Bengalcat

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1. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   And who, here, is proposing that Ebola is "airborne"? The authors' main purpose is to address risks to HCWs in close proximity to the patient from aerosolized particles and the implications for optimal respiratory protection. To quote more fully: "A...

2. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   Article: COMMENTARY: Ebola virus transmission via contact and aerosol — a new paradigm. R. M. Jones & L. M. Brosseau. November 18, 21014. CIDRAP. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/11/commentary-ebola-virus-transmission-contact-an...

3. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   I don't understand what the source of the confusion is, here. However, to clarify, I never intended, by my statements, to assert that Ebola is airborne--quite the contrary.

4. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   Additional explanation provided by CDC: "Recommended Personal Protective Equipment - "PAPR or N95 Respirator . . . o "PAPR: A PAPR with a full face shield, helmet, or headpiece. Any reusable helmet or headpiece must be covered with a...

5. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   The book, Hot Zone, and the cited film adaptation, thereof (Outbreak; 1995) was about an airborne virus. The Cal-OSHA rationale for specifying PAPR's is linked with the likely event of HCWs, here, in the U.S. performing high-risk aerosol-generating ...

6. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   I am not aware of any robust research studies relating to public perception and attitudes on the subject. However, one might be tempted to speculate that the public is better assured by the revised CDC protocols for active monitoring, et al. It, per...

7. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   It’s foreseeable that we will treat other HCWs, who served in the hot zone and who are not either U.S. citizens/residents or from Europe—and rightly so, in my view—based on transportation or geographical considerations.

8. new Ebola patient

   Bengalcat replied to Mulan's topic in COVID

   I would imagine that the HCWs, who care for Dr. Salia will undergo the post-care monitoring protocols specified by the CDC and State of Nebraska. What would you infer? Of some possible interest--to quote the below-cited CBS News link: "Dr. Martin ...

9. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

   Bengalcat replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

   Per the Pentagon memorandum issued 31 October 2014, said DoD civilians will be required to follow one of two medical protocols upon their redeployment from the hot zone—viz. in accordance with their choice, as specified prior to their deployment: 1)...

10. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Bengalcat replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    Given that some of the more zealous commentators on this list have thrown an infectious disease researcher with a Nobel Prize onto the pile of the scientifically-challenged, that’s a club I don’t mind belonging to.

11. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Bengalcat replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    Please provide supporting evidence for your allegation that I promoted suppression of free speech in the cited post or anywhere else on AN.

12. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Bengalcat replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    And I’m appalled at the rabid disparagement of the America public evinced by a few nurses on this forum. Frankly, I wouldn’t want to be one of your patients. Please try to recall your nursing education that we are public servants, who owe our empat...

13. RN Detained and Quarantined As Ebola Hysteria Reaches a New Low

    Bengalcat replied to MissyWrite's topic in COVID

    This is a very sad day. I had hoped that Ms. Hickox would take the high road. Instead, it can reasonably be expected that her actions and those of her attorneys will further undermine public trust in the Federal government's handling of the Ebola c...

14. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Bengalcat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in COVID

    Passengers on all incoming, international flights are required to present their passports/visas before entering the country. It is irrelevant that there are no direct flights arriving in the U.S. from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. That said, i...

15. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    Bengalcat replied to 0.adamantite's topic in COVID

    ]IAFF Calls for Safety Stand Down for Ebola Preparedness http://www.sconfire.com/2014/10/16/iaff-calls-safety-stand-ebola-preparedness/