{"id":24091,"date":"2014-10-17T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24091"},"modified":"2014-10-17T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T15:03:27","slug":"the-keystone-kops-battle-an-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24091","title":{"rendered":"The Keystone Kops Battle An Epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is nothing comical about Ebola<\/a>, but right now it looks as if the Ebola virus is being fought by the Keystone Kops<\/a>. If you were to make a horror movie about a world-wide epidemic spread by incompetence and a lack of common sense, the current Ebola crisis could easily provide the script.<\/p>\n

This article is based on a number of articles. I am only including small parts of each article and strongly suggest that you follow the links back to the original articles to get the full story.<\/p>\n

The New York Post<\/a> is reporting today that a worker in the Texas hospital that cared for the first Ebola patient is now in quarantine on a cruise ship. What in the world was she thinking?<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Carnival Magic<\/a> was being held off the coast of Belize<\/a> on Friday until the hospital worker could be removed from the ship and returned to the United States<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, the guest remains in isolation on board the ship and is not deemed to be a risk to any guests or crew,\u201d Carnival said in a statement. \u201cIt is important to reiterate that the individual has no symptoms and has been isolated in an extreme abundance of caution.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belize government, however, turned down a request by the United States to evacuate the worker through the international airport in Belize City.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She is not showing any symptoms or feeling ill, but knowing the risk, why are we letting hospital workers who may have had contact in some way with the disease travel?<\/p>\n

From the New York Post<\/a> yesterday:<\/p>\n

A passenger died on a Nigeria-to-JFK flight after a vomiting fit Thursday \u2014 and a top lawmaker said officials gave the corpse only a \u201ccursory\u201d exam before declaring that the victim did not have Ebola<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How does one detect Ebola after a cursory exam? Again, what is the likelihood of someone vomiting and dying on an airplane other than from some serious illness–whether it be Ebola or something else?<\/p>\n

The New York Daily News<\/a> reported today:<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization<\/a> has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including incompetent staff and a lack of information.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cNearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall,\u201d WHO said in a draft internal document obtained by The Associated Press<\/a>, noting that experts should have realized that traditional containment methods wouldn\u2019t work in a region with porous borders and broken health systems.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the admission, the U.N. health agency officially declared an end to the Ebola outbreak in Senegal<\/a> and the organization commended the country for its diligence in putting a stop to the transmission of the virus.In a statement Friday the WHO said the sole introduced case was confirmed Aug. 29 in a young man who had travelled to Dakar, by road, from Guinea, where he had had direct contact with an Ebola patient.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The statement called Senegal\u2019s response \u201ca good example of what to do when faced with an imported case of Ebola.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It said Senegal government\u2019s response included identifying and monitoring 74 close contacts of the patient, prompt testing of all suspected cases, stepped-up surveillance at many entry points and public awareness campaigns.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But the U.N. health agency acknowledged that, at times, the bureaucracy in its organization was a problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note the stepped-up surveillance at many entry points. The bigger the bureaucracy, the less efficient it is.<\/p>\n

These are just some of the examples of the departure of common sense in the handling of Ebola. Unfortunately, many people may die because of bloated bureaucracy and a total lack of common sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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