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Dallas: Workers Spray Ebola Patients’ Vomit Off of Sidewalk with Pressure Washer and No Protective Clothing (Photos and Video)
Ebola carrier Thomas Eric Duncan – the guy who brought Ebola to Dallas – vomited outside his apartment building.
A WFAA tv news chopper took the following photograph showing how workers are cleaning up the vomit:
Notice that the woman wearing sandals is about to step onto the run-off:
And here’s another screenshot showing a guy walking through the power-wash runoff:
Couldn’t they be tracking it on the bottom of their shoes as they
move around? What about the power-wash guys? Where did they go next?
That’s a pretty good way to spread Ebola … especially if experts are right that Ebola spreads through aerosols.
Similarly, the Ebola patient’s sweat-stained sheets were left on his bed for days without being removed … even though his family was quarantined in the same room.
As we noted yesterday, arrogance and carelessness may lead to unnecessary deaths.
Update: WFAA TV Dallas/Fort Worth Channel 8 news says that the Centers for Disease Control ordered the sidewalk to be power-washed:
Apparently, they didn't tell anyone to use protective suits, or to keep residents or passersby away while power-washing.
And from the casualness of the guys doing the power-washing, it is unlikely
that (1) they put any disinfectants in the power-washer or (2) they were even told what they were cleaning.
Heck of a job ...
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Several years ago my son got a horrible respiratory infection while volunteering at a local animal shelter.
He had been instucted to pressure wash the concrete floors of the kennels.
Which is why you should never "pressure wash" any droplet-transmitted disease site... you are creating millions of droplets.
...the following might be a reach, but we need to get way outta the box and away from the Fed jerks running their circus.
Pretty much, the Dallas Ground Zero events have been discussed ad nauseum here on ZeroHedge since mid July! The BoneHeads in Charge just wanna suck up ass, get their retirement and play 9-18 holes of golf. Many of us have been thinking of many "what ifs." They are coming to pass.
The BIG smoking gun is the continued air travel between EbolaVille and major American cities. Beyond dumb. Makes sense because I am sure any alert mayor or head of airports got sat upon by the Crime Syndicate that has become Amerika.
Ever watch a heavily ladened air force plane take off with JATO bottles? Solid propellant to lurch that aircraft into the sky whereby the turbojet engines take over.
The Truly Evil Forces running rampant in our once great land just need 1-2 months of unregulated passengers from West Africa to show up and puke all over their cousins, nephews and any handy schoolroom. People are flipping out. The Dallas Deal is the JATO bottles boosting ebola off the runway. Pretty soon and by Halloween, a much more SINISTER virus waiting in the wings gets hatched and it is Game Over by the holidays roll around. Then ISIS (CIA-Langley lads) hit a few American cities with some baby nukes.
This would officially called "SHTF Moment." The Net goes down......
The economic consequence of acknowledging the dangers of this disease, as someone pointed out on another post, are dramatic as travel is curtailed, attendance at public events declines, and people, out of fear, begin to shelter in place. For this reason, the government and CDC have been and will continue to be behind the spead of this disease, reacting instead of acting, which in the case of a deadly pathogen, such as Ebola, is a recipe for disaster.
The first thing people need to understand is the difference between airborne transmission and droplet transmission. Ebola is easily transferred via bodily fluids. This much everyone knows. All human respiration, coughing, and sneezing contains small mucous particles, droplets. In the case of someone infected with Ebola, these particles will contain the Ebola virus. The question really is where can the Ebola virus "bind" with host cells and how much is required to create a likelihood of infection. Can the Ebola virus bind with receptor sites in the nose, the sinus canals, the deep lungs? This is the real question. The virus is "airborne" in the sense that droplets can, and have been shown, to transmit the disease. The question is how readily? The other question is how likely is the virus to mutate into a form that can increase the likelihood of transmission?
What appears to be the case, at least for the moment, is that the virus is not "airborne" in the true sense of the word. An "airborne" virus will remain suspended in air for long periods of time, after mucous droplets evaporate, since these viruses tend to be lighter than air. If Ebola would ever go truly "airborne," without any loss of lethality, which seems unlikely, we would expect to see a substantial decline in the human population of the planet.
As it is, however, a disease that can readily transmit by droplets (which includes the common cold and most flus) can infect a very large number of people. If Ebola is transmitting via droplets and it certainly seems to be, at least to some limited extent, the cavalier attitude of CDC and .gov are creating a situation in which I would expect to see millions of U.S. citizens die. Absolutely unbelievable really. But the last thing .gov and CDC want is "panic," which could hurt the economy, especially bad in an election year.
This disease needs to be taken very seriously, at least until scientific research has determined how readily it is transmitted with some certainty. As it stands now, the U.S. government is playing dice with the lives of millions of its citizens.
