Showing posts with label Zach Noble. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zach Noble. Show all posts

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Increased gov't spending leading the way

November 27, 2014 Economic Growth , Economy 0 Comments
Third-Quarter Economic Numbers Are In--And They’re Not What Analysts Expected

Zach Noble, Nov. 25, 2014, The Blaze

In the third quarter of 2014, the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.9 percent, according to revised figures in a Bureau of Economic Analysis report released Tuesday morning.

As Business Insider noted, the initial estimate of third-quarter GDP growth was 3.5 percent, and analysts expected the revision to actually bring that figure down to 3.3 percent.

Instead, it jumped up dramatically — but the forces driving that jump were mixed.

Read more: www.theblaze.com


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Monday, October 13, 2014

Properly worn?

October 13, 2014 Ebola , Maria Teresa Romero Ramos 0 Comments
Texas Nurse Who Contracted Ebola Was Wearing A Protective Suit

By Zach Noble, Oct. 12, 2014, Theblaze.com

As news erupted Sunday morning that a female nurse in Texas had been infected with Ebola, perhaps the most frightening part of the story was the revelation that she came in contact with the first U.S. Ebola patient during his second hospital visit — meaning she didn’t catch the virus unawares, before health workers knew the man had Ebola.

Rather, she was fully dressed in a protective suit — gown, gloves, mask and shield — when she interacted with the man who since died of his Ebola infection.

But the case in Texas is not the first time that protective suits have failed in the developed world.

Spanish health worker Maria Teresa Romero Ramos, the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa, was also wearing full protective gear when the virus was transmitted to her in a Madrid hospital.

The important question: Why do these protective suits keep failing?

The short answer might be “human error.”

In Ramos’ case, the Spanish health worker admitted that she may have removed her suit incorrectly, touching her own face as she took it off.

In the case of the Texas nurse, it remains to be seen how she contracted the virus — but Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Sunday that the CDC would investigate safety protocol breaches at Texas Presbyterian hospital, specifically examining how health workers removed their protective gear after treating the first U.S. Ebola patient.


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