Sunday, October 12, 2014

More and Better Ebola Patient Info..via my Business Newsfeed

Reuters delivers the goods. According to the reporter, the health worker is a woman, and was using the CDC ebola protocols for US hospitals which are simply mirrors of the WHO guidelines with more emphasis and much more clarity on Aerosol Generating Procedures(AGP). I would paste the table into my post, but this lame template doesn't respect the "code" tag properly.

While I was searching for the URL of the Reuters article, I found this video featuring a lab coat wearing doctor telling us that our chance of getting this disease in the US right now "is essentially zero," and goes on for another partial sentence before the video ends.

Our videoed doctor also mentions some things about the way the female health worker was likely infected. The improper taking off of contaminated PPE received all the "by name" mentions.

I often find that the business press is ahead of most media types in getting to stories--and even if they are reported. For instance, the Wall Street Journal, with what is likely the most oddly biased editorial section of all major publications, has to serve up sometimes abhorrent human rights violations in countries where the US corporate world conducts business; which is essentially every country on the planet. Where there is money involved the business press has a truly vested interest to accurately report on the darker side of things. Otherwise, the media outlet not getting the financially actionable story out will perish.

That's a wrap!

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