tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post725290334396925004..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: AP: Welcome To Reality, $#!^heads!Aesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-65984028596478633922014-10-29T20:22:04.887-07:002014-10-29T20:22:04.887-07:00Note that in that AP article, when they got to dis...Note that in that AP article, when they got to discussing survey results of hospital employees, the farther a given person was from the actual patient's bedside, the more likely they were to think they knew what they were doing, and could handle this.<br /><br />Then realize that the entire CDC/NIH bureaucracy is made up of people who virtually never even see a hospital, let alone an actual patient, on any regular basis.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-73429055336454388132014-10-29T19:00:38.503-07:002014-10-29T19:00:38.503-07:00A friend was past head of medical staff at a local...A friend was past head of medical staff at a local hospital group. I know the hospital doesn't want to think of itself that way -- that is, as "local" - -but that's the problem. One hopes we don't have too many of these that, through corporate pride, try to handle something they are not ready to deal with correctly. <br /><br />Just another element in America's egotistical response to all this I thought to mention. At the office of the Chairman and CEO, things may not look the same as they do down here.Percyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08771215690327580086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-8957564303853339802014-10-29T17:40:41.794-07:002014-10-29T17:40:41.794-07:00At some point it will slow down, as there are fewe...At some point it will slow down, as there are fewer uninfected close enough to become new cases. <br /><br />Africa is no where near that point yet.<br /><br />And of course it is mutating, and the more people who have it the more mutations we'll see, with any change in incubation, severity, lethality, etc changing the curve.<br /><br />But yeah, building 1700 beds, with an additional 700 from the brits, sometime in the next few months... not really gonna solve the problem.<br /><br />nickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-27020857915846203982014-10-29T16:24:03.527-07:002014-10-29T16:24:03.527-07:00There are log scales right on the Wikipedia page.
...There are log scales right on the Wikipedia page.<br />They are almost a perfect 45 degree incline over time, indicating a precise logarithmic increase with an R=2.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-42029299523441777232014-10-29T16:14:05.182-07:002014-10-29T16:14:05.182-07:00Aesop, I grabbed historical data from Wikipedia an...Aesop, I grabbed historical data from Wikipedia and WHO and plotted it myself. Switching to a logarithmic scale gives a bit more insight: http://bit.ly/1wdMzgG<br /><br />Feel free to use and spread...FrozenPatriotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-63376385308650717112014-10-29T15:31:51.583-07:002014-10-29T15:31:51.583-07:00One Duncan who works in a restaurant, or who infec...One Duncan who works in a restaurant, or who infects someone who is homeless, and we are totally screwed. You'd be looking at dozens of cases 10-14 days later, and hundreds within 10-14 days after that. It would destroy our healthcare system, and could destroy our food delivery system without too much trouble. Do those things, and then you've got SERIOUS trouble even WITHOUT the Ebola.A Texannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-79684505685493853452014-10-29T15:18:06.959-07:002014-10-29T15:18:06.959-07:00forgot to leave my name @3:17.
Maggieforgot to leave my name @3:17.<br /><br />MaggieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-27879992686507100482014-10-29T15:17:25.663-07:002014-10-29T15:17:25.663-07:00The military will have to build and staff temporar...The military will have to build and staff temporary Ebola hospitals like they are doing in Liberia. The problem, as Aesop notes, is staying ahead of the game. If U.S. cases keep relatively low in number this might work. If we turn into Liberia it will not.<br /><br />Alternatively, one hospital in the area could be sacrificed for Ebola cases. It could be the one unlucky enough to get the first Ebola case like Texas Presbyterian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-14740622574798255342014-10-29T13:32:19.282-07:002014-10-29T13:32:19.282-07:00Unrelated, and probably not a lot of use for the r...Unrelated, and probably not a lot of use for the random Joe, but here is a link to the protocols that Emory has developed. <br /><br />http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/ebola-protocol/pdf/ehc-evd-protocols.pdf<br /><br />Enjoy.<br /><br />Very respectfully,<br /><br />MM1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-65329336632884166662014-10-29T13:20:17.698-07:002014-10-29T13:20:17.698-07:00Surprised the desertian rate is so low.
In practic...Surprised the desertian rate is so low.<br />In practice, it will be much higher.<br />Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com