This is just stupid - totally preventable. It is important to ask why this is happening here in the United States. Our medical system is FUBAR (acronym from saving "Private Ryan"). I guarantee that those nurses were concerned about exposure but were too afraid to raise their concerns beyond some minor quibbling. Our medical system has near zero transparency, and no one dares to point out mistakes for fear of backlash. Silence and blind obedience already spread unhindered through our medical system long before Ebola arrived.
> Silence and blind obedience already spread unhindered through our medical system long before Ebola arrived.
Not just the medical system. "Shooting the messenger" is standard procedure across most industries, so people learn pretty quickly to keep their heads low and do as told.
This is an occupational risk and a very dangerous one for health care workers. Nurses know how to protect themselves from contagious disease, but accidents can happen regardless. Ebola is not "happening" in the united states because two people got it.
