This does not fill me with joy.
We have “cried wolf” so many times over the last few decades (swine flu, mad cow disease, bird flu, etc), I think most Americans take these things with a grain of salt ... which might be a lead in to a great medical disaster in the near future.
What surprises me is that nebraska med center is a big transplant facility filled with immunosuppressed patients. Buffett is building a big cancer center there too. Why oh why would such a disease such as Ebola would be brought into this gone facility is troubling. Even if they have concrete rooms,etc it’s still troubling. They issued a a piece on Facebook about how it’s not easy to catch blah blah which I discovered was written by someone whose an editor for Mother Jones and wrote for the Seattle a Times.
Unless she is trained to work in a containment suite, there is little chance she would be involved with the care of an Ebola patient brought to that hospital.
The containment suites are built in such a way that no virus will ever escape. Workers entering the suite wear impermeable spacesuits. An accidental needle stick or other event that causes damage to the spacesuit could expose a worker... but short of penetration with sharp objects, the suits are impermeable.
One of my nieces former roommates, and long time friend, works in that hospital.
This does not fill me with joy.
You might want to call her and get the straight dope before you panic.
If your friend works in that hospital, keep in mind it is one of the very few with the proper equipment. Likely safer there than anywhere else.