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Biotech / Medical : Ebola Outbreak 2014 - News, Updates and Related Investments

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From: statesidereport10/3/2014 8:22:57 AM
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Dallas: Workers Spray Ebola Patients’ Vomit Off of Sidewalk with Pressure Washer and No Protective Clothing (Photos and Video)

******Hopefully these guys are part of the 100 odd people being watched for symptoms****************

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Submitted by George Washington on 10/02/2014 20:19 -0400

Ebola carrier Thomas Eric Duncan – the guy who brought Ebola to Dallas – vomited outside his apartment building.

A WFAA tv news chopper took the following photograph showing how workers are cleaning up the vomit:



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Notice that the woman wearing sandals is about to step onto the run-off:



And here’s another screenshot showing a guy walking through the power-wash runoff:





Couldn’t they be tracking it on the bottom of their shoes as they
move around? What about the power-wash guys? Where did they go next?

That’s a pretty good way to spread Ebola … especially if experts are right that Ebola spreads through aerosols.

Similarly, the Ebola patient’s sweat-stained sheets were left on his bed for days without being removed … even though his family was quarantined in the same room.

As we noted yesterday, arrogance and carelessness may lead to unnecessary deaths.

Update: WFAA TV Dallas/Fort Worth Channel 8 news says that the Centers for Disease Controlordered the sidewalk to be power-washed:

Apparently, they didn't tell anyone to use protective suits, or to keep residents or passersby away while power-washing.

And from the casualness of the guys doing the power-washing, it is unlikely
that (1) they put any disinfectants in the power-washer or (2) they were even told what they were cleaning.

Heck of a job ...

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