Thread: Ebola

Radical is one word to describe that solution...

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Do you have Crematoriums In Minn.? same thing,what do you you think Hospitals do with all the Biopsy samples,amputations,organs etc,Save them??

I meant incinerators in the hospitals themselves. We do have crematoriums and waste incinerators but they are not on site and there is transportation involved.

I don't know the exact protocols but samples, organs, etc. are saved for a certain period of time.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

No Pity Party on my part,is very simple to me,Ban anyone from coming to the U.S From countrys where Ebola is a problem until it is under control.
Close our Borders,Deport every Illegal that resides in the U.S,A little radical,thats just the way I think

Sounds like a great idea to me. Also... if you leave and go to a country infected, don't come back. This all started from one man lying.

A great part of the defense for this relies on people telling the truth. Saying I have been there or done that.

A sad comment on human nature but I don't think that will work.

Heard a guy on the radio today ..... an up close and personal medical expert on the disease. Said it has been around 37 years and that what CDC says about not airborne, and not contagious until symptomatic, is true. He said the frontline medicos are the ones who have to worry. That seems to be borne out by the way it has shaken out here. I too believe a no fly from stricken countries would be a sensible approach. Nigeria and at least one other country, can't recall which, that border Liberia/Sierra Leone, have successfully quelled the latest outbreak in their respective countries.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

No Pity Party on my part,is very simple to me,Ban anyone from coming to the U.S From countrys where Ebola is a problem until it is under control.
Close our Borders,Deport every Illegal that resides in the U.S,A little radical,thats just the way I think

Originally Posted by Redcane

Sounds like a great idea to me. Also... if you leave and go to a country infected, don't come back. This all started from one man lying.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Heard a guy on the radio today ..... an up close and personal medical expert on the disease. Said it has been around 37 years and that what CDC says about not airborne, and not contagious until symptomatic, is true. He said the frontline medicos are the ones who have to worry. That seems to be borne out by the way it has shaken out here. I too believe a no fly from stricken countries would be a sensible approach. Nigeria and at least one other country, can't recall which, that border Liberia/Sierra Leone, have successfully quelled the latest outbreak in their respective countries.

You guys know that there are no actual flights to the U.S. from those countries, right? Even if there was an "air traffic ban" to the U.S. from those places, people would still find a way to get here from neighboring countries/indirect means.

Originally Posted by DickWhitman

You guys know that there are no actual flights to the U.S. from those countries, right? Even if there was an "air traffic ban" to the U.S. from those places, people would still find a way to get here from neighboring countries/indirect means.

I didn't know that. Interesting.

Originally Posted by DickWhitman

You guys know that there are no actual flights to the U.S. from those countries, right? Even if there was an "air traffic ban" to the U.S. from those places, people would still find a way to get here from neighboring countries/indirect means.

Anyone arriving legally in a country, even through connecting flights and not directly, will have their passport scanned. That should tell you where they have been and when. If they have been in the outbreak countries they could immediately be put in 22 day lock down quarantine. If they pass that period symptom free they would be free to enter.

It might be a better way of screening but it is too cumbersome, too costly, will hurt international travel and all the companies that depend on it for profits. Economically not a viable solution from a political view point. Then there are those that will get in illegally and leak through anyway.

There is no foolproof way to contain it. You just have to minimize risk as much as possible for the cases that do happen. You have to learn from mistakes made in the handling of the cases that do get through and rectify the problems quickly.

Bob

Originally Posted by DickWhitman

You guys know that there are no actual flights to the U.S. from those countries, right? Even if there was an "air traffic ban" to the U.S. from those places, people would still find a way to get here from neighboring countries/indirect means.

I didn't know that. Here again our first line of defense relies on the person telling the truth.

Seems the two nurses that are infected with Ebola have been discharged from the Hospital,They have been transferd to a ship far out in the gulf of mexico The plot thickens