2nd health care worker gets Ebola at TX Hosp

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Check out the front page of CNN. it just says it's a health care worker-I'll bet its another nurse.

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So taping the neck might not be effective PPE?

ya think?

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Sadness, Anger and Fear

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I agree batmik, I feel all those things too. They don't say it was a nurse but like RN2B123 I'd almost bet that it is. The hospitals and initial organizations need to be taking care of those who are taking care of the sick, a.k.a. nurses. That poor lady flew the day before she knew she was sick too, from Cleveland-Dallas. The CDC, WHO need to up their game.

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They have already named her, watching CNN. Think it was a nurse

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Watching CNN now too. CDC is having an over the phone interview with different news outlets. The second HCW travelled on a commercial plane after caring for initial Ebola pt. One of the HCW is being flown to Emory for treatment as well.

I need to get ready for work and cannot pull myself away from the TV.

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Why do they keep saying HCW, it was a Nurse. And as my husband points out only nurses are getting sick.

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On NBC Nightly News tonight they said that for several days they were only given "flimsy" protective wear. Sound like the contact isolation PPE's (yellow gowns, gloves, mask(no shield). It's only a matter of time before this story comes to light.

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Now it's more than just anonymous reports from the union. I just heard the CDC director saying the nurses didn't have adequate protection, that their skin was exposed. Maybe he's getting this from the anonymous reports but I think there's a good chance he knows this for fact (as the CDC reviews "protocols" used and makes recommendations).

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN) just reported that Amber Vinson called the CDC and asked them if it was okay to board with her temp at 99.5. They said it was fine. I sure hope that is true.

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The Nurse Amber Vinson called the CDC prior to getting on the plane according to CNN, she was told it was ok to get on the plane.

Also the nurses are threatening to walk out of the Texas Hospital.

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