Americans fear pandemic as Ebola patients evacuate to Atlanta; CDC reassures risk of U.S. outbreak ‘very low’
Georgia’s Emory University is preparing to take in at least one of two Americans who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia. While the hospital and the Centers for Disease Control maintain the virus poses almost no threat to the U.S., many Americans — including Donald Trump — voiced concern on social media.
BY Meg Wagner
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, August 1, 2014
A Georgia hospital is preparing to take in an Ebola patient, marking the first known time the deadly disease comes to America.
As a plane made its way to Liberia Thursday to pick up Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly — both American humanitarian workers who caught the virus while caring for patients — social media erupted in fear. At least one of them will receive care at Atlanta’s Emory University, thousands of miles from the disease’s West African origin.
While doctors reassured the public that there’s little risk that the patients will start an American Ebola pandemic, many are unconvinced.
“The government that can’t keep track of its own emails wants us to trust they’ll keep a deadly virus perfectly secure,” Twitter user @erinhaust wrote.
“Who was in charge of making the decision to bring Ebola patient to America for treatment? 300 million Americans have no say?” asked @Lrihendry.
“This is UNWISE and DANGEROUS!” @Schmidt2R warned.
Even Donald