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In reply to the discussion: Dallas Nurse Infected With Ebola to Be Transferred to NIH [View all]Tweedy
(1,284 posts)CDC believes the infection of any health care worker is a failure. This is right. Yet, we know Mr. Duncan was sent home wrongly. We know when he returned CDC protocols were not followed for 2 days while the hospital waited for test results. We know Mr. Duncan's nephew called the CDC and the CDC was on site within hours of that call.
Now, the president and the CDC will send a medical team, as well as a containment team. This is a good temporary solution. It is not a long term solution. Every hospital everywhere in this country needs to read and properly train on all protocols. If an epidemic hit here, there are not enough CDC employees to handle it. It is absurd to blame the CDC for the negligence of a hospital regulated by a state health department, even though it is right for the CDC to accept that responsibility.