tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post8586511370653594992..comments2024-01-05T04:52:44.533-08:00Comments on KING'S IN <br>THE <br>FIELD: The Eye of the Storm: Ethical Challenges at the Front Line of an Ebola OutbreakAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03768957026416449788noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-21313891487290527382018-10-25T01:54:40.019-07:002018-10-25T01:54:40.019-07:00This is a great inspiring article.I am pretty much...This is a great inspiring article.I am pretty much pleased with your good work.You put really very helpful information. Keep it up. Keep blogging. Looking to reading your next post. <a href="https://yaldoeyecenter.com" rel="nofollow">Yaldo Eye Center</a><br />John brahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17022175466412097956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-34801580129219414212018-09-01T05:43:15.408-07:002018-09-01T05:43:15.408-07:00I was struck by the parallels with our own partner...I was struck by the parallels with our own partnership.<br /><a href="https://www.mobitairportparking.co.uk/compare-gatwick-parking" rel="nofollow">short stay parking Gatwick</a>Isobe Ltinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401386815234456223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-25152771134638545382014-11-01T04:00:43.285-07:002014-11-01T04:00:43.285-07:00Acetech IT consulting Company in Delhi offer the t...Acetech <a href="http://www.acetechindia.com/it-consulting-services.html" rel="nofollow">IT consulting Company in Delhi </a>offer the technical knowledge and can help your business get the most out of your technology. Why are Acetech <a href="http://www.acetechindia.com/it-consulting-services.html" rel="nofollow">IT consulting services</a> truly the best? Visit Us to find out more.<br />Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04414023777592108747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-55790208161288498132014-07-15T13:26:45.440-07:002014-07-15T13:26:45.440-07:00It’s admirable what you are achieving and what you...It’s admirable what you are achieving and what you are doing in partnership with Kings in Freetown. It was very eye opening to read your blog and raised many issues I didn’t even think about. I am confident that as a team you have done your level best to respond to all the dilemmas you have faced with dignity and care. As a nurse and someone who has spent time in Freetown I can imagine the challenge it has been for you all. Thoughts are with you all! Keep up the amazing work. <br />Hannah Mulvihill<br />hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136151782949539401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-48635310078462172882014-07-14T02:11:16.842-07:002014-07-14T02:11:16.842-07:00Hi Peter,
Thanks for your comments - you're r...Hi Peter,<br /><br />Thanks for your comments - you're right that the risks of the Ebola spreading are more complicated than it may initially seem. Ebola isn't aerosolised (unlike swine flu etc) so you don't have the same threat of it spreading in public places (like public transport or mass gatherings etc). If you have direct contact with body fluids from a person with Ebola though (e.g vomit, diarrhoea, semen) there's a relatively high likelihood that you'll become infected yourself - especially if you don't follow safe practices like hand washing, or wearing protective clothing (like aprons or gloves).<br /><br />As you say, what makes Ebola so dangerous is more the high mortality rate (probably more than 50% in this outbreak) and the lack of a specific cure (although supportive treatments like fluids, and preventive treatments like antibiotics, significantly increase your change of surviving). <br /><br />That doesn't mean that there is no risk of Ebola spreading within and beyond West Africa though - there is the small but tangible risk of sick patients travelling elsewhere and exposing others to the disease. In Europe and the US though, we have strong infection control practices amongst the public and health workers, and excellent disease surveillance and and outbreak response systems, so it's very unlikely that Ebola would spread much further.Oliver Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332066061107019098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-6609611668400889842014-06-14T15:18:45.458-07:002014-06-14T15:18:45.458-07:00Please note I don't have a medical, but rather...Please note I don't have a medical, but rather a communications background. <br /><br />I understand medical staff is at a real risk when treating patients suffering from ebola. I admire the honesty of the article above in highlighting the choices this risk entails.<br />That said. It appears that communication/information issues (partly with historical, social and cultural roots) make this outbreak worse than it could be. In that context, here's my question: is it correct to call ebola virus "highly contagious"?<br /><br />Looking at the transfer to humans, I understand it only takes a minimal exposure to the pathogen to become infected: small in duration and quantity. But wouldn't this rather be called "highly infectious"? <br /><br />Contagious seems to mean communicable, here typically used to denote the virus can transfer from one human to another. Limitations on how communicable ebola virus is, seem to be<br />-it is probably not respiratory/aerosol transmitted, one would need exposure to cited body fluids. Doesn't this mean ebola would compare less communicable to e.g. influenza, measles, SARS?<br />-a person only becomes contagious after displaying symptoms. Doesn't this also makes a difference with a virus that can spread before any symptoms are noted?<br />-people get very sick and have a high chance to die. Doesn't this also limit the chances of transfer?<br /><br />Again, yes, health workers are at a real risk of contamination with a virus that doesn't have a cure and that is often lethal after contamination. Thus laboratory research on Ebola is conducted in the highest safety environment. <br />But calling Ebola "highly contagious" seems to suggest that catching ebola is as easy as getting the flue. <br />As I understand it, in the plainest possible language: it is not thàt easy to get Ebola virus, but you are very likely to lose your life when you do. If Ebola really was "highly contagious", wouldn't we have outbreaks on a very different scale? If I am correct, the human cases of Ebola in Europe and Russia so far were either from lab accidents involving punctures or cuts, or from a necropsy.<br /><br />Why raise this? Suggesting a virus can jump very easily from person to person, could divert attention from the specific means of transmission. It can fuel extra fear and suspicion, possibly making it more difficult to get vital information across or to inspire trust in medical staff.peter mertenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00751196754225510398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-89712623349172603542014-06-05T02:24:33.319-07:002014-06-05T02:24:33.319-07:00I am a medical officer of the Ministry of Health a...I am a medical officer of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation who is currently doing a double masters in international public health and health management...and I could still recall the haphazard way in which the last Cholera outbreak was tackled in my work station at Portloko Government Hospital and the district as a whole...there was so much that we could have done better.Health and emergency preparedness during infectious disease outbreaks and natural disasters as well as a robust disease surveillance system are things we should think seriously aboutAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398918569738418053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-53005134736567298942014-06-05T02:16:19.584-07:002014-06-05T02:16:19.584-07:00Oh I pity health workers both local and internatio...Oh I pity health workers both local and international in trying to contain this Ebola conundrum...indeed one can see the ethical and moral dilemmas surfacing from every angle...but the crux of the matter is that this should serve as a wake up call informing the country as a whole of the potential vulnerability and frailties of our health system...which I believe need some much needed overhaul...but thanks guys for your brilliant and gallant efforts in the face of death...Stay safe and all the bestAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398918569738418053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2360237959698943657.post-70774232020318380732014-06-04T14:27:24.077-07:002014-06-04T14:27:24.077-07:00A brilliant article containing, in your words, man...A brilliant article containing, in your words, many difficult questions with no easy answers. Sounds like everyone at Connaught is doing a tremendous job. Hang in there! SnehaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906965000324803730noreply@blogger.com