Quote:I would suspect they didn't have the kind of equipment the CDC does here in the states.  Even the container they were sending over to transport them back to the US was state of the art. 

 

You are correct. Hospital workers in the areas affected by the current Ebola outbreak have very little with which to protect themselves. Even latex/nitrile gloves are in short supply. I've no doubt the two patients they are bringing back were aware of what precautions must be taken, they just did not have the means to take them.

 

I do not dispute that the virus can get into this country. It's not just the Mexican border that's vulnerable. But it is not lax to presume the folks at Emory and the CDC aren't equipped to handle these two patients in particular.

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