"The economic consequence of acknowledging the dangers of this disease, as someone pointed out on another post, are dramatic as travel is curtailed, attendance at public events declines, and people, out of fear, begin to shelter in place. For this reason, the government and CDC have been and will continue to be behind the spead of this disease, reacting instead of acting, which in the case of a deadly pathogen, such as Ebola, is a recipe for disaster."
Reminds me of the movie Jaws -- only we have a killer virus instead of a killer shark. In both cases the authorities want to want to keep the lid on it to avoid panic and prevent economic loss. Which of course will result in more deaths.
A lot of people are realizing this was "no boating accident".
Even if one suspects this is a false flag conjured up to instill fear and redirect attention from something else, some of the statements from Frieden are preposterous. For example, he said something to the effect that the flight numbers are irrelevent and kept secret. How fucking stupid do you have to be to believe that?
We know that the financial meltdown and the whole TBTF bailout bullshit along with the crap-ass SEC, OCC, DOJ, etc. not finding anyone guilty of anything got a slide. Maybe this shit will make people angry enough to roll some heads. I doubt it but you never know.
Just the facts...
PATHOGEN SAFETY DATA SHEET - EBOLAVIRUS
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php
"INFECTIOUS DOSE: Viral hemorrhagic fevers have an infectious dose of 1 - 10 organisms by aerosol in non-human primates."
Am I reading that right? Does that mean that a single virus can cause an infection?
More fun facts about Ebola...
INCUBATION PERIOD: Two to 21 days
COMMUNICABILITY: Communicable as long as blood, body fluids or organs, contain the virus. Ebolavirus has been isolated from semen 61 to 82 days after the onset of illness, and transmission through semen has occurred 7 weeks after clinical recovery.
SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: Filoviruses have been reported capable to survive for weeks in blood.
INFECTIOUS DOSE: Viral hemorrhagic fevers have an infectious dose of 1 - 10 organisms by aerosol in non-human primates.
MODE OF TRANSMISSION: ... In laboratory settings, non-human primates exposed to aerosolized ebolavirus from pigs have become infected, however, airborne transmission has not been demonstrated between non-human primates. Viral shedding has been observed in nasopharyngeal secretions and rectal swabs of pigs following experimental inoculation.
PRIMARY HAZARDS: Accidental parenteral inoculation, respiratory exposure to infectious aerosols/droplets, and/or direct contact with skin or mucous membranes.
Nearly 100% likelihood that the vomit on the ground, a few days later, contained viable Ebola-virus. Nearly 100% likelihood that pressure-washing aerosolized some of it. Chances that someone inhaled the viable aerosolized virus... I guess we'll know in a few weeks. Of course, over the next few weeks, a lot of those people may leave town, in fear for their safety. Who knows where it'll pop up, next...? Who knows if they speak English, trust emergency services, or even know the phone number for 911. It seems like our patient zero would have died in the apartment if his family didn't call CDC, then follow up with county public health dept. How many "real 'mericans" wouldn't even know to do that? Or wouldn't bother?
Not to worry of course. I'm sure none of the Ebola patients being transported to the US, UK, DE, etc will be shedding virus for weeks or months after they're symptom free. Once they're cured, they're cured... Right? At least that's what "the govt" is telling us.
"Am I reading that right? Does that mean that a single virus can cause an infection?"
Umm, yes! Really, one is all it takes...of course, most times the immune system can handle the odd virus or two with no problem. But a lot of people have compromised immune systems, so yeah...just one healthy virus can start a thriving colony, very quickly.
Do to the rate of its mutation, it will be harder and harder to determine much with certainty, once it really gets going.
Unbelievable... there's 3 more people that will need to be quarantined... BTW, be sure to drop the CDC a brief note about being idiots... http://wwwn.cdc.gov/dcs/RequestForm.aspx
They'll get quarintined after the symptoms appear, and they've transferred the virus to several others by then. From what I'm seeing so far, Ebola is going to like this country. We all hear the focus on Africa as a place conducive to the spread of disease. But: You don't unsanitary conditions, trash everywhere, lack of medical care. All you need is ignorance.
and arrogance...
Done.
Go long Lysol and bleach makers.
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UV and/or Ozone sterilizers/generators at the entryways would be a good move...
I see more and more companies have headquarters in Berkshire. Even US companies, I wonder why.. maybe it's not that far from Windsor, the home of the queen.
Go long sea worthy sailboats
Go long on FFT mass sanitizing units (Fucking Flame-Throwers)
I did wonder, when I saw the BBC's pic yesterday of private security cruiser just cruising by the apartments and no full on Hazmat/quarantine efforts going on.
This vid is beyond unbelievable if it really is a vid of someone power-spraying his ebo-vomit.
