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In reply to the discussion: Ebola patients, US citizens, are being evacuated to the U.S. from Liberia. [View all]xmas74
(29,676 posts)The doctors, nurses and researchers working with the patients will be the best of the best and have studied this for a very long time. With something like this people tend to be hyper vigilant. Actually, I'm interested in how the facilities will be set up. I wouldn't be surprised if there were sleeping facilities on campus, away from public access, that are made available until it is known that the staff isn't contagious.
I'd bet so much can be learned about the disease and its progression by monitoring it in a high-tech facility. And I have high hopes for the vaccine.
BTW-before someone says that I have no concerns about this disease or about its spread in the Atlanta-area I'd like to include this: I have a relative that works at Emory University Hospital. It's not her department but I'm sure she'll be interested in the progress. Last I heard she didn't seem too concerned about transmission.