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Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 10:44 AM Oct 2014

When people panic, they become totally useless. Just Useless Rant!

All they do is get in the middle of everyone who is trying to get something done.. luckily I do not have expanded cable to watch that news anymore..because my guess is that instead of informing the public about proper procedures.. most discussions are an attempt to calm some nimrod down.

Truth is the people most at risk in the United States are the medical teams.. not the general public.

A little common sense needed here..

These medical personnel need hazard pay (that is what they doing .. hazardous duty)

They need to know how to properly protect themselves from bodily fluids giving off by patients.. how to identify them as quickly as possible.. and in this upcoming flu season..we ALL will need more than a little common sense.

First of all .. general public.. if you are not allergic to some part of the flu vaccine.. get the damn shot.. seriously.. Can you imagine people running around with the flu thinking they have Ebola..flooding hospitals..

When you take a temperature.. what type of thermometer you use can have will vary actual temps.. 99.4 on a digital, or in the armpit can actually be 100.4.. If you are running any kind of temp.. just don't travel.. no one needs whatever virus you have .. including the cold.. which kills also..

If you are medical personnel treating Ebola patients GOD BLESS YOU.. Common sense tells us at this juncture.. you should not travel until 3 weeks after your last contact with someone who has had the disease.. just to err on the side of caution.

These private hospitals.. which most are.. need to be held accountable if they do not provide proper training to their.. medical personnel..

And if you can take a second.. and give a good thought, or prayer to those in the four countries in Africa being so hard hit.. and donate. to setting up areas where Ebola patients can be isolated to stop the spread to the general public.

I am ranted out..




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When people panic, they become totally useless. Just Useless Rant! (Original Post) Peacetrain Oct 2014 OP
Doing a self kick for the evening.. Peacetrain Oct 2014 #1

Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)
1. Doing a self kick for the evening..
Thu Oct 16, 2014, 06:07 PM
Oct 2014

Because it has just gotten goofier through the whole day.. schools closing.. colleges closing down buildings.. sigh..

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