Ebola carrier Thomas Eric Duncan – the guy who brought Ebola to Dallas – vomited outside his apartment building [2].
A WFAA tv news chopper [3] took the following photograph showing how workers are cleaning up the vomit:
[4]Notice that the woman wearing sandals is about to step onto the run-off:
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And here’s another screenshot showing a guy walking through the power-wash runoff:
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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 [8].
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 [9].
As we noted yesterday, arrogance and carelessness may lead to unnecessary deaths [10].
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 ...