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You also cannot read. I am dealing with it, and will treat any patient that comes through the door. Even an ungrateful idiot like yourself.

I wonder what you would do if faced with the prospect of just not going home for 21 days or longer? Sounds so simple til you try it.

I dealt with HIV when I was first training and everything that has come up in between. Its not my life I care about, but I am allowed to care about and protect my loved ones, particularly the young and vulnerable children in my life. And I appreciate the EXTREME danger you face in courthouses all the time surrounded by those armed deputies. It gives you a lot of insight into those who really face danger. I can tell from the compassion you so bountifully display.

By the way, 11 + years of post graduate education, working nights and holidays, dealing with thoroughly grateful patients that treat each visit like the lottery - I have more than paid my dues. If I chose to walk away who are you to judge?

So walk away, then. You are not a slave. Let the courageous doctors stay and fight the battle. You probably have a husband you can rely on to protect you and your children til the danger is passed.

I just love that attitude. sarc

I think the reluctance on the part of the medical profession to treat Ebola patients is due to the mendacity coming from the CDC and other bureaucrats. If they provided them with the same level of equipment that they wear in the research lab when dealing with Ebola, it would be a fairer fight. Apparently TPTB think doctors, nurses, EMTs, and other support providers are expendable, and I’d refuse to treat patients under those conditions too.