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TexasTowelie

(111,829 posts)
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:54 PM Oct 2014

Perry offers Ebola advice to New York officials

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry is trying to make sure New York does not make the same mistakes as Texas in dealing with its first confirmed case of Ebola.

Perry’s office said he has called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to share the initial findings of his infectious disease task force and urge them to ensure that proper protocols are followed by hospitals and those monitoring potential contacts.

Of course, Texas struggled in both of those areas after a 42-year-old Liberian man showed up at a Dallas hospital last month. A undetermined “breach in protocol” led two nurses to contract the deadly disease from the man before he died, sparking a panic. Both nurses were declared free of the virus this week, and one of them, Nina Pham, met with President Barack Obama on Friday.

Like in Texas, New York’s case is a man who recently came to the United States from West Africa. Unlike in Texas, it is an American doctor who was there to treat Ebola patients.

Read more: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2014/10/perry-offers-ebola-advice-to-new-york-officials/

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Perry offers Ebola advice to New York officials (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2014 OP
#1: Make sure you're triage and doctor data systems talk to each other; JHB Oct 2014 #1
My first thought was bpositive Oct 2014 #2
Yes, I understand what you mean TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #3
Hmmmm LeftInTX Oct 2014 #4
'Don't Do What I Did', Sir, Would Seem About The Limit Of His Useful Contribution In This.... The Magistrate Oct 2014 #5
+1 nt WhiteAndNerdy Oct 2014 #7
Repubs lately seem to get all their advice... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #6
Whatever Texas did, do the opposite still_one Oct 2014 #8
Wear special anti Ebola glasses? hibbing Oct 2014 #9
did they call Bush during HUrricane Sandy also ? JI7 Oct 2014 #10

JHB

(37,148 posts)
1. #1: Make sure you're triage and doctor data systems talk to each other;
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:59 PM
Oct 2014

#2: make sure it's a white guy so he won't be dismissed so quickly;
#3: ... ... is... ... It's not coming to me. Oops.

TexasTowelie

(111,829 posts)
3. Yes, I understand what you mean
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 12:14 AM
Oct 2014

but I would have probably opted for either the Humor group or the Lounge if that were the case.

The Magistrate

(95,241 posts)
5. 'Don't Do What I Did', Sir, Would Seem About The Limit Of His Useful Contribution In This....
Sat Oct 25, 2014, 12:21 AM
Oct 2014

"What a nimrod! What a ultra-maroon!"

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