Doc blows off quarantine Says she's sorry.
http://us.cnn.com/2014/10/14/health/ebola-nbc-snyderman-apology/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter
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My wife, the RN, told me about this last night.
IF we end up haveing an Ebola problem in the States, it'll be because of hubris like this. Or Dr. "I'm just poking my head in I don't need to bother with full PPE".
FWIW, My wife's hospital is the designated Ebola treatment place in Tampa, and we've been discussing the actions and training they are doing just in case. Don't know about the Texan's, but here the precautions are actually pretty good. Negitive pressure rooms, designated (limited numbers of) caregivers, designated wet decon area and disposal, BSL-3 protocols, Stocked up on all the PPE they can get to ensure supply, Designated hot, warm and cold zones in advance with authorized, trained people already listed for warm and hot, retraining on first contact protocals and what to do with the ER folks and areas if people come off the street, so far 2 unannouced drills in the last month. Basiclly, they're taking the whole thing seriously without freaking out, and acting professionally, in advance, to limit exposure and ensure containment.
From what I've heard, my county Sheriff also has plans in place to patrol and check in on likely first vector populations (we have a couple of decent sized African immigrant comunities)*, and they started a couple weeks ago doing community outreach to make sure folks know the early symptoms and who to call for help.
*There was a little drama early on when the SD just hit all the "Africans" and lumped a Somali mosque in with W. Africans. Apparantly there is little love lost between those populations.