While the CDC can’t seem to decide whether to blame a protocol breach for the spread of the Ebola virus to a nurse in Dallas, there’s another problem at hand: what to do with Ebola waste. Dr. Jeffrey Duchin, chairman of the public health committee for the Infections Disease Society of America, told FoxNews.com, “we have no solution on what to do with the huge amount of waste from the Ebola patients.”
CDC protocols call for possibly infected substances to be sealed in hazardous waste containers until they can be incinerated or chemically sterilized at a licensed facility. Louisiana’s attorney general, though, has said he’ll go to court to block the transportation of waste from Texas to a facility in Louisiana.
Something will have to be decided soon. Any ideas?
Burn it RT @FoxNews: Toxic mess: Agencies at odds over #Ebola-waste disposal http://t.co/vJwNER8CuB pic.twitter.com/1l8UzVUVUr
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) October 13, 2014
@MelissaTweets @kathy_lord @FoxNews burn everything he touched, every space he lived in, burn baby burn
— Nic_O_Tine (@Nic_O_tine) October 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/CarmelaHassan01/status/521764367449075713
@FoxNews @foxnewshealth Atomize it
— Frease Peach (@Kris_The_Goon) October 13, 2014
@MelissaTweets @FoxNews Yucca mountain. The nuclear waste will sterilize it.
— Lord Woodstone (Toss all MAPS out the airlock) (@EricMertz_KC) October 13, 2014
@MelissaTweets @kathy_lord @FoxNews Doesn't this just make you feel safe❓❓#NOPLAN #NOTRUTH ??
— JOYCE V ??? (@JVER1) October 13, 2014
@JVER1 Real safe! Nothing takes better care of you than big gov, especially the O admin. #NOPLAN
— KathyKat (@kathy_lord) October 13, 2014
@MelissaTweets @FoxNews Great example how govt. has created liability & paranoia issues.
— PecosRoyBean ن (@PecosRoyBean) October 13, 2014
Where are they bringing all the contaminated #Ebola hazardous waste? We really need to get sh*t together in the US. #WTFCDC
— Seriously, Jane? (@JaneBeup) October 13, 2014
https://twitter.com/Louisianalady9/status/521659119627825152
https://twitter.com/Raven_Gale/status/521764744055623680
https://twitter.com/VikiWatsonFLR/status/521763725196677120
@LeslieMarshall I say we send all the Ebola waste to D.C. for disposal instead of Louisiana.
— Debbie (@Seahag127) October 13, 2014
@aroadwarrior1 @LeslieMarshall The ebola waste would just blend in with the rest of the filth, nobody would even notice it.
— Debbie (@Seahag127) October 13, 2014
@FoxNews @foxnewshealth Send it to ISIS
— Roger Bouvier (@Pyradisehill) October 13, 2014
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