They Chech In But They Don't Check Out

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Nawtybits:
Re: EBOLA 2014 >>>> Latest News and Updates relating to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the USA.

Pixie comments:

There are supposed to be just a couple of categories for Ebola suspects/patients:

- positive patients are placed in isolation in a hospital environment

- suspect cases with definite contact with Ebola patients are placed under quarantine

- suspect cases with no definite contact are asked to self-monitor

But now a new category seems to be emerging in places like Newark, New Haven, and Paris. In this category we find individuals who meet the criteria for "Ebola suspect case" who have tested "negative" for the Ebola virus but who remain hospitalized with no alternate explanation given for their condition. It is then noted that these patients "remain under observation."

So are they being formally isolated? Has the category of "isolation" expanded to include "negative" patients they are a little unsure about? Are these people free to leave the hospital? How long does their suspended state last? What are the protocols for determining exactly when they can leave? Is there a firm protocol for re-testing "negative" suspect cases who demonstrate symptoms and seem to be at risk for Ebola, or is that protocol just sort of put together on the fly at the individual hospitals? Is there a communications plan for informing the public about the outcome of the case (further test results, patient release, etc.)? Is there a firm commitment to inform the public in the event that a formerly "negative" suspect case indeed turns positive? (Got "risk communications" protocols for that?). Or are some institutions deciding that they can "handle it" better on their own without the glare of the spotlight upon them so they've decided to proceed, perhaps on the down low, in caring for an Ebola patient? (HIPAA and all that..).

Call me skeptical. I don't much like this new, vague, category.
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Last Edited by Revbo™ on 10/23/2014 11:02 AM

A dr called in to david knight yesterday and said first they are changed to neg or another diagnosis. After checking again the patient is gone and NO hospital records are in the system. WTF

That is scary, and it could become a cover for abductions and renditions.

Could Obama's reach be this strong? Maybe keep it quiet until after elections?

Without a doubt.

Why aren't the families talking? WTF is wrong with everyone? Go back to sleep, you're dreaming.....