here. Even in the U.S., National Nurses United says that most nurses receive limited education on how to deal with pandemic disease.


What does this mean for the average U.S. citizen with limited financial resources? Wear two N95 masks at a time? N100 masks, which cost 15 times more? I don’t know if this would be effective; in a community-wide outbreak, however, it would be impossible to outfit the entire population with powered air-purifying hoods. One good thing: The report states that N95 masks would be still be acceptable for early stage disease, which might be enough time to get the patient to a high-risk medical facility.


For West Africa, the news is more grim: Ebola will become a constant presence, eventually leading to total chaos.


For those who believe travel restrictions from West Africa are cruel and unusual punishment, I say that the situation has now become more urgent. All ebola patients should be transferred to one of the 4 high-level infectious disease centers in the U.S. As well, with a second health worker who worked on the U.S. case now infected, we have no choice but to impose a travel ban from the affected countries. This, in no way, prevents us from sending medical aid TO those countries. We must step up humanitarian aid while taking serious steps to protect the health of the general public in the U.S.


Joe Alton, M.D.