tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post2507934780192183750..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Deadly Dumbing DownAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-21177689417008166312014-10-07T03:40:05.238-05:002014-10-07T03:40:05.238-05:00From Dallas Senior Center Workers Quarantined Afte...From <a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/06/dallas-senior-center-workers-quarantined-after-ebola-exposure/" rel="nofollow">Dallas Senior Center Workers Quarantined After Ebola Exposure</a>:<br /><br /><i>DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – CBS 11 News has learned that two of the four acquaintances closest to Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan are employed at a North Dallas residence facility. </i><br /><br />Is this why? <a href="http://www.georgianewsday.com/news/regional/293031-texas-ebola-patient-s-friend-has-been-told-he-can-return-to-work-as-nursing-assistant.html" rel="nofollow">Texas Ebola patient's friend has been told he can return to work as nursing assistant</a>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-47476352809254836262014-10-07T03:32:13.603-05:002014-10-07T03:32:13.603-05:00Duck,
A staph infection on top of EV D68?Duck,<br />A staph infection on top of EV D68?Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-12491699216198971602014-10-06T22:26:56.517-05:002014-10-06T22:26:56.517-05:00There has been one confirmed death from the virus....There has been one confirmed death from the virus.<br /><br />Three other deaths haven't been definitively attributed to the virus. In the case of he girl who died i Rhode Island the cause of death is considered to be a staph infection rather than enterovirus.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88895751931315866172014-10-06T22:21:21.256-05:002014-10-06T22:21:21.256-05:00Brooks Bros?
I'm guessing Armani, FT.Brooks Bros?<br /><br />I'm guessing Armani, FT.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-64407577287736600222014-10-06T21:18:21.143-05:002014-10-06T21:18:21.143-05:00Many sock puppet, nonexistent thought.
Courios...Many sock puppet, nonexistent thought. <br /><br />Couriosity dead. Lemmings, sea of ignorance.<br /><br />Blame it on the bi-racial guy elected by an American majority.<br /><br />Rock on fringies.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-34991249170383324152014-10-06T17:37:18.733-05:002014-10-06T17:37:18.733-05:00HOW DOES THIS MAKE GOOD SENSE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALT...<b>HOW DOES THIS MAKE GOOD SENSE FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH?</b> See <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dallas-ebola-patient-fighting-life-another-headed-nebraska-060837593.html" rel="nofollow">U.S. working on new screenings for Ebola but no travel ban</a> -- <b>SAYS OBAMA</b>.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-28272674847372846022014-10-06T17:17:16.074-05:002014-10-06T17:17:16.074-05:00I'm reminded of Jodie Foster's line in The...I'm reminded of Jodie Foster's line in <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>: "FBI, you're safe!" and the hostage's appropriate response (Look it up for yourself). <br /><br />Of course, the hostage was not safe because Clarice Starling didn't know where the murderer was or the layout of the murderer's house.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-87670537698665790432014-10-06T17:11:06.746-05:002014-10-06T17:11:06.746-05:00Duck,
It may well be that the worst thing we can d...Duck,<br /><i>It may well be that the worst thing we can do is assume that we can quarantine the disease and not take precautions.</i><br /><br />I agree.<br /><br />My view: quarantine, including banning flights from the Ebola Hot Zone, <b>and</b> take precautions.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68826414379830127472014-10-06T16:52:10.509-05:002014-10-06T16:52:10.509-05:00Now that it is in metropolitan areas with limited ...Now that it is in metropolitan areas with limited health facilities the spread may become geometric.<br />I'm surprised that Nigeria and other bordering nations have apparently been able to limit exposure.<br /><br />It may well be that the worst thing we can do is assume that we can quarantine the disease and not take precautions.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52382370609300016672014-10-06T16:36:39.422-05:002014-10-06T16:36:39.422-05:00Comment from the link that Jim left earlier today:...Comment from the link that Jim left earlier today:<br /><br /><b><i>The way Ebola epidemics have always burned themselves out in the past is through difficulty of movement the afflicted populations faced. You might see a group in a remote village that was devastated by the outbreak but travel by foot is slow and they would die before spreading it to other groups. This time, major city centers are affected and the numbers will continue to climb. Add air travel and the disease has gone worldwide. We have to slow down its movement. </i></b>Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-35817076778782305212014-10-06T16:34:01.519-05:002014-10-06T16:34:01.519-05:00My hospital, has provided zero training for an ebo...My hospital, has provided zero training for an ebola incident. Yes, I am at a major regional powerhouse. <br /><br />And now - a nurse who was part of the team which cared for the Spanish priest who was brought back to Spain - has ebola.<br /><br />Of course, the ANA (American Nurses Association) has put out a press release blathering about R.N.s reassuring the public about Ebola.<br /><br />Here is the deal. Ebola is not the flu. Stay home, drink fluids, and get rest. Nope. Ebola kills the host or weakens and can cause incomparable damage to the host. Our miracle drug supply is pretty well depleted. Might as well just take a lil' Vitamin C for your Ebola. I believe adults can handle the truth. And adults can decide if it is time to panic. I am an R.N. in the Dallas market. I have a very, very healthy fear of Ebola.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-32025842572204424442014-10-06T16:20:15.982-05:002014-10-06T16:20:15.982-05:00Jon,
It's not merely a matter of what is taugh...Jon,<br />It's not merely a matter of what is taught, but <b>what "sticks"</b>! For something "to stick," <b>effective</b> teaching must occur.<br /><br />Many times, it seems to me that our education system, for all its bragging about critical thinking, actually destroys children's natural curiosity and natural learning process. I've analyzed the latter quite a bit via neurology, and a plethora of teaching mistakes are being made -- specifically relating to the corpus collosum.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-3971332982237428202014-10-06T16:15:53.336-05:002014-10-06T16:15:53.336-05:00Z,
