Bioethicist: 10 things America needs to do about Ebola

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http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/bioethicist-10-things-america-needs-do-about-ebola-n226771

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Given the growing concern about the national response to Ebola, President Barack Obama canceled a fund-raising trip to meet with his top advisers on the epidemic. The notion of a time-out to take stock is a good one since public fear over Ebola is causing turmoil for travelers, the stock market, nursing unions, college admissions officers and West Africans who have been living in the United States for decades.

So what would an ethics autopsy reveal about what has been done and what still needs to be done? Here are my top 10.
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1. Some of the list:

7. Get us a surgeon general.

There is one waiting in the wings, Harvard’s Dr. Vivek Murthy. He is hung up in Congress over a feud over gun control. If those in Congress let us go through this Ebola crisis without a surgeon general, they ought to be out of Congress.

8. Spend more money on infectious diseases.

There is a lobby for getting money for cancer, heart disease, asthma, ALS but there is no group pressing for funds for Ebola, pandemic flu or West Nile virus. Government needs to do better in making sure these scourges get research funding too.

9. There is no reason to panic and there still won’t be as the next 10 or 20 cases appear in the United States.

We see a new case right after being told there is nothing to worry about, and many think, uh-uh, I don’t trust authorities or the media message not to worry. So let's not be surprised by more Ebola cases — more are coming, and if they are properly quarantined and cared for they pose far less risk to Americans than not getting a flu shot.