NY Ebola Response: Polar Opposite of Dallas's

[Yo_Mama]

13. But they knew it was Ebola upfront, or very probably so. This comparison is apples to oranges.

EMTs are constantly getting people with high fevers and vomiting or diarrhea, and no, they don't automatically come with full Hazmat gear even in NYC.

I'm sorry, but this is kind of a stupid article.

The real comparison will come in when NYC gets its first unexpected case, which the new federal rules for plane travel are supposed to forestall (everyone from outside the country will have the 21 day monitoring, so illnesses will be addressed differently from the first). That's one of the primary reasons for the new federal policy.

Note that if the new federal rules had been in place when Mr. Duncan flew in, the initial health care contact would have been very different. If someone starts to feel ill during the monitoring period, their first contact with the health care system is going to be very carefully controlled and therefore much less risky for everyone.

I hope we never have another Duncan case, although sooner or later it probably will occur. But the new rules for monitoring make that very, very much less likely.