HEALTH US doctor with Ebola to be released from hospital soon

[2x2]

With so many different posts didn't know where to put this.

http://news.yahoo.com/us-doctor-ebola-released-hospital-soon-174919099.html

Washington (AFP) - The American doctor who became ill with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Liberia will be released from a US hospital soon, a Christian aid group said Thursday.

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"Dr. Kent Brantly is doing very well and hopes to be released sometime in the near future," said a statement from Samaritan's Purse.

It did not give any specifics on timing.

The staff at Emory University hospital in Atlanta, Georgia "are taking extremely great care of him," the statement added.

Brantly and another American missionary, Nancy Writebol, both came down with Ebola while trying to help people in the midst of West Africa's largest outbreak in history.

A total of 1,069 people have died and nearly 2,000 have been infected since March in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria.

Brantly, 33, and Writebol, 60, were given an experimental drug treatment and were airlifted back to the United States. Writebol is also said to be improving and is being treated at the same hospital as Brantly.

Ebola is spread through contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, and healthcare workers and family members are particularly at risk of contracting the disease.

Brantly issued a letter last week from his hospital room, recalling how he isolated himself when he began to feel sick, and how he felt watching so many victims die.

"I held the hands of countless individuals as this terrible disease took their lives away from them. I witnessed the horror firsthand, and I can still remember every face and name," he wrote.

 

[Flippper]

Sorry to say it but he needs to be quarantined for at least 6 months until he's of no danger to anyone.

 

[amarilla]

I wish I knew how all of this was being paid for. Did they take, according to one estimate I saw, 2 million out of the donations to the ministry to pay for his hospitalization? While I want ministries to take care of their people, bringing a disease into an unaffected country makes me question their judgment. Why didn't they spend the same amount of money taking supplies into country and help more people? That also wouldn't have released the potential for thousands more to get it.

A

 

[Abdon]

no really, I feel fine cough cough! Just wtf is going on with these irresponsible ptb!!!

 

[Countrymouse]

Sorry to say it but he needs to be quarantined for at least 6 months until he's of no danger to anyone.

He won't be.

The news did a televised interview with one of the Emory doctors early on, and asked about this---the doctor said "When he's well, he's well" and pretty much seemed to dismiss ANY concern for his being still capable of communicating the disease once he'd gotten over it himself.

Whether it was that the doctor himself was truly that ignorant of Ebola, or whether he knew better and was trying to be 'upbeat', either way telling people that is unconscionable....


Doctor addresses concerns over Ebola patients



Posted: Aug 04, 2014 6:14 PM EST Updated: Aug 04, 2014 6:14 PM EST
By Portia Bruner, FOX 5 Reporter - bio



DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - As a second patient suffering from Ebola makes her way to Atlanta for treatment, some folks in Georgia are expressing their growing concerns about exposure to the deadly virus. But one of Atlanta's top infectious disease experts insists there is no cause for alarm.

Dr. Robin Dretler has studied infectious diseases more than 30 years, so he is not surprised to hear some Georgians are concerned about the arrival of a second patient with Ebola. But he says those fears can be tempered a bit when you have a better understanding of how Ebola is contracted.

"Ebola is spread by direct contact," said Dr. Robin Dretler.

Dr. Dretler of DeKalb Medical Center says that this is the most important fact when it comes to understanding the Ebola virus. It is a dreadful and deadly disease, but he says you are not going to catch it from casual public contact like at the movies or a grocery store.

"The reality is, this is very close and intimate contact and people are only contagious when they're very sick. So, they're not going to go to the grocery store or the movies at that time. They're are going to be home and sick. So, they are only contagious when they are showing symptoms. It is an abrupt on-set of high fevers, chills, muscle ache. They would not be feeling well enough to go to the grocery store," said Dr. Dretler.

But what are the risks of exposing someone to the disease once someone has recovered?

"There shouldn't be any. Once you've recovered your making antibodies and fighting off the infection. That is why you recovered," said Dretler.

Dr. Dretler is confident physicians at Emory University Hospital will take every necessary precaution to safely treat the two patients who contacted the virus in west Africa and avoid further exposure. He believes the public should embrace and not shun the two patients' opportunities to get top quality treatment here in Atlanta.

"What would you want to happen to your brother, sister, mother, son. These are Americans. They deserve the care that America can give," said Dr. Dretler.

Dr. Dretler says if you have plans to travel to one of the West African nations where the deadly virus is spreading, you should cancel those plans immediately. Otherwise, he says you do run the risk of becoming seriously ill in a place where adequate healthcare will not be accessible.

http://www.my9nj.com/story/26194386/doctor-addresses-concerns-over-ebola-patients

 

[naturallysweet]

God help us, they are either lying through their teeth or criminally stupid. People who have recovered from Ebola have spread the disease 7 weeks later!!!!!!

 

[Hfcomms]

The logic escapes me. One minute Doctor Brantley will be in level IV containment with anyone entering his room being in full PPE and having to undergo extensive decontamination in the air lock between the chambers before his doctors and nurses can go out in public. The next minute Doctor Brantley is a free man able to walk out of the room and come into full contact with anyone he meets. How can he be so incredibly dangerous one minute and then be declared not a threat the next?

This guy knows enough about Ebola that he needs to self quarantine for a few months before he circulates around and he should stay in quarantine until all his body fluids show up as being negative to the virus [even that fluid], you just can't afford to be lackadaisical about this.

