Nurse infected with Ebola is Asian American
We seriously need to shut down flights coming in from Africa, for now. What is the problem? Do you want World War 3? Against the modern day Bubonic plague? Get with it and stop putting the American people at risk!!
The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person to die of the virus in the U.S. has been identified as 26-year-old Nina Pham.
Health officials have not released the nurse’s name, but Yahoo News identified Pham through public records and a state nursing database.
Today, Pham’s family confirmed her identity to local Dallas ABC News affiliate WFAA.
Pham, a critical care nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, is one of at least 50 people who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last Wednesday.
Pham has been in isolation since late Friday. The CDC confirmed her Ebola diagnosis on Sunday. It is the first time the deadly virus has been transmitted in the United States.
The Dallas resident is a 2010 graduate of Texas Christian University and has been a nurse since June 2010, according to state records.
The CDC director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, said Pham is in stable condition at Texas Health Presbyterian. An unidentified person Pham had close contact with last week is also being monitored, but Frieden said that individual has shown no symptoms of Ebola.
Investigators have not determined how Pham specifically contracted the disease from Duncan, who died on his 10th day of intensive care at the hospital.
Tom Ha, a longtime friend of Pham’s family, told the Dallas Morning News that it is in the nurse’s genes to go out of her way to assist others.
In addition to retraining in infection control, other immediate changes at Texas Health Presbyterian include a buddy system so Ebola caregivers spot one another while dressing and undressing in protective gear. The type and amount of protective gear is being reviewed to see if the removal might be too cumbersome and prone for mistakes. The number of health care workers treating an Ebola patient will be reduced as will the number of repetitive procedures, both of which might help reduce the risk of worker exposure. Staff will also wear respiratory protection in an Ebola patient’s room when carrying out procedures that increase exposure to bodily fluids.
Dallas Animal Services removed Bentley, Pham’s Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, to an undisclosed location where it will be cared for. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told WFAA that Bentley would not be euthanized like Excalibur, the dog belonging to a Spanish nurse with Ebola.
Sad!!!
via www.yahoo.com
A Nurse infected with Ebola is Asian American! 🙁 We seriously need to shut down flights coming in from Africa, for now. What is the problem? Do you want World War 3? Against the modern day Bubonic plague? Get with it and stop putting the American people at risk!!
The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person to die of the virus in the U.S. has been identified as 26-year-old Nina Pham. Health officials have not released the nurse’s name, but Yahoo News identified Pham through public records and a state nursing database. Today, Pham’s family confirmed her identity to local Dallas ABC News affiliate WFAA. Pham, a critical care nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, is one of at least 50 people who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last Wednesday.
We need to tighten and enforce border control and immigration!! 🙁 Obama is doing the worst job imaginable when it comes to these issues. Governor Perry of Texas was right in his frustration and fury over this matter! I know of so many “Illegal Immigrants” who are living in this Country and they are taking full advantage. They bring foreign germs with them that spread like wildfire because they entered the Country Illegally and as such escaped any medical examinations! Now do you finally get why we are against Illegal Immigration??? The light is on but no one is ever home! Enough is enough!! 🙁
Canada and Switzerland are great Countries! You would never find their Governments allowing this to happen to its Citizens!
Contagion
If I see Gwyneth Paltrow in one more movie where she acts like she is British=I think I am going to puke. In case you have schizophrenia, you are a Jewish girl from LA and New York; hardly a Brit! We all get it-you want to pretend that you are English. The accent is so fake! I lived in London for a year while studying and really hardly anyone speaks that way unless of course you watch Masterpiece Theater! 🙁
A Nurse infected with Ebola is Asian American! 🙁 We seriously need to shut down flights coming in from Africa, for now. What is the problem? Do you want World War 3? Against the modern day Bubonic plague? Get with it and stop putting the American people at risk!!
The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first person to die of the virus in the U.S. has been identified as 26-year-old Nina Pham. Health officials have not released the nurse’s name, but Yahoo News identified Pham through public records and a state nursing database. Today, Pham’s family confirmed her identity to local Dallas ABC News affiliate WFAA. Pham, a critical care nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, is one of at least 50 people who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan before he died last Wednesday.
We need to tighten and enforce border control and immigration!! 🙁 Enough is enough! Obama is doing the worst job imaginable when it comes to these issues. Governor Perry of Texas was right in his frustration and fury over this matter! I know of so many “Illegal Immigrants” who are living in this Country and they are taking full advantage. They bring foreign germs with them that spread like wildfire because they entered the Country Illegally and as such escaped any medical examinations! Now do you finally get why we are against Illegal Immigration??? The light is on but no one is home! Enough is enough!! 🙁
Second Dallas health care worker infected with deadly Ebola virus. More than 70 hospital staffers are being monitored for symptoms.
SOURCE:
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-diagnosed-in-second-dallas-nurse-105542930.html
Ebola-Kelly Files
Ebola scare! A second Texas health care worker who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has become infected with the deadly disease, health officials announced early Wednesday.
The hospital employee reported a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, officials said. The woman’s name, age, and position have not released. “This is a heroic person, a person who has dedicated her life to helping others and is a servant leader,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said during a press conference.
The woman was among 76 hospital workers who cared for Duncan, a Liberian citizen who died from Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian a week ago.
SOURCE:
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-diagnosed-in-second-dallas-nurse-105542930.html