Trump administration to send Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya

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13 points·petethomas··7 comments

And that's a good thing!

Remember the last time someone was treated for Ebola in the US? A nurse gave him antibiotics and sent him home... where he died. The US just isn't equipped or trained to handle Ebola.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11132475/Fi...

The US currently isn't equipped or trained to handle any outbreak or widespread medical event.

Putting the burden of treating Americans on African countries after ending USAID and its funding for international Ebola treatment efforts in those same countries (as briefly mentioned in the article) seems like a cruel slap in the face from this administration.

It is. What's crazy is that Kenya has never handled ebola before and it currently has a severe corruption crisis. Infections will probably break out of the 'biosafety' hospitals and spread out into the general public.

That almost appears to be the plan.

The person was sent home before the Ebola diagnosis. He would still have been sent home under this new protocol.

The USA, similar to other nations, is extremely well equipped to treat Ebola patients once they have been diagnosed. Doctors just don't expect it because it is so rare.

Can we send the trump administration to Kenya?

No, we don't want them.. Seriously, there's a connecting flight to DRC though.

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