Where?............
Emory University Hospital is in the western suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia and about 1 1/2 miles from the headquarters of the CDC. This article is of acute interest to me because I worked at this location for several years in an IT role.
I had just stumbled across this article on my news feed and was considering making it my first thread of my nearlyt 13-year membership but the OP beat me to it! I’ll admit it made the hairs on my arm stand on end.
While this is may be the best medical facility in the country to treat a disease such as this due to its medical staff and proximity to the CDC I am vehemently opposed to bringing infected patients into the US from outside. In order to contain the virus in its presently questionable mode of transmission there must be a quarantine of travel for those who are symptomatic.
I am not fully confident that full PPE and the highest precautions can still ensure a 0% communicability..even in a sterile environment. This bears watching.
Atlanta. I take if from the article these are the 2 Americans who are sick over there, the doctor and nurse. But it’s a little unclear, because it says they are taking one patient, but they are sending a plane for both of them.
I don’t know if I think this is a good idea. These 2 are very likely doomed no matter what is done for them. So they may as well be doomed in Africa.
Sorry to say that, I really am.
But I no longer trust our leaders to do anything correctly, including walk and chew gum.
So, do I think they’re incapable enough to unleash ebola here while trying to do the right thing? Why yes, yes I do.