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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG an infectious disease. We're all going to die!

Come on people, we have highly trained medical professionals dealing with this.[/quote]

The infected that they're bringing back to America ARE highly trained medical professionals! But they got infected anyway![/quote]

Yes, however people they dealt with are not always highly trained.  A field set up contamination/decontamination area are not nearly as sterile as in a hospital setting.  There is quite a big difference between the conditions there and the conditions here.  Not just with the area set up but also with the conditions. These volunteers are working around the clock in unsanitary, over crowded areas without access to all the necessary medical supplies (cause by the overcrowding), food, clean water, and adequate sleep.  Combine all those factors and it is easy to see how slip ups can happen somewhere that led to these two become exposed.

Nurses and doctors deal with infectious diseases and conditions daily.  Just none are of this magnitude so most people don't even think about it.  If a nurse who has received basic training with infection and disease control are able to protect themselves from getting MRSA and c diff, [b]a highly specialized team trained by the CDC can certainly handle these patients without spreading the disease.[/b] [/quote]

Probably. But no person and no set of procedures is perfect. The NIH found smallpox in a laboratory closet just two weeks ago!

Once Ebola has crossed the border, it is in this country, period. Much about this virus is still a mystery. I think anyone who is helping in this crisis IS a hero, but if you're dedicated to the eradication of this virus, I don't understand why you would want to potentially cause its spread.[/quote]

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