If you need to aerosolize something, blasting the crap out of it with a high-pressure hose is a pretty good way of doing that I would wager. I am still gob-smacked watching this. Unbelievable.
First off...where the fuck is the CDC. They should be there. The fact that they are not is mind boggling, unless they have already just written all these people off. And whoever hired that poor bastard to go clean that should be given the death penalty. What kind of evil fuck would do that?
Who in their right mind wouldn't simply refuse to do that?
There has to be a media circus at that location and oh yeah...helicopters flying overhead. That should be a good tip off that this isn't any old vomit puddle. Duh!
You're right though. Whoever is in charge is mental.
Exceptional!
Whoever is in charge is mental.
Katrina = Bush
Ebola = Obola
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtS4tUc2RU
It does show that the CDC workers are at least smart enough to stay away!
I think about this everytime I pass the UN Plaza fountain.
"I think about this everytime I pass the UN Plaza fountain."
Next time you're that close to anything UN, please remember your civic duty.
Did you mean piss the UN Plaza Fountian?
Right said Fred. When I saw the power washer and no protective clothing being worn, I figured it must be another web hoax. Anything close to a power washer gets covered in aerosol mist. This Ebola story keeps getting more macabre.
At potrblog, plausible speculation was posted awhile back that this is how dozens healthcare workers were infected in Liberia. The disinfectant hose down of wearers hazmat suits was aerosolizing the viral particles.
Interesting thought. It would explain a lot.
At first, I was sure it was an Onion piece.
The only, and I mean only thing more unbelievable would be to try and clean up radiation with a pressure washer.
SHIT!
FUCK!!
Someone in another thread was saying that we don't have to worry because Ebola can only spread in the squalor of Africa.
This picture clearly illustrates that you don't have to live in a pile of shit to be careless and spread disease.
Well, we have imported the third world into our suburbs and they live in squalor here just like they did at home. Ebola will have no problem spreading in many of the 'ethnic' sections of our major metropolitan cities.
squalor of africa?
welcome to usa, former 1st-world country, going on 3rd-world.
Long: US Squalor
USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USED USED USED USED USED USED USED USED USED USELESS USELESS USELESS USLESS USLESS
USlessA's USlessA's US'lessA's
We are either not trying ..... or are trying for an adverse outcome.
Now that's just sick. "They" couldn't mismanage this issue more if they were trying.
<They aren't trying, right? Right? RIGHT?>
MMmmmmmm Vomit
Should have left it to dry up and become airborne. Birds could lap it up and bomb cars and playgrounds with it. Oh the possibilities!
If they poured bleach on the sidewalk before starting, they're okay. If they waited a while before starting, they might be okay. It's an RNA virus that isn't stable in the environment. The relative instability of RNA combined with naturally occuring RNase literally everywhere means it doesn't last long. That is why you generally need direct contact to contract it as it won't last long on surfaces.
If they walked up to a pile of vomit and pressure sprayed it, I'd guess that they were significantly exposed and should be quarantined. Unbelievable if that is how it happened.
I didn't see any bleach containers (or any other kind) in any of the photographs.
Their planning is just so bad that there just needs to be a plan behind that also.
Nobody's that stupid.
I disagree. Humans always give inadequate responses to never-before faced threats. And so governments and corporations. They are people, too (wink, wink)
I know, this goes against the grain of seeing a plan behind every tree, but again, I don't see it as stupid, just as inadequate because of the relative novelty of the thing
I'm not a medical doctor, but some serious people in that field told me that if people would just wash their hands as often as mama told them to do, we'd have half as much diseases as we do
I could as well question if this measure is really that inadequate. Really Stupid would have been to leave that vomit there, or wait too long to clean it up
from the perspective of a virus, water is the enemy number one, followed by soap, followed by basic hygiene, followed by disinfectants, followed by common sense
HazMat Suits or even rubber boots might figure later on that list. feel free to correct me if your are an expert on epidemics
Ghordius - an excellent post as usual. I can't cite the source at the moment but @ 10 years ago I came across a journal article that discussed handwashing practices by age, race and gender in the US and the conclusions were that less than 50% of old white guys wash their hands after taking a dump or peeing while over 80% of black males of all ages wash their hands frequently during the day. (Because their Mamas, many of whom worked cleaning bathrooms all their lives, know the real story.)
Women of all ages/races were pretty high on the hand-washing list too.
The moral of the story - old white guys are disease carriers.
I'll never forget the first time I visited Germany - as I was leaving the railway station restroom having used the toilet (and washed my hands) a rather large old women barged past me as I was leaving carrying her pail and bucket and glaring at me - she seemed certain that I had somehow dirtied her pristine restroom.
wouldn't uv from the sun have baked that stuff dead in the couple of days it's been there? No, to find the folks who wondered through there right after he left in the ambulance....
Your post reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06jF1EG8o-Q Don't know why though.