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Overnight Open Thread (10-27-2014) – Ebola Monday EditionMight as well get the big ole ebola roundup out of the way. Dr. Maetenloch prescribes 1000mg Vitamin C, 10mg Prozac and a glass of wine q.d. Quote of the Day I - And It's That 4th Category That Can Kill You "Our health care authorities are guilty of a combination of stupidity and hubris. They indicate that they believe they know everything there is to know about the science of the way this disease is transmitted, and are arrogant about it. But they don't even know what they don't know." Quote of the Day II - Missing the Point Version "To quarantine everyone, in case, you know, when you cannot predict who may develop Ebola or not, and to make me stay for 21 days, to not be with my family, to put me through this emotional and physical stress, is completely unacceptable," Hickox told Crowley. She added, "I feel like my basic human rights have been violated." Well if we could predict who would develop ebola after possible exposure, there would be no need for any special procedures for people who've worked with Ebola patients in the first place. But because we can't, we have to have this period of isolation known as a 'quarantine'. So far Hickox has tested negative but note that testing negative for ebola is not as definitive as it's been made out to be: The virus builds up in the body as patients get sicker. In fact, people in the early stages of Ebola infection often test negative for the virus, because there's not very much in their blood. A Tale of Two Ebola Research Mishaps The stories of a Russian and an American researcher directly exposed to the ebola virus illustrate lessons learned and lessons not learned. On February 11, 2004, a scientist was injecting a test treatment into laboratory animals (mice) deliberately infected with a mouse-adapted strain of Ebola Zaire, at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases in order to study the disease. She inadvertently stuck herself with the needle. It went right through her bio-safety suit glove and her surgical glove into the soft muscle of her hand. (She was trying to inject the sample into the mouse's belly, whilst holding the mouse in her hand). She was in a Bio Safety Level-4 containment lab at the time, the strictest and most inconvenient of medical precautions. Ebola is Breaching Our Maginot Line Who would have thought the arrival of one ailing Liberian could have uncovered such unpreparedness and incompetence within our health care system? ...Each line of defense was breached, one by one, in ways that have seemed frighteningly careless. Our Maginot Line failed to protect as promised. Through it all there were repeated attempts to reassure us, but as the problems mounted, those confident assurances were exposed. Exhibit A in the CDC's carelessness: If that weren't bad enough, the fourth line of defense was breached: monitoring. How Long Can Ebola Survive on Surfaces? The CDC says just a few hours but researchers say up to 60 days under the right conditions. (Thanks to RD Brewer) Those Ebola Vaccines in Testing Now? You Can Thank Dick Cheney for That Insurers Now Writing "Ebola Exceptions" Into New Policies Can the Government Quarantine Me? Answer: It depends. Which is a yes*. Media Should Stop Lecturing Americans About Their Ebola Concerns More than anything, though, I just want reporters to stop lecturing me about how interest and concern about the deadly Ebola virus means I'm panicking. I'm not panicking. But I'm sure as heck not going to calm down because the same profession that knows little about everything else in the world is telling me that they've totally got this complex viral outbreak down pat. Ebola is a deadly disease but through hard-gained experience we know how to deal with these. But what we can't deal with is ebola mixed with official stupidity and arrogance. And it's the incompetence and haplessness of the authorities along with their refusal to learn from early screw-ups that's unnerved me.
Thomas Frank: We Are Such Losers Frank has a case of the Obama sads after having drunk the kool-aid. Barack Obama survived his re-election, but he is suffering a form of Jimmy Carter's fate nevertheless. The ambiguous idealism of Carter's first run for the presidency was precisely what set the table for his downfall later on. Being a "blank screen" or the personal object of the enthusiasm of millions-these may play well when a candidate is unknown, but they are postures impossible to maintain as president. In both cases, they led inevitably to disappointment and disillusionment. She was captured and beheaded by ISIS during the defense of Kobani. Appearing at a Boston rally for Democrat gubernatorial candidate Martha Coakley on Friday, Hillary Clinton told the crowd gathered at the Park Plaza Hotel not to listen to anybody who says that "businesses create jobs." Girl Scouts Struggling, Membership Plummeting, Facing a Split As CBS News reports, for the second straight year, both youth and adult membership in the Girl Scouts has dropped dramatically. Over the past year, the total youth members and adult volunteers declined by six percent, from 2,994,844 to 2,813,997. The past two years have seen total membership down 11.6 percent, and since 2003, when membership peaked at more than 3.8 million, total membership has plummeted 27 percent. And it's likely to get worse as the organization considers going even more left: However, as Will Doig at The Daily Beast observes, the Girl Scouts is facing a split between those who believe the organization should return to its traditional values and principles and those who want the group to focus on more "global" concerns and issues, such as "female body image" and how to reduce one's carbon footprint. But the alternative American Heritage Girls seem to be growing and thriving. Politicians Order Women into the Infantry Whether they can meet the standards or not. They're a victim of Heinleinian 'bad luck'. Actress Tippi Hedren and her family (including her then-teenage daughter Melanie Griffith) lived with a pet lion named Neil for a while back in the 1970s. Melanie has mentioned this a few times in interviews and her mother says that in retrospect it was a dangerous idea and they were lucky that nothing bad happened. The Yahoo AoSHQ group - it's got electrolytes. And my twitter thang. Tonight's post brought to you by Ava: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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