 

[Countrymouse]

Called WSB---he said the Emory folks "don't talk to us; they talk to New York Times and CNN," so he had no news about Dr. Brantly being released other than the statement that it's sometime "in the future."

He wasn't aware of the 7-week period that recovered patients are still contagious. I directed him to the WHO website that says that.

Of course, he said he'd "look into it."

 

[Loon]

Did they ever say how this doctor contracted the Ebola to begin with? Wasn't he using protective measure while treating active Ebola patients? Does his release mean he is cured?

 

[BillyT]

IMO he was the ZMapp guinea pig. He survived and unfortunately for us has given TPTB the green light, now that they have something to save themselves. Maybe run a few more trials just to be sure. That's my tinfoil opinion anyway.

 

[Sleeping Cobra]

"There shouldn't be any"

These are not reassuring words.

 

[Countrymouse]

Did they ever say how this doctor contracted the Ebola to begin with? Wasn't he using protective measure while treating active Ebola patients? Does his release mean he is cured?

Yes, he was wearing ALL the normally-prescribed protective gear, and--per their repeated assertions--was using this gear and all precautionary procedures correctly.

So--no, we DON'T know how he got it.

And---while his release will mean HE is cured, if it's prior to at LEAST a 7-week post-infection period, his fluids will still have LIVE, communicable, virus material in them. (which his immune system is still "in process" of killing / eliminating)

 

[Ellie]

I wonder if this doctor even had Ebola. It seems he was doing fine when he got out of the ambulance. That video alone made me start to question his diagnosis of Ebola. After all the resources and favors to get him to Emory, I doubt anyone would ever admit to an error in diagnosis.

If the PTB admitted a 'bad test result for the doctor', then it would put in public display that even Emory and CDC screw up and the Ebola tests are not all they have been saying to the media.

Just my thoughts, now I will remove my tinfoil.

 

[cmm]

I wonder if this doctor even had Ebola. It seems he was doing fine when he got out of the ambulance. That video alone made me start to question his diagnosis of Ebola. After all the resources and favors to get him to Emory, I doubt anyone would ever admit to an error in diagnosis.

If the PTB admitted a 'bad test result for the doctor', then it would put in public display that even Emory and CDC screw up and the Ebola tests are not all they have been saying to the media.

Just my thoughts, now I will remove my tinfoil.

My thoughts exactly! This case just doesn't pass the "sniff" test. Methinks this is a set-up.

 

[Loon]

What is the lab test for Ebola? Is it a blood draw or just symtoms diagnosis?

 

[2x2]

Very long, comprehensive Ebola site by WHO.

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/


2. How do people become infected with the virus?

In the current outbreak in West Africa, the majority of cases in humans have occurred as a result of human-to-human transmission.

Infection occurs from direct contact through broken skin or mucous membranes with the blood, or other bodily fluids or secretions (stool, urine, saliva, semen) of infected people. Infection can also occur if broken skin or mucous membranes of a healthy person come into contact with environments that have become contaminated with an Ebola patient’s infectious fluids such as soiled clothing, bed linen, or used needles.

More than 100 health-care workers have been exposed to the virus while caring for Ebola patients. This happens because they may not have been wearing personal protection equipment or were not properly applying infection prevention and control measures when caring for the patients. Health-care providers at all levels of the health system – hospitals, clinics, and health posts – should be briefed on the nature of the disease and how it is transmitted, and strictly follow recommended infection control precautions.

WHO does not advise families or communities to care for individuals who may present with symptoms of Ebola virus disease in their homes. Rather, seek treatment in a hospital or treatment centre staffed by doctors and nurses qualified and equipped to treat Ebola virus victims. If you do choose to care for your loved one at home, WHO strongly advises you to notify your local public health authority and receive appropriate training, equipment (gloves and personal protective equipment [PPE]) for treatment, instructions on proper removal and disposal of PPE, and information on how to prevent further infection and transmission of the disease to yourself, other family members, or the community.

Additional transmission has occurred in communities during funerals and burial rituals. Burial ceremonies in which mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased person have played a role in the transmission of Ebola. Persons who have died of Ebola must be handled using strong protective clothing and gloves and must be buried immediately. WHO advises that the deceased be handled and buried by trained case management professionals, who are equipped to properly bury the dead.

People are infectious as long as their blood and secretions contain the virus. For this reason, infected patients receive close monitoring from medical professionals and receive laboratory tests to ensure the virus is no longer circulating in their systems before they return home. When the medical professionals determine it is okay for the patient to return home, they are no longer infectious and cannot infect anyone else in their communities. Men who have recovered from the illness can still spread the virus to their partner through their semen for up to 7 weeks after recovery. For this reason, it is important for men to avoid sexual intercourse for at least 7 weeks after recovery or to wear condoms if having sexual intercourse during 7 weeks after recovery.

 

[Waz1152]

One report states that the body fluids still carry the virus, so if he has sex with his wife for instance, she could get infected, for at least 21 days after exposure, will they be monitoring his family for three moths, or just think all is well
Something smelly about this sa stated about fluids and even if he had it at all, a good stunt to allay ppls fears, give them this and let the sheep go back to sleep

 

[2x2]

If someone is THAT addicted to sex that he would EVEN think of risking his wife and children's health and future, well maybe the gene pool would be better off without morons in it. Sheesh!