Ebola on the Rise (blog#3)

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/us-ebola/index.html

An article and video recently posted on CNN.com (link above) titled,

Ebola sparks fear in Ohio, Texas; nurse to be transferred; health officials grilled

In this short video clip, a representative from the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas starts off apologizing for Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan's death after struggling with Ebola. He then continues to describes how mistakes were made while treating Mr. Duncan. Although he praises his team of medical staff by referring to them as "highly skilled," he admits that they made mistakes. First, which was shocking to me, was how this "highly skilled" medical team misdiagnosed Duncan's symptoms and originally believed that his illness was not Ebola. Another mistake was that they apparently released incorrect and misleading information about Duncan, the health care facility, and measures being taken. As of now, two cases of Ebola have been confirmed from the Texas health facility where Duncan resided for his final days alive. Two nurses, Nina Pham, and Amber Vinson, have both contracted the virus. Pham is now being sent to a health institute in Maryland to further help her become well again. Although, I have an issue with her being transported. For starters, she's coming in contact with other healthy staff members of both the transporting team, and the health care workers of the Maryland hospital, further spreading the virus. Also, by entering a new state, the Ebola Virus is now inching closer and closer to our tri-state area. 

In Ohio, one resident has been quarantined and six other residents are monitoring their health in fear of contracting the Ebola virus, after coming in contact with the second nurse, Amber Vinson, who has recently been infected. Schools in Ohio and Texas have shut down in prevention of spreading the virus. I believe that closing the schools and quarantining the individuals that were infected is the best thing health officials can do to attempt the spread of the virus. The less people infected, the better. 

Now, moving back to the video that was released, viewers can see footage of hazmat crews at the apartment of Amber Vinson, the second nurse who contracted the virus. The health official narrating the video doesn't speak of the hazmat crew. To me, the narrating official seems nervous, just by the sound of his voice, which isn't too promising to us. I believe that Texas health officials are now realizing the many mistakes they made while treating Duncan and preventing the spread of the virus.