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Angie Vasa

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
111 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Yeah, so right now we have 18 individuals who have been with us since May 11th, and all of our individuals remain well.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

So with quarantine, we were providing monitoring and observation for the potential development of symptoms, and then if those symptoms develop, they would be

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

moved over to our biocontainment unit, which is in our hospital.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

And so thus far, all of our guests remain well.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

I think, you know, like most folks that would be in a quarantine situation, people get a little bit stir crazy after a few days.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

And so our focus right now on this phase of response is really maintaining mental and physical stimulation opportunities.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

And so we're really focusing on making sure we're supporting holistically what they need to sustain

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Their time here with us, which was, you know, proposed to be 42 days for the full incubation period.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Yes.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

No, it isn't.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

It's definitely a blend of both.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

So each individual has their own room.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

And so it's interesting in that we have our rooms set up.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

They are all along the outer wall of our floor so that every room has natural sunlight, access to the windows so you can see out of the building.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Each of the rooms has exercise equipment, so either a treadmill or a bike, free weights, a yoga mat, a yoga ball, some stair stepper blocks.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Each of the rooms are at least 300 square feet, and they have a full-size bed, en suite bathroom.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

So

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Kind of what you would expect from a hotel.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

But then we layered in engineering controls so all of the rooms have negative pressure so that no airborne particles can escape out into the hallway.

Science Friday
Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

The hallway is also negative pressure to the general space.

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