October 1, 2014
By ABC News
The country's top medical official (click here) who has vowed to stop Ebola "in its tracks" in the U.S., conceded today that it's "not impossible" that others will contract the disease.
By ABC News
The country's top medical official (click here) who has vowed to stop Ebola "in its tracks" in the U.S., conceded today that it's "not impossible" that others will contract the disease.
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said an extensive tracking process is underway in the wake of the first Ebola diagnosis in the United States, with special focus on the patient’s family and health staff.
“We have a seven-person team in Dallas working with the local health department and the hospital, and we will be identifying everyone who may have come in contact with him and then monitoring them for 21 days,” Frieden said....
The patient with Ebola in Texas exhibited earlier signs interpreted as some time of infection that would require antibiotics. It is those signs the rest of the country needs to be made aware of and simply conduct a blood test.
One of the smartest ideas I have ever witnessed was in a medical office where people were separated as to their needs. The people coming into the office with a potentially infectious condition was asked to wait in a separate waiting room from other patients there for annual exams or follow ups to previous visits. I don't know of any hospital that cannot set up a waiting room for infectious disease to their ERs. It is a simple thing to do.
A single blood test could end any further outbreak.
The patient with Ebola in Texas exhibited earlier signs interpreted as some time of infection that would require antibiotics. It is those signs the rest of the country needs to be made aware of and simply conduct a blood test.
One of the smartest ideas I have ever witnessed was in a medical office where people were separated as to their needs. The people coming into the office with a potentially infectious condition was asked to wait in a separate waiting room from other patients there for annual exams or follow ups to previous visits. I don't know of any hospital that cannot set up a waiting room for infectious disease to their ERs. It is a simple thing to do.
A single blood test could end any further outbreak.
