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In response to "Cuz Perry has a real good handle on this." by Kill Hunting

And CDC is doing fine. But naturally, people started screaming that CDC is at fault. They're not. -- nm

Posted by loosi at home (aka loosilu2) Oct 15 '14, 05:08

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Regular nurses shouldn't have been asked to deal with these patients initially given they had no experience dealing with it, and were apparently not - Loyola Oct 15, 06:10 13
- so, a patient arrives at an ER with symptoms that match ebola. Does the CBC fly in to *every hospital* and deal with that patient till the test - Andie Oct 15, 06:11 12
  - exactly. And it will only happen more and more often. -- nm - loosi at home Oct 15, 06:23
  - I think the least they could have been was a little more proactive than they have been. They knew it was a wildfire in Africa, and presumably they - Loyola Oct 15, 06:16 9
    - i think they probably have done that, but the reality is if you are doing something for the first time, under pressure, there is human error. - Andie Oct 15, 06:19 8
      - My point is, precisely because it's the first time, there would be confusion among healthcare workers about what the proper protocols were, that the - Loyola Oct 15, 06:28 7
        
        but you didn't answer my question - what do they do before the CDC shows up? -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:31 6
        
        Take guidance from the CDC on what to do before they show up. Has there been that guidance? And if there has been, has it been adequate? - Loyola Oct 15, 06:34 5
        
        protocols exist. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:43 4
        
        They have failed. It's time to draw up better protocols. -- nm - Loyola Oct 15, 06:48 3
        
        *puts you in charge of the CDC task force to figure it out, since obviously you know better than they do* -- nm - znufrii, borderline alcoholic Oct 15, 06:49 1
        
        I don't think I know better at all. But if it walks, talks, and looks like a cock up. - Loyola Oct 15, 06:52
        
        you don't think that they probably have their top people working on it? just running around saying "do better!" doesn't really change things. -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:49
  - (ha - CDC. Canadian typo) -- nm - Andie Oct 15, 06:11

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