The silver lining being maybe other infected now will not see getting to the US by hook or crook as an automatic cure.
One can certainly hope.
I saw on the news today that bodies of ebola victims in Liberia are piling up in the streets b/c the “dead workers” haven’t been paid their hazard pay.
I envisioned the same scenario on America’s streets....
That won’t stop a whole bunch of the parasites from trying to get here to glom on to the U.S. teats.
Disagree...Duncan knew he had no chance in Liberia; if you believe the narrative, he accompanied his landlord’s daughter after she became ill and helped take her to the hospital. She was turned away and sent home to die.
In America, he was given access to the best health care the world has to offer, completely free (remember, a hospital ER can’t turn anyone away, and your inability to pay does not prevent you from being treated).
If anything, the Ducan case will encourage other, desperate souls to make the trip to American. And with the lack of effective screening and wide-open borders, there is nothing to stop them.
There is a Level 1 trauma center about four miles from my office. Just yesterday, there was an article in the daily rag about the medical center’s preparations for dealing with possible Ebola patients. Barely a month ago, we were told the virus would “never make it to America.” Then, we were assured that existing, specialized facilities at Emory University and the University of Nebraska could handle a few cases that might emerge.
If medical centers in medium-sized cities are conducting preparations, you know the CDC is telling the medical community something quite different than the pablum being served to the public.