Ebola

      While I do agree with Cassandra that hospitals did not properly care for the infected patients, putting the blame solely on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also known as the CDC, seams unfair. I do not work in the health care industry, but I do know that they have procedures in place to properly care for patients.  As good as the physician’s intentions may have been she did not properly fallow these procedures and became infected. The CDC covers a broad base of issues concerning health care prevention,  response, and recovery.

      The CDC should be notified when contagious diseases, such as Ebola, are found within the U.S, but it’s also the hospitals job to fallow guidelines set. If these procedures had been fallowed the doctor would have been notified of the patients trip to Liberal and more causes procedures would have been fallowed. Something got lost in translation or overlooked by the medical professionals. This lack of oversight could have put the nation at a bigger risk, but we have an advanced healthcare system in place. While this system may be costly, it is affiant.

     Life threatening disease leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Patients with diseases such as rabies, whooping cough, and HIV would all need cooperation from CDC when being treated. This would add more paperwork, slow down the treatment process, and become costly. Our nation does need able to properly care for our citizen’s health, but that care cannot be solely placed on one department shoulders. This is epically true when our country is still allowing travel to and from these infected countries. While free trade is important, is it more important then the health of our citizens.