Combating an outbreak, whether Ebola or coronavirus, is about fighting more than just disease
As the virus spreads to Texas, Jenkins acknowledged that the xenophobia Dallas experienced during the Ebola scare has surfaced again, this time against members of Asian and Asian American communities.
So far, 51 people have been confirmed to have coronavirus in Texas, 11 in Dallas, all of whom are being monitored at home, Jenkins said. In hindsight, he said, that would have been better than quarantining Troh and her family.Jenkins held a late-night briefing Thursday — just as he had daily during the Ebola outbreak — to reassure the public before declaring an emergency and banning meetings of 500 people or more people.
“I’m concerned [that] with this there’s going to be a lot of pain and deaths,” said Rawlings, emphasizing that expanded testing is critical. “What’s happened in the last 24 hours has scared a lot of people, but it’s probably the right thing to do,” he said. He said hospitals have to not only provide training and protective equipment to ease concerns among those on the front lines, but also add staffing and support.
During the Ebola outbreak, the hospital Varga oversaw was criticized first misdiagnosing Duncan, which delayed his care and placed others at risk, and later for safety failures that led the two nurses to become infected. It became, he acknowledged, “the Ebola hospital.”Youngor Jallah also tired of living with
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