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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why exactly are we bringing people with Ebola into the country?  For containment purposes, doesn't it make more sense to treat them in the country of origin irrespective of the citizenship of the patient?  Transcontinental transport of people with a disease as infectious and as serious as ebola seems risky--despite infectious disease protocols.[/quote]

Because the situation in West Africa is getting worse and worse.   It is a public health emergency.   Doctors and hospitals and caretakers are getting overwhelmed and resources are getting scarce.

The 2 Americans being evacuated were infected while taking care of patients or helping with decontamination.   They put themselves in harms way.   They didn't get infected working on/with just one or two patients -- they were caught in the middle of an outbreak and under these circumstances, someone made a mistake or got overwhelmed and infection control procedures slipped.   It happens.

Supportive care can bring the mortality rate of Ebola down.   It isn't always 90% fatal.   Though there is no cure, there can be treatment.   These Americans are heroes and deserve to have every chance to recover.  [/quote]

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