Dear Doves,
I wrote here about Ebola a little while back. “Doctors without Borders” said it was out of control in West Africa. By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the latest news.
Aug. 1, 2014 -- Air rescue efforts were underway Friday to return two American health care workers infected with the Ebola virus to the United States.
Both patients will be treated in a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, said Bruce Ribner, MD, an infectious disease specialist at Emory who will be caring for the patients. A patient with Ebola virus has never before been cared for in an institution in the United States.
The two workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and missionary Nancy Writebol, were in serious condition Friday afternoon. The air ambulance that was transporting the patients, which is operated by Phoenix Air, had not yet left the ground in Africa, Ribner said.
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Their bodily waste, including stool, will be flushed into the public sewer system. Ribner said there was no risk of transmission to the general public because waste management practices will kill any virus that’s flushed into waste water.
“The U.S. public health service has established that that is an effective way of dealing with these viruses,” he said. “Whatever comes out of the public sewer system should not be contagious."
Isn’t that comforting? “SHOULD NOT BE CONTAGIOUS”. Famous last words. Can you say “unintended consequences”?
I thought the protocol with this virus was to burn everything.
BTW, isn’t it great we have open borders now, too?
YsiChrist,
Patty RP