Ebola virus

My problem is that there are no real numbers of front line NHS staff who are experienced in dealing with Ebola. The comments that are being uttered by Senior NHS Management are blatantly aimed at reassuring the General Public with language that could be used to a dim witted individual, which unfortunately seems to be the standard practice of Governments and Authorities over the decades and is still continuing.
When I saw the supposedly "reassuring" clips on the News of the proposed methods and equipment going to be used to stop further infection and the quarantining of infected patients I was not reassured. They are proposing to use old Wards in certain Hospitals and when one Government official commenting on the methods compared complacently, and stupidly, Ebola to Flu I was stunned. His "belief" that the protective clothing and protocols for pandemic Flu was adequate for Ebola showed how under educated, ignorant and unaware the Authorities are.
The present incidents in Spain and now America where members of the team looking after the infected patient have themselves been infected underlines the fact that care, prevention of further spread of infection, protocols, proper protective clothing and equipment, aren't being managed or thought through by the Authorities trying to stop panic.
When members of the Care Team are allowed to either just go home, visit friends, mingle with the Public, get on a plane and travel after being in immediate contact with an infected person it shows that the Authorities have no real appreciation of the seriousness of Ebola and it's ability to spread.
None of the protocols when discarding used protective clothing or ensuring that Staff are totally protected when in the quarantine area seems to be working. Also there doesn't seem to be a method of secondary containment area, when a member of staff leaves a quarantined area where the patient is, so that safe discarding of clothing can be done without further spreading of the virus. They appear to be discarding the clothing in an ordinary room adjacent to the quarantine area with the clothing being put in a plastic bin and hopefully incinerated.
While this sounds harsh it also means that all members of the dedicated Caring Team should be isolated during the treatment of the patient, live in a properly isolated area where infection protocols are carried out strictly. Then, and only then, after the treatment is finished and a suitable time elapsed can the team be considered to be free from infection and safe to mingle with family, friends and the Public. I think that any person brave enough to be in a Medical Caring Team dealing with Ebola would/must realise that they could potentially be infected despite all the protective clothing and protocols and would need to be working and living in a quarantined area themselves whilst caring for the patient.

 

I did say that it would seem harsh. But when balancing the spread of Ebola into countries and cities and the uncontrollable devastation it would bring because we always hesitate, procrastinate, and apply the EU Human Rights Bill......which Ebola hasn't signed up to.....then we have to apply emergency laws to control the spread. Also, we're talking about people who are special enough to volunteer for such a dangerous task. So I disagree that they wouldn't recognise the need for them to work in quarantine and also live in quarantine until they've finished caring for the patient.
We cannot talk, communicate, treaty or bargain with this Virus or think that the opportunities presented to it by, in the Western World, our lack of knowledge, initial lack of recognition of the dangers combined with repeated slow reactions and thoughts of "It's Africa's problem, not ours" etc, it will just politely fade away. In this world of ours of easy transport where thousands of aircraft are carrying tens of thousands of passengers into every country of the world every hour.
The only "check" to see if an incoming passenger is infected is Temperature Scanner being passed over the ear area, this surge of Ebola needs only one person to carry it and mingle with over a short period of time with crowds for it to spread expansively.
I'm not trying to panic people but actually get a recognition of the seriousness of the situation and the Virus. If it doesn't spread easily then why have persons wearing the proper protective clothing and using protocols designed to ensure that they are being protected, being infected??

We're looking at over 4, 456 dead, nearly 10,000 infected, with the real front line Doctors forecasting up to 10,000 new infections per week in the following week.