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"Those Treating Ebola Patients Must Be Quarantined.."
GDO Report
They made statements to the fact on the record. In fact, the CDC has already taken active steps to minimize the risk to health care workers treating Ebola patients. But some critics are saying it's just not enough. "Until it is known to an absolute certainty, exactly how the disease is spreading from patients to healthcare workers donning the very best protection wear and protocols, those treating Ebola patients must be quarantined until decontamination equipment & procedures have been perfected" said one official off the record. "This statement is merely my own personal opion. But in reality - what choice do we have?"
This statement comes as a complete surprise to many who thought the CDC was running the matters in Dallas to begin with. Evidently, they were only making suggestions here and there and it was up to Dallas officials to decide which suggestions they would follow and which ones they would not. Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the CDC in Atlanta, has acknowledged that the government wasn't aggressive enough in managing Ebola and containing the virus as it spread from an infected patient to a nurse at a Dallas hospital. "We could've sent a more robust hospital infection control team and been more hands-on with the hospital from day one about exactly how this should be managed," he said Tuesday. Frieden outlined new steps this week designed to stop the spread of the disease, including the creation of an Ebola response team, increased training for health care workers nationwide and changes at the Texas hospital to minimize the risk of more infections. "I wish we had put a team like this on the ground the day the patient — the first patient — was diagnosed. That might have prevented this infection" Frieden said.
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