Looks like they left out us “Southerners”...(there is one in Texas and one in GA.)
Just last night I had a conversation with an ICU nurse at a local hospital. They have received Ebola training and also have a “command center” and protocol in place in case an Ebola patient should be admitted.
I asked her if they would have to shut down the entire ICU as they did in Texas when treating Duncan. She told me they had re-engineered the ICU and changed the air filtering system, so that 2 ICU rooms have their own recycling air (I have no idea what the details of this are.)
Also they had full hazmat training, including taking off gowns, etc. They apray them in a bleach solution before they even begin to take the suits off. Triple gloved, at which point I asked her how to they’d insert an IV with 3 pairs of gloves on...feeling for a vein would be hard.
So even though it’s obvious this hospital isn’t on th elist, at least they’re preparing the staff to take care of a patient until they can be transported to one of the “approved center.”
UTMB at Galveston already had a Level 4 lab so they probably were already set up with a bed. Notice the list doesn’t show a bed count. Parkland and UT Soutwestern didn’t have such a head start.
Look at the designated hospitals’ locations in relationship with the border. The ones in CA are in northern CA, not near the border. There are zero in Arizona and New Mexico. In TX, the closest to the border would be Galveston. It’s also interesting that if you’re in a politically red state, you’re pretty much on your own.