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So apparently this week (not while I was there), two patients checked into the ER as possible Kung Flu victims.
Here's a snapshot of what happened next:

Are they positive for Kung Flu?
We don't know. Test results pending.
How many friends and family might they have exposed?
We don't know.
Who exposed them?
We don't know.
How long ago were they exposed?
We don't know.
How many staff and patients were exposed?
We don't know.
How many staff were in appropriate isolation PPE when they arrived?
None.
How many wore proper PPE while they were assessed, treated initially, and prior to admission?
Probably nowhere near all of them.
How many of those exposed or possibly exposed are being tracked down, and placed into exposure surveillance, mandatory, voluntary, or anyfuckingkind whatsoever?
None.
How many are in quarantine isolation?
None.

The patients are in isolation while test results are pending, and the staff in-hospital are dealing with them appropriately.
Now.

But  no one is taking this seriously, nor did they before Thing 1 and Thing 2 showed up last week.

You'll know TPTB are taking this seriously when they start sending out dedicated EMS rigs to deal with pickups, already wearing Ebola-style hazmat gear.
And when hospitals have separate triage and assessment areas, let alone treatment areas, for potential Kung Flu cases.
We have none of that.
No one does.
Anywhere.

There are already two healthcare workers in NorCal testing positive for Kung Flu.
From whom?
We don't know.
From how long ago?
We don't know.
How many other people were exposed going back how long?
We don't know.

This is a shit show.
It's going to get shittier.

And this is not "just like the flu".

But it is just like 5000 other ERs across America.

Let's ask Dallas Health Presbyterian how that worked out with Ebola.

And FYI: Two weeks ago, the entire hospital staff had to be re-fit tested for N95 masks (after we had already done so once) because exactly as noted in this post at WRSA, all the N95 masks in the entire hospital grew legs and walked out the door.

They re-supplied with another model two weeks ago, just before they disappeared nationwide, and N95s are now doled out and kept in full lockdown until needed.