I don't believe anyone here is doing that. They do, however, revile the conceited idiots who decided to bring the man back HERE carrying a deadly contagion for which we have no cure.Except that he didn't go to play, but rather to treat them. The people there don't have the luxury of hiding behind an ocean from this disease, as the initial transmission stages from the environment are located near them. This man is no different from many doctors who have suffered or died helping their patients, but I'll be darned if he isn't the first I've seen being reviled for his bravery in doing so.
I've risked my life for others more than once, and would do it again. Don't turn this into some kind of sacrificial lamb event. It's not. It's a reckless tragedy at best. There's always some cause for bleeding hearts to get behind. You can't save the world. I'd nuke that whole area where the outbreak is to save our country from a outbreak.Those who would never risk anything (including their lives) to save another human being should never be expected to understand the actions of those that would. Compassion eludes their darkened hearts and they understand little beyond their own self-preservation. They are to be pitied. These two American aid workers understand the value of human life. They understand human suffering. They understand this because they know the value that God places on the individual. They answered a call to serve others in need that God placed on their lives (their own words). The fact that they answered a call to help total strangers an ocean away only magnifies the power of God to transform people. A 'normal' person would only think of preserving their own health from the relative safety of home.
I don't know how it will all end but I will say that I am only slightly surprised at some of the sentiments expressed here. It's very illuminating.
As a side note ... Ebola does not have a 100% mortality rate as some here seem to believe. In outbreaks with more than 100 cases it has been as low as 34% and as high as 90%. People survive. That is why these two Americans are being brought here. To give them the best chance of surviving.
...as high as 90%...
I don't believe anyone here is doing that. They do, however, revile the conceited idiots who decided to bring the man back HERE carrying a deadly contagion for which we have no cure.
Aerosolized filoviruses are highly infectious for laboratory animals, and have been spread accidentally to health care workers through aerosols generated during medical procedures (see below). However, epidemiologic studies have shown that these agents rarely, if ever, spread from person to person by the respiratory route.
Similarly, when a patient with unrecognized Ebola hemorrhagic fever was treated in a South African hospital in 1998, only one person became infected among 300 potentially exposed health care workers [50,51].
Have we lost our minds!!!!
Per the article this marks the 1st time someone with Ebola is believed to have been brought into the country for treatment.
A 2nd American will **ALSO** with Ebola is also coming.
WTF!!!!
"We've got the best facilities in the world to deal with this stuff," said Kevin Whalen, who lives in Decatur, Ga., and has no connection to Emory or the CDC. "With the resources we can throw at it, it's the best chance this guy has for survival. And it's probably also the best chance to develop treatments and cures and stuff that we can take back overseas so that it doesn't come back here."
no, but you have.
This guy gets it, shame you don't
Even the best safety protocols can fail. People won't trust the government with cleaning a cat's litter box but they will trust the government to keep a disease with no known cure contained. Where's the logic there?
Not too surprising, we have our share of aholes.This Dr. answered a calling, serving others in their time of need. Now it's his time of need, it's disheartening to see some of the vile responses.
Yes, everything can fail, nothing is perfect. And yet the world still turns.
"The government" as an entity making mistakes is different than professionals facing potential contamination with an incurable disease. If we only did things that had zero risk our population would be zero in a generation (no sex)
He has been ill for over a week. The fact that he's walking in his second week is a great prognostic sign for him surviving. This is pure speculation, but I suspect his symptoms are improving or at least stable and they feel he can survive if given full support. If he was bleeding out from hemorrhagic shock they would not have transported him.
Some of you guys live in La la land. You believe that greater good bs. The guy is no hero. Sorry not a hero at all.
a person, typically a man, who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
Was Mother Teresa? Just wondering what your cutoff for hero status is.
definition of hero:
Do you agree with that definition? I admire him for his courage to go into that hellhole and treat those with this awful illness. Seems rather outstanding and noble.
Some of you guys live in La la land. You believe that greater good bs. The guy is no hero. Sorry not a hero at all.