Posted on 10/16/2014 4:30:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that eight hospitals in New York state will provide specialized care should any Ebola cases be identified in the state.
The hospitals include Mount Sinai Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Bellevue Hospital Center, Montefiore Medical Center, North Shore-LIJ Health System, SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse, University of Rochester Medical Center and Stony Brook University Hospital.
Mr. Cuomo said police, airport workers, hospital workers and Metropolitan Transportation Authority employees are also being trained to identify Ebola symptoms.
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They designated three others in Dallas over the weekend. None of these are Level 4 units. They’ll have the same problem as THPH did. Unless this is to get ahead of the upcoming explosion curve.
The risk is mostly to health care workers. It's not terribly infectious early on in the disease. Late in the disease, the victim is not going to feel like riding the subway. Or even talking.
That said, I would probably use a hand sanitizer after riding a NYC subway -- but that was probably a good idea even before Ebola.
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