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I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...

 
First Born
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10/14/2014 08:27 AM
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I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...
It's the face shield.

Plain and simple. The eye is one of the easiest routes for and infection to enter the body and these face shields offer as much protection as a pair of Ray Bans.

The CDC, WHO, and any other ABC agency needs to start thinking in terms of "AIRSPACE" and medical workers need not share ANY UNFILTERED Airspace with the infected.

THe simple solution is SCBA gear. Not Scuba, but SCBA.

Like firefighters wear. FUll face mask with air supply provides positive air pressure to the wearer. As a matter of fact, you can forego the "fit test" with SCBA gear because any leaks go in one direction.
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10/14/2014 10:10 AM
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Re: I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...
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10/14/2014 10:14 AM
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Re: I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...
..could be. But I keep seeing them show clips on the news od Ebola care givers wearing less than respirator masks.

Isn't that not good?
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10/14/2014 10:15 AM
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Re: I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...
Yep. It's the gear they're wearing, for sure. CDC uses BSL4 standards, for ebola, in their own labs, and they're recommending BSL2 hazmat suits for everybody else, probably because BSL4 spacesuits are not plentiful and are very expensive. The doctors and nurses involved in this all need to bail until they get the right gear.

Last Edited by Revbo™ on 10/14/2014 11:45 AM
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10/14/2014 10:18 AM
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Re: I know how Medical workers are getting Ebola...
I just finished reading 'The Hot Zone', thanks to a nice GLPer for sharing that.

Biohazard Level 4 (which ebola is) requires the full suit, including air pressured fully enclosed face helmets.

I find it hard to believe that anyone who is working in that environment would touch themselves after de-suiting without being fully decontaminated, which is quite a process in itself.

So I believe it can get through conventional protections. And if you are one of the more susceptible genotypes, you're screwed. The HCW in Dallas who is now infected is Asian, right?





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