tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615497490885488809.post95648765855612608..comments2023-09-25T05:27:11.341-07:00Comments on Shepherd Of The Gurneys: We Have to What?!?Aesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615497490885488809.post-89576140615983881852014-10-17T10:24:47.680-07:002014-10-17T10:24:47.680-07:00The survivors face immune system damage, alienatio...The survivors face immune system damage, alienation, with severe physical, spiritual, mental incapacitation.<br />One survivor reported she was so mentally disabled she wasn't able to function even after six moths of recovery.<br />An Ebola survivor is simply not in shape to do more than stay alive at that point.<br />Living through it is not saying much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919376680621222527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615497490885488809.post-60892133570693948492014-10-17T09:57:48.662-07:002014-10-17T09:57:48.662-07:00Africa always wins.
>Kim Du Toit<Africa always wins.<br />>Kim Du Toit<Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919376680621222527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615497490885488809.post-59624126646107544282014-10-17T08:54:29.062-07:002014-10-17T08:54:29.062-07:00They've been doing that right along in Africa....They've been doing that right along in Africa.<br />The problem is you're talking about a survival rate of between 28-10%.<br />And these are weakened recuperating people, and untrained in medical care beyond the basics, in a country where a high school diploma is a notable achievement, and maybe 60% of the adults can read and write.<br /><br />So they aren't going to replace college-degreed nurses nor medical doctors.<br />They can spray chlorine bleach solution, empty squat buckets, and mop floors, and that's about it.<br />That level of medical care is what one could expect in the Crimea, or the Civil War, and wasn't notable for success.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7615497490885488809.post-77417601300654189652014-10-17T08:36:55.713-07:002014-10-17T08:36:55.713-07:00I'm not an expert, but would it be possible fo...I'm not an expert, but would it be possible for Ebola survivors to fill some of the staffing gaps in these hospitals? Every time I read an article about the monumental challenges of safely caring for someone with Ebola, I'm struck by how much simpler and safer every task involved in that job would be for someone with natural immunity to the disease. Amateurs have absolutely no business trying to use BSL-4 gear, but natural immunity requires absolutely no training to operate, weighs nothing, costs nothing, and (barring a significant mutation) never runs out. And next to corpses, immune survivors are Ebola's most plentiful byproduct. Since this seems to be the only point at which the brutal math of the outbreak works in humanity's favor, I'm surprised that we're not seeing more in the way of systematic attempts to leverage it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com