The survivors
I was transfixed by this series of photos of Liberians who have survived bouts of ebola. We don’t tend to think of that group, but it’s a large one, although unfortunately not as large as those who’ve died from the … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Health
President Obama, mad at the government again
The Times reports he’s just “seething” with anger: Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response. … Continue reading →
Do those transfusions help?
Maybe those blood transfusions from recovered ebola patient Dr. Kent Brantly are the ticket: Two Americans have already been treated successfully for Ebola. Dr. Kent Brantly is one. He is providing blood for other victims, on the theory that it … Continue reading →
Obama appointing longtime Democratic political operative as ebola czar
Hey, that’ll work!: President Obama has asked Ron Klain, who served as chief of staff to both Vice President Biden and former vice president Al Gore, as his Ebola response coordinator, according to a White House official. “He will report … Continue reading →
Does the lack of a ban on travel from West Africa…
…mean that Dinesh D’Souza was right in The Roots of Obama’s Rage? In the book, he describes how one of Obama’s biggest motivations is his hatred of colonialism in Africa, and a desire to redress and/or revenge its wrongs for … Continue reading →
Is anyone competent in charge these days?
Or, alternatively, is anyone in charge competent these days? For example: Dallas Ebola patient Amber Vinson contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before boarding a commercial flight Monday because she had a slight fever, a federal government spokesperson … Continue reading →
Second Dallas health worker diagnosed with ebola
It is crystal clear that we were woefully unprepared for the inevitable first case of ebola coming to our shores. Some fatal combination of arrogance, ignorance, negligence, recklessness, stupidity, political correctness (some would add “evil intent”), and irresponsibility has led … Continue reading →
Ebola and the great forgetting: the best of times, the worst of times
WHO director Margaret Chan said yesterday that the current ebola epidemic is “the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times.” On the one hand, I’m happy that WHO is taking the outbreak very seriously. On the other hand, … Continue reading →
Claptrap from the CDC director Tom Frieden on travel bans
Absolute claptrap from the director of the CDC. And it’s not even difficult to tell that it’s claptrap. The application of any sort of logic or common sense would reveal it as such. Luckily, most Americans are not as stupid/illogical/manipulative/ill-informed/PC/mealy-mouthed/mendacious … Continue reading →
Again with the low-grade fever
I’ve written that it seems that ebola can start with a low-grade fever for a while, and that the criteria for diagnosis should note that fact and not exclude people with other symptoms and risk factors because their fevers haven’t … Continue reading →
First case of ebola transmission in US is a Dallas health care worker…
…who treated Thomas Eric Duncan. I was wondering when the first US transmission would occur. I was hoping against hope it would not occur, but thinking that transmission was almost inevitable. It is of interest that the first person to … Continue reading →
On the matter of Duncan’s temperature on his initial ER visit
It was reported by the Dallas hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan that his temperature was only 100.1 degrees on his first visit to the ER, and this was part of the reason they didn’t red-flag him at that point. … Continue reading →