e-bola: Goin’ Internet-y (September 22, 2014)
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C “Some Internet postings go viral; some viruses go Internet-y. e-bola is spreading as quickly as an e-mail attachment or a YouTube video.”
Doc “Scary.”
C “When a small minor localized flu outbreak occurs even in a large major metropolitan region with a variety of medical facilities, the health care system quickly borders on collapse.”
Doc “Scary.”
C “e-bola has hit the ‘Reply All’ button rather than the ‘Reply’ button.”
Doc “Scary.”
C “So how are you health care pros planning to handle an outbreak?”
Doc “We are pretending to plan.”
C “Scary.”
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[For more information, see http://prosperouswaydown.com/4s-surge-capacity/.%5D
Bumper stickers of the week:
When you are down and out, lift up your head and shout: “Oh shit.”
I’d rather be rich and happy than poor and sick.
e-commentary 
September 24, 2014 at 5:26 am
Reply-all- that would be the R0 (R-naught) greater than 1.5. What I didn’t say in that article–the nurses (and many of the physicians too) are old and tired. We recognize that the system is in no way ready–planning is a pretense. What may happen to many of us in healthcare when this bad bug lands on our shores will be a sense of hopelessness, and many may say, “I’m too old for this.”