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 →
It doesn’t look good for the Spanish nurse in Madrid who contracted ebola while caring for an infected priest who’d been brought back from Africa. And, in today’s current climate of passing the buck, the Spanish authorities are passing it … Continue reading →
And that’s not the only thing that needs revising. When I first heard the story about the Spanish nurse who has ebola, and compared it with that of Thomas Duncan, one thing leapt out at me: both of them reported … Continue reading →
I was hoping he’d live, for many reasons. But despite being cared for in Dallas rather than Liberia, Thomas Eric Duncan becomes not just the first person to be diagnosed in this country, but the first person to die of … Continue reading →
Now they want to kill the Spanish nurse’s dog as an Ebola precaution. I like dogs, but I’m not a PETA-esque fanatic. However, I’m with the nurse’s husband on this—why not quarantine the dog for a while?: In a letter … Continue reading →
…is a nurse’s assistant. Unlike the accusations that have been leveled at Thomas Duncan, no one can say she kept mum about the fact that she’d been near an Ebola patient recently. That’s because she was on the team that … Continue reading →
I mean it: mosquitoes are astonishing. Until recently, all I knew about mosquitoes could be summed up as: hate the little buggers. They bite, and can cause malaria. But while researching the answer to Ymarsakar’s question the other day about … Continue reading →
There are so many articles of interest on the subject of Ebola that I think I’ll just do a roundup: My guess is that the suspected Ebola case in DC will turn out to be a false alarm, if the … Continue reading →
…by the time he left Liberia, and did he lie about it in a form he signed on leaving the country? That’s the meme that’s been spreading, and it’s now widely believed. I don’t buy it. I’m writing a piece … Continue reading →
Here’s some new information which, if true, would further implicate the Dallas hospital that sent Thomas Eric Duncan home the first time he came to the ER there. The story comes from Duncan’s nephew Joe Weeks, who seems to be … Continue reading →
Now, why ever would we do that?: For now, the administration is rejecting calls for a visa ban for West Africans. “I don’t believe that’s something we’re considering,” a State Department spokeswoman told reporters. Health officials have described the Texas … Continue reading →
This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever read. It’s an account of how patient zero, Thomas Eric Duncan, contracted Ebola in Liberia. But more than that, it’s a story that’s all too typical of the tragedy of this … Continue reading →