YES! We already have dangerous infectious disease centers and more are on the way (one is being built here in Boston) - that is a MUCH higher risk move. Also, are you really going to sacrifice infected humans by keeping them far away, in the name of public safety? And will you do the same in West Africa? Quarantine and abandon entire regions, letting people die, so that the disease can "run its course"? Lastly, how do you know there aren't people already infected here? There is this doctor who voluntarily has quarantined himself; is he the only other known case? No one abandons dead or wounded soldiers, are we going to abandon sick citizens in the name of <fill in the blank>?
considering the CDC exposed 70 workers to anthrax, lost vials of live small pox...no I don't think we should have brought ebola to this country.
Ebola is already here if you consider tissue samples. I see no reason that these patients shouldn't be here. If we cant handle them how will we handle a patiet who is diagnosed here? My daughter works in a lab with resistant TB. THAT is a disease you should be afraid of!
Think of it another way: if you don't have confidence in transporting and properly handling two sick patients, how much confidence do you have in those infectious disease centers and their ability to contain the spread of diseases in their labs
considering the CDC exposed 70 workers to anthrax, lost vials of live small pox...no I don't think we should have brought ebola to this country.
All this effort seems to be some political correctness statement that says we shouldn't be above the risk
I view it more as a humanitarian act rather than one of political correctness
I view it more as a humanitarian act rather than one of political correctness
That was the CDC director's argument. The greater question, is it worth the risk ? IMO, no.
Risking so many to help so few who could be given the same help where they were. Steve I think you are every wrong on this one. Ebola is a very fast killing virus from what little I know of it. In a large population who knows what it could due as it has to date not that I know of never been in a big population outbreak.
I myself in 1999 came home from China with Sars if I had known what it was and that I had it I would not have returned.
Steve Williams Site Founder | Site Owner | Administrator | Ron Resnick Site Co-Owner | Administrator | Julian (The Fixer) Website Build | Marketing Managersing |