October 22, 2014
Ebola Alert
continued
from page 3
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showed symptoms of the dis­
ease after recently travelling.
Both cases proved false for
Ebola, but brought statewide at­
tention to the possibility of the
disease arriving in Oregon, and
brought forth sincere dialogue
from leaders and health experts.
Dr. Paul Cieslak, O regon’s
medical director for acute and
communicable disease preven­
tion, made several statements
focusing on how the disease is
spread - through direct contact
with infected bodily fluids, espe­
cially blood. Ebola, he insisted,
“is not spread by interacting with
someone on a bus or somebody
you see in a grocery store.”
Gov. John Kitzhaber has called
for the state to accelerate Ebola
preparations to ensure public
safety. Other voices, like that of
Dr. Paul Lewis, the Tri-County
Health Officer for the Portland
area, are concerned with the
fear the disease has raised in
local communities.
“What w e’ve learned.. .is that
w e’re probably far more likely
to deal with suspected cases
than real cases,” Lewis said.
protecting our healthcare pro­
viders. We need to continue to
be flexible as we receive new
guidance. In the end, hospitals
and nurses have the same goals
in the face of any Ebola case: To
ensure patients are appropriately
cared for at the right time and
the right place and that all hospi­
tal and clinical staff are safe in
providing that care.”
Although the cases that oc­
curred in Dallas were unex­
pected, there was a gap be­
tween the levels of protection
offered to doctors than what
was offered to nurses. National
Nurses United recited examples
of how Texas Health Presbyte­
rian Hospital in Dallas mishandled
the original Ebola patient’s care,
and how later they placed nurses
in danger without offering them
proper training or personal pro­
tective equipment.
Deborah Burger, co-president
of the Oregon Nurses Associa­
tion, brought up the danger that
other patients might face if they
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were cared for by a nurse who
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was exposed to the disease them­
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selves because o f inadequate
protocols.
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“We want to make sure this
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does not happen ever again,”
Burger said.
Oregon has so far dealt with
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two Ebola scares: a child who
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was ill with a stomach bug on a
flight back from Lagos, Nigeria,
and a woman in Salem who
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Page 5
Many health officials have re­
minded people to get a flu shot
this year to avoid more false
alarms, and the Centers for Dis­
ease Control also encourages
everyone to recognize the flu as
a more serious and pressing risk
to the population than Ebola this
fall.
Although Ebola is a serious
and deadly disease, the flu will
be affecting and ultimately tak­
ing the lives of many more Ameri­
cans this year, and is expected to
be much quicker to spread.
To locate a sliding scale or
low-income flu vaccine in your
a re a ,
v is it
public.health.oregon.gov. O r­
egon has resources available to
vulnerable populations, includ­
ing the elderly, pregnant and
nursing w om en, babies, and
people with immunity deficien­
cies.
Free flu shots will also be
available at the African Am eri­
can Health C oalition’s W ellness
Village, happening on Friday at
the Ambridge Event Center. For
more information, visit aahc-
portland.org.
Hello, long-term
improvements.
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forms from the settlement are
implemented properly and thor­
oughly, they should result in de-
escalation during police contacts
with all Portlanders, according
to people on all sides of the issue.
The coalition calls upon the
members of City Council to re­
ject the proposal, being put forth
by Mayor Hales and Com mis­
sioner Amanda Fritz in the form
of a Council Resolution autho­
rizing the City Attorney to ap­
peal the judgm ent, and further
calls upon the community to at­
tend the City Council hearing at
3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.
22 to oppose the resolution.
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