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Originally Posted by cologal
I really hope that this outbreak never reaches the level of that outbreak. Unfortunately we are NOT in control of the door.... We used to have US Public Health Service Hospitals with quarantine stations. I know this because I worked at one on Staten Island. The bad news they were all closed...by the same President who ignored that last virus.
I hope also that your blog information is incorrect....according to what I have heard the US Hospitals are only equipped to handle 9 patients, I think there are 5,000 patients in West Africa now.
I forgot.... at least 2 patients have already been transported to the US for treatment and all have so far survived. I think one doctor and a reporter.
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You are correct, only nine beds for Ebola patients in the entire country and four of them are occupied at this time. Three doctors have been treated and seem to be doing fine. The TV reporter is still being treated in Nebraska along with the two nurses, one at Emory Hospital and one at the NIH. No idea who the fourth patient is.
Of course, there could be other Ebola patients in local hospitals who haven't been diagnosed yet.