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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPerry offers Ebola advice to New York officials
AUSTIN Gov. Rick Perry is trying to make sure New York does not make the same mistakes as Texas in dealing with its first confirmed case of Ebola.
Perrys office said he has called New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to share the initial findings of his infectious disease task force and urge them to ensure that proper protocols are followed by hospitals and those monitoring potential contacts.
Of course, Texas struggled in both of those areas after a 42-year-old Liberian man showed up at a Dallas hospital last month. A undetermined breach in protocol led two nurses to contract the deadly disease from the man before he died, sparking a panic. Both nurses were declared free of the virus this week, and one of them, Nina Pham, met with President Barack Obama on Friday.
Like in Texas, New Yorks case is a man who recently came to the United States from West Africa. Unlike in Texas, it is an American doctor who was there to treat Ebola patients.
Read more: http://blog.mysanantonio.com/texas-politics/2014/10/perry-offers-ebola-advice-to-new-york-officials/
JHB
(38,337 posts)#2: make sure it's a white guy so he won't be dismissed so quickly;
#3: ... ... is... ... It's not coming to me. Oops.
bpositive
(425 posts)Is this an article from the Onion😀😢
TexasTowelie
(128,150 posts)but I would have probably opted for either the Humor group or the Lounge if that were the case.
LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)"What a nimrod! What a ultra-maroon!"
WhiteAndNerdy
(365 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,639 posts)from the biggest losers and fuckups in creation.
still_one
(98,883 posts)hibbing
(10,609 posts)JI7
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