Isolation in nebraska med igal center. He arrived for treatment just today. President obama said he considered ebola a Top National Security priority and an issue of safety. He says the chances of an epidemic in the United States are extraordinarily low if everyone does what theyre supposed to do. This is an extraordinarily virulent disease when you dont follow the protocols. The key here is to make sure that each step along the way, whether its a hospital admissions desk, whether it is the doctors, the nurses, Public Health officials, that everybody has the right information if they have the right information and theyre following those protocols, then this is something that were going to be able to make sure is not have, you know, the kind of impact on the United States that a lot of people are worried about. If youve been following the case of Thomas Duncan, youre likely aware theres been a serious breakdowns in communications along the way. The hospital that originally blamed a glit
Those balloons for about 20 minutes. Joining me now, jim sciutto, to talk more about this. We know that kim had Health Issues like gout. Has north korea ever been forthcoming about illness . Could this be something more . Theyre never forthcoming about anything. Its the most opaque system in the world. Even the people who watch it, Intelligence Officers who watch it, always do so while acknowledging that they dont no for sure and thats the thing about this place. That said, i have spoken to a number of officials who watch china and who watch north korea and none of them are particularly concerned right now. Theyre not taking this to mean that theres been a major upset inside that country while always caveating it by saying that were not going to know if theres been a major upset in that country until after it happens. Would it be his style to rule from a sick bed to not show weakness . Is that possible . Whats interesting is that north korean state media has done something it hasnt don
Youre absolutely right. This will sound familiar. Let me preface it by saying if you listen closely to what dr. Frieden said earlier today, he pointed out that the dallas hospital was using the correct cdc guidelines they had issued, but those guidelines were inadequate. Heres what theyre saying now. First of all, anybody who is going to be taking care of a patient with ebola has to be fully tlaned and has to have that training proven, some kind of competency training. There will be people on site who will observe people both putting on and taking off that garb just like the Doctors Without Borders. The most important point, something weve talked about a lot, there cant be any skin showing. No skin exposed when the garb is put on under these new guidelines. Seemingly a basic point with all that everybody has learned about ebola and how it is transmitted through bodily fluids that get on the skin. An important thing would be to cover the skin. Thats whats going to happen now. I honestly
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