Due to the fact that half the kids in Finn's school seem to be related to personnel at the QEQM Hospital, it has now been revealed that the Liberian man did not have Ebola - but some other virus. While the nurse involved had quick on the spot training, in fact other nurses have been trained up to deal with Ebola during the last few months. Interesting. Our visitor Filip, a pharmacist, thinks people are getting over-anxious about it. Perhaps he is right, but the statement by Margaret Chan about the extent of the disease is not especially reassuring. However, it appears that Thanet is safe for the time-being.
I must confess, that I am a tiny bit disturbed about having a pharmacist in the house - it puts us that bit closer to the path of transmission. If someone comes into the chemist to talk to him about feeling ill and what can they get for it... transmission is difficult - but apparently it has spread through sweat in Africa - people jammed into minibuses - rubbing up against each other. I didn't think things passed through skin...but perhaps there's more to it than that. I can see that the English are going to stop kissing their chums soon! We will return to our buttoned-up hysterical selves.
I must confess, that I am a tiny bit disturbed about having a pharmacist in the house - it puts us that bit closer to the path of transmission. If someone comes into the chemist to talk to him about feeling ill and what can they get for it... transmission is difficult - but apparently it has spread through sweat in Africa - people jammed into minibuses - rubbing up against each other. I didn't think things passed through skin...but perhaps there's more to it than that. I can see that the English are going to stop kissing their chums soon! We will return to our buttoned-up hysterical selves.
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