Meanwhile, the Pentagon is quietly developing its own capability to removed infected military members (and other westerners) from the hot zone:
http://formerspook.blogspot.com/
The blog post (and linked article) are interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the U.S. government already has a contract with Phoenix Air, which has the only medically-approved system for medevacing Ebola patients in the world, and the company can guarantee up to four flights a week for the feds, carrying a single patient on each mission.
Meanwhile, DoD is contracting for isolation pods that will fit into a C-130 or C-17, and can carry anywhere from 8-15 infected individuals. The feds wouldn’t be developing this capability unless there was an expected need, and apparently, they anticipate a number of our troops will wind up with Ebola.
There’s also a question of where infected military members would be taken for treatment. There are only 11 beds—nationwide—in the four facilities that are fully equipped to handle Ebola patients. A single planeload of military evacuees would swamp the system. I believe some would wind up at the NIH facility in Washington, and the rest would be sent to Walter Reed. I don’t believe any military hospital is better prepared for Ebola than civilian facilities, with the exception of the USAMRIID at Fort Detrick, and its a research center and not a treatment facility.
those pods are not meant for the troops - video at 2:10 to 2:33
Bob Goodlatte on whether there are plans to bring ebola patients from Africa to America
He received communication from the administration. This is related to the Judicial Watch warning about importing patients from Africa
6:11 Minutes
Bob Goodlatte
White House & Pentagon Split On Ebola Quarantine - The Kelly File
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw2fdwyWHLM
MilitaryTimes: Pentagon builds isolation units to transport Ebola patients Oct. 26, 2014 - 12:38PM