I remember going to our high school gym with my mother and brother to take the dose. It seemed strange to be given a sugar cube. Each year we would be given a card to fill with dimes for the March Of Dimes. I remember the children on the posters who had polio. There were a few children in my school who had polio. It was a really scary time.
Now we have Ebola. I feel badly for the hospital here in Dallas that treated Thomas Eric Duncan. Many blame the hospital for how it reacted when he first came to be treated there. How could they have know what to do since this wasn't a common illness here? They didn't have a plan set in place to deal with this issue. There was a miscommunication between the original data taken and then given to the doctor. I felt bad for his family and the others who were exposed. People reacted badly to the news. It reminds me when AIDs first was reported. People didn't know what to expect or how to deal with it all. Hopefully we will get our act together and do better now.
And it's wonderful to see a post by you. Hope you come around more often.
hello dearheart, I was trying to answer while holding onto one of my pets who was not behaving....but now, two hands. I love your story about this historical event. I am also impressed about the concern you extend to the folks in Dallas with the poor man who passed, the others who became ill and to offer a perspective on the hospital where this tragedy occurred. Those poor people were left in the lurch as far as I can tell, given inadequate information etc. I can so relate because I lost a friend to AIDS. He received infected blood right before testing was begun. Thank you so much for writing to me--I am here, still reading and now I'm a retired (and frequently pooped) person... getting my house in order, whatever that means. I adore my cyber penpals no doubt about it.
Now we have Ebola. I feel badly for the hospital here in Dallas that treated Thomas Eric Duncan. Many blame the hospital for how it reacted when he first came to be treated there. How could they have know what to do since this wasn't a common illness here? They didn't have a plan set in place to deal with this issue. There was a miscommunication between the original data taken and then given to the doctor. I felt bad for his family and the others who were exposed. People reacted badly to the news. It reminds me when AIDs first was reported. People didn't know what to expect or how to deal with it all. Hopefully we will get our act together and do better now.
And it's wonderful to see a post by you. Hope you come around more often.
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