Is The US Prepared For Ebola – Special JAMA Article
Posted on | October 17, 2014 | 1 Comment
A special article in JAMA explores what went wrong in Dallas. It opens this way:
“The West African Ebola epidemic is a humanitarian crisis and a threat to international security.1 It is not surprising that isolated cases have emerged in Europe and North America, but a large outbreak in the United States, with its advanced health system, is unlikely. Yet the handling of the first domestically diagnosed Ebola case in Dallas, Texas, raised concerns about national public health preparedness. What were the critical health system vulnerabilities revealed in Dallas, and how can the country respond more effectively to novel diseases in a globalized world?”
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October 22nd, 2014 @ 4:43 am
It is sad to know that Ebola has reached the United States of America. Let us just hope that things will not become serious and that this virus will be eradicated from the country as soon as possible.