What do Americans believe? Probably that "...Z,<br />What do Americans believe? Probably that <i>"the first child to die from it"</i>.<br /><br />Apparently, many have sickened and recovered, but I don't know how long those recoveries took or if respiratory systems were permanently damaged.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-20326561657314625302014-10-06T16:12:02.188-05:002014-10-06T16:12:02.188-05:00Duck,
We have a portion of the population getting ...Duck,<br /><i>We have a portion of the population getting their news from TMZ and Access Hollywood </i><br /><br />Indeed. Pathetic, really.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-90655997498149366872014-10-06T16:10:49.084-05:002014-10-06T16:10:49.084-05:00Duck,
In the Helen Keller unit that I did with mid...Duck,<br />In the Helen Keller unit that I did with middle schoolers, I mentioned only a few of Keller's ideas about politics and sociology; after all, the points of the unit weren't biography <i>per se</i> but rather other themes which I specifically emphasized (overcoming adversity and tough love, the latter relating to Annie Sullivan, of course). <br /><br />On the other hand, with the high school, I made specific mention of some Leftist ideas that Helen Keller found enchanting.<br /><br />Just sayin'.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-46190804787431397082014-10-06T15:46:52.199-05:002014-10-06T15:46:52.199-05:00The Obama Administration is inept. Obama himself h...The Obama Administration is inept. Obama himself has a weird fascination with Africa and doesn't want it to be wiped out by a disease capable of killing half the people on the planet. Nobody wants any of that but as President of the United States, it's high time for his fascination to be tempered with a strong dose of reality.<br />Even when they try to do something evil, they usually F-it up -- the gang that can't shoot straight are Marxist to the core, pro-Islamist, and gender-confused to the point that they need to be hospitalized rather than running a country. Then there's poor senile old Slow Joe Biden, a heartbeat away from the presidency.Thom*noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-59471313412512979702014-10-06T14:59:44.067-05:002014-10-06T14:59:44.067-05:00Probably didn't cover her support for Margaret...Probably didn't cover her support for Margaret Sanger either.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23367227339521182302014-10-06T14:48:35.381-05:002014-10-06T14:48:35.381-05:00Simply because we are not concerned with much beyo...Simply because we are not concerned with much beyond our own creature comforts. Victims of comfort.<br /><br />Yes, Liberia is intertwined with our history. I was taken by how little attention the death of "Baby Doc" Duvalier received or the sorry history of our involvement in Haiti, an island that was critical to our gaining freedom from England. But that isn't taught either.<br /><br />Until we have more students like the ones in Colorado who protested the dumbing down of their AP history we aren't going to have an educated populace.<br /><br />@z -- Blindfolding the children and having them identify from touch a classmate...etc. I'm afraid we don't teach anything of that sort anymore<br />-----<br />How can we? Can you map that experience to a standardized test?<br />No, then pitch it out.<br />The right has to take some responsibility for this situation.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6449470119558123132014-10-06T14:42:22.876-05:002014-10-06T14:42:22.876-05:00Preschool is a good time for it. You didn't ha...Preschool is a good time for it. You didn't have to go into the fact that she was a brilliant mind and a socialist.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58201326077184844212014-10-06T14:41:06.547-05:002014-10-06T14:41:06.547-05:00Cable media? It's probably worse than that. We...Cable media? It's probably worse than that. We have a portion of the population getting their news from TMZ and Access HollywoodDucky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-48367403384401196732014-10-06T13:43:09.826-05:002014-10-06T13:43:09.826-05:00AOW,
While this example is significant, it is cer...AOW,<br /><br />While this example is significant, it is certainly not the worst example of ignorance that I've seem, demonstrated by someone alleged to be educated, lately. This seems like something that should have been covered by, at least, the 7th grade. Our children spend 13 years in K-12 so what other than an artificial sense of self-esteem and PC nonsense are they taught? Surely there must be something else but what is it? Thankfully YOU offer an alternative to whatever that is.JonBerghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718776762194333398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-58388672313912255522014-10-06T12:11:52.827-05:002014-10-06T12:11:52.827-05:00"Unlike Ebola, Marburg has already been weapo..."Unlike Ebola, Marburg has already been weaponized..."<br /><br />AOW, from everything I understand, Ebola is not a good agent for a bio-terror weapon. The Soviets attempted this in the late '70's and were unsuccessful. This doesn't mean it can't be done, but the effects would be extremely limited compared to Anthrax.Constitutional Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251746798758539951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-86585236589825561712014-10-06T11:41:25.116-05:002014-10-06T11:41:25.116-05:00Not too off topic, I hope; I found it so odd that...Not too off topic, I hope; I found it so odd that they're now announcing a child has died from Entero Virus....when, we heard the first child had died, then four children were announced dead from it. Today, it's "the first child to die from it"....Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88987833169699527042014-10-06T11:39:07.798-05:002014-10-06T11:39:07.798-05:00another 'rub' is 'did they catch the E...another 'rub' is 'did they catch the Ebola early enough to bother putting him in a special room? Or has damage been done alreadyZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-532063820355776662014-10-06T11:38:31.556-05:002014-10-06T11:38:31.556-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.com