Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, October 30, 2014, 5:58 PM
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Stanford doctor in voluntary quarantine
Original post made on Oct 31, 2014
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, October 30, 2014, 5:58 PM
Comments (5)
Posted by v latham
a resident of another community
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:22 am
a resident of another community
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:22 am
Im very proud of this doctors willingness to not take chances with the people in his community. The nurse in maine out to be fired and not allowed to be a nurse again. She more than anyone should know she may still end up with the virus after testing negative. Shes playing with the lives of the people that live around her. All healthcare workers coming here should be quarantined, voluntarily or not. I couldnt imagine putting anyone at risk if that were me.
Posted by Tunbridge Wells
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 31, 2014 at 9:07 am
Tunbridge Wells is a registered user.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 31, 2014 at 9:07 am
Tunbridge Wells is a registered user.
The science is very clear on how Ebola is transmitted. A 21-day quarantine is excessive. Ebola is not measles. It doesn't spread through the air. The only way to get Ebola is to have direct physical contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has Ebola.
A mandatory quarantine, of the type the state of Maine is trying to impose on the nurse referred to above, is counter-productive. Such a quarantine discourages our skilled medical personnel from going to those countries in West Africa that desperately need our help. Those countries had a very poor health care infrastructure to begin with, and now it's simply overwhelmed, and our best chance to end the epidemic is to stop it there. A needless quarantine just makes that even harder. It is a stupid decision made out of fear, not out of understanding the science.
Posted by science
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 31, 2014 at 9:20 am
a resident of Atherton: other
on Oct 31, 2014 at 9:20 am
"It is a stupid decision made out of fear, not out of understanding the science"
Thank you. Friggin' media and fear mongering drives me crazy.
+1
Posted by Janice
a resident of another community
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:52 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:52 pm
Whatever the "science" says, I applaud Dr. Bucks for going above & beyond to assure the community of his continuing heroic selflessness.
The established medical community, CDC & Doctors Without Borders seem only concerned with "their own" & those afflicted with Ebola in African Hot Zones. Some of these Ebola experts have lost empathy & understanding for the "uninformed" public.
Is there a Dr. Bucks Website the public can log onto or contribute? How about a Netflix Gift certificate? Can the public contribute to some need of his family while he's away from them? What about contributing to a post-quarantine blowout party?
Thank you Dr. Bucks for caring about Africans AND Americans in Ebola containment efforts.
Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:54 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Oct 31, 2014 at 4:54 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Janice - What a GREAT post. Thanks.
Let's start a fund for Dr. Bucks and his family - how can I help?
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