Yikes: Ebola Victim Thomas Eric Duncan's Nephew: I Had to Call CDC

[Baitball Blogger]

11. I know our hospitals aren't prepared for the initial wave.

I know because I just read the article that the second potential patient is in Honolulu and they had to fly the samples to the mainland for testing.

It also occurred to me that we may be in jeopardy because many of the first patients may be black. Just like Duncan, they will be sent home, where opportunities will present themselves to infect others. If hospitals are already in the practice of under-treating black patients due to administrative discriminating policies, we are all going to share the pain.

At some point the question, "Have you traveled abroad" is not going to matter as this disease hits second level transfers.

So, now is a good time for racial sensitivity classes, where they are needed. The welfare of our country depends on our hospitals to do something that our criminal justice system has failed to do.