Friday, October 10, 2014

The Ebola patients apt was a cesspool of disease...

via DallasNews.com
“When we entered the room, you could tell it was a frantic whirlwind to keep this man alive,” company owner Erick McCallum told The Dallas Morning News. “It was very clear they were working very hard and very diligently.”
McCallum and his hazardous-materials cleaning crew were called in to help at the hospital because of their experience last week cleaning the Vickery Meadow apartment where Duncan was staying when he fell ill.
They’ve gotten more attention than they bargained for, not all of it positive. Some longtime clients are now keeping their distance, and one employee was told to stay home from his second job.
At the hospital cleanup, workers packed all the disposable items Duncan might have touched into several 55-gallon drums: bedsheets, an air-chamber mattress and protective suits scattered around the room in the anxious moments preceding Duncan’s death.
“There’s no time for picking up gowns,” McCallum said. “You’ve got to work on the issue at hand, protecting yourself at the same time.”

Duncan’s body had already been removed and was to be cremated to eliminate any possibility that the disease could spread. The crew also used special chemicals to decontaminate hard surfaces in his room and those surrounding it.
“We wanted to make sure we did right for our country and make sure this is eradicated and out of here — properly,” McCallum said.
The trash bins were sealed and sent to an undisclosed location to be incinerated by another company, he said.
Read the entire article.  Its clear that its another attempt to calm the public but the reality is a bit more stark.

"A whirlwind to keep this man alive"?

And the Dallas County Judge walked into that apt in regular clothes that he wore to a press conference and then back home to his family?

This was an immigrant family that can be assumed to have maintained touch with some of the cultural norms of their native home...Liberia?  And we're suppose to be confident that this disease hasn't spread?

I don't fucking think so.

I believe act 3 is soon to open.  Today is Friday so I expect a late news dump.  Don't be surprised if we hear confirmation of another case.