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So without going into a lot of detail my job is chem and bio defense related.
We're all going to die...
So without going into a lot of detail my job is chem and bio defense related.
Yea I would love to know what's at the top.So without going into a lot of detail my job is chem and bio defense related. Ebola doesn't even hit the top ten bio concerns we have. Thats how much any of you should care about Ebola
Kind of on/off topic with this subject, but does anyone here have experience with flu shots? I kind of have a needle phobia, it's not the pain that gets me just the thought and seeing them. Whenever I get a shot my entire day is thrown off and I turn into a zombie and pass out multiple times through out the day and just all around cannot function. I know it sounds really really stupid and pussy like, but I've been turned away from getting blood work done because of how worked up I get about needles.
The reason I'm asking this is because my brother has a kind of rare disease called ALPs and he has an extremely weak immune system due to it and just simple common colds can become life threatening to him. I was talking to my sister (who's a nurse) about this whole Ebola thing and she called me an asshole and selfish the entire time because I've been stubborn my entire life to get the flu shot. She advised me that right now I really need to go get the shot or stay away from my brother and most of my family basically. I've heard a lot of stories that people get the flu shot and then end up getting the flu basically from it, is that true? I haven't got the flu or sick really in as long as I can remember. But I think with all of this happening right now I'm going to have to bite the bullet and just do it for the sake of my brother.
Does anyone know if any soldiers that are over seas have it?President Obama has authorized deployment of the Army National Guard to West Africa to help the active duty guys over there already, at least 4,000 additional troops.
I'll let you know if I hear anything within the next few days.
Bob, I'm also very curious to hear what is in the top 10 in regards to biological threats.
My question is, " What excatly is the mission of the US Military in West Africa"Does anyone know if any soldiers that are over seas have it?
My question is, " What excatly is the mission of the US Military in West Africa"
Does anyone know if any soldiers that are over seas have it?
Ebola in Texas: Nurses treated disease victim 'without proper protective gear' in hospital where hazardous waste was 'piled to ceiling'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...to-ceiling-9796546.html?origin=internalSearch
Nurses at a Texas hospital caring for a patient with Ebola have described chaotic scenes at the ward where he was treated, with hazardous waste “piled up to the ceiling” and staff forced to work without proper protective gear.
A statement from nurses at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital read by the National Nurses United (NNU) said those caring for Ebola victim Thomas Duncan were forced to use medical tape to secure openings in their flimsy garments.
They were particularly worried that their necks and heads were exposed as they cared for a patient with explosive diarrhoea and projectile vomiting, Deborah Burger, the co-president of the NNU claimed.
Some of the nurses caring for Mr Duncan were allegedly also caring for other patients in the hospital.
Ms Burger spoke after convening a conference call with reporters to relay what she said were concerns raised by nurses who looked after Mr Duncan at the Dallas hospital.
RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of Nurses United, said the statement came from "several" nurses, but refused to state how many. She said the organisation had vetted the claims.
The allegations come after health care worker Nina Pham tested positive for Ebola on Sunday. She had been in close contact with Mr Duncan while treating him before his death last Wednesday.
A second health care worker who was also treating Mr Duncan at the hospital tested positive for the virus on Tuesday evening, and was named today as 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson.
Ms Burger said nurses claimed Mr Duncan was left for several hours “not in isolation, in an area where other patients were present," after being admitted into hospital. Up to seven other patients were alleged to have also been in the same area.
"There was no one to pick up hazardous waste as it piled to the ceiling," Ms Burger was quoted by CNN as saying. "They did not have access to proper supplies."
The nurses also alleged Mr Duncan’s lab samples were allowed to travel through the hospital's pneumatic tubes, opening the possibility of contaminating the specimen delivery system.
"The protocols that should have been in place in Dallas were not in place, and that those protocols are not in place anywhere in the United States as far as we can tell," Ms DeMoro said on Tuesday night. "We're deeply alarmed."
Wendell Watson, a Presbyterian spokesman, did not respond to specific claims by the nurses but said the hospital had not received similar complaints.
"Patient and employee safety is our greatest priority and we take compliance very seriously," he said in a statement. "We have numerous measures in place to provide a safe working environment, including mandatory annual training and a 24/7 hotline and other mechanisms that allow for anonymous reporting."
What are top three?
Seems like the picture is becoming a bit clearer as to how the disease was spread: