Ebola: Rapid-response teams to be sent to U.S. hospitals

[TorchTheWitch]

Well, DUH. Why the hell didn't that happen in the first place instead of the CDC pretending everything was fine while gambling with peoples' lives?

http://news.yahoo.com/feds-should-have-been-more-hands-on-with-dallas-ebola-case--cdc-director-says-214128692.html

DALLAS – Ebola has haunted Dallas for more than two weeks, killing one man and infecting a nurse who was treating him.

In hindsight — CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said on Tuesday — the nation's health protection agency should have stepped in and taken control when the country's first Ebola case appeared in Dallas.

"Getting it right is really, really important because the stakes are so high," Frieden said during a news conference. "We could have sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands on with the hospital from Day One about how this should be managed."

Beginning Tuesday, Frieden said the CDC will rush a team of infectious disease specialists to assist U.S. hospitals with a confirmed case of the deadly Ebola virus.

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[kestrel91316]

1. Why not? Because hospitals across the US lied and said they were more than ready for any infectious

disease that could land in their laps, probably.

You sure do hate the CDC. To the point of irrationality. I wonder why that is.

Frieden and CDC trusted the Dallas hospital to be minimally competent with infectious diseases, particularly the one they had been sending alerts and notices and guidelines to for MONTHS. Sadly, the hospital has proved to be unequal to the task of handling even basic screening for travel risks, let alone actual patient care and employee training.

I think you need to go to Atlanta right freaking now and shove Frieden aside and show them how it's done. Because you're such an expert on Ebola.

Where did you say you got those graduate degrees in epidemiology???

[Marrah_G]

2. This is good news

[Zenlitened]

3. It's amazing, the "business as usual" attitude...

...so many have taken, from the first days of this situation to now when it's plainly, obviously a crisis.