“Yet the seemingly intelligent, thoughtful doctor treated people in the emergency room without any PPE (personal protection equipment). It had to be a known risk that some of the patients he’d be treating outside the isolation unit might end up inside if diagnosed with Ebola. Why would he do this? Weren’t there enough hazmat suits for both inside and outside the isolation unit? Was the equipment for use only in the isolation unit? That’s hard to believe.”
So that means more healthcare workers need to be protected, not just the ones caring for Ebola patients. Everyone in the emergency rooms may be in jeopardy, even if the patients symptoms are not so bad that they are automatically isolated.
If these cases proliferate people will avoid the hospitals at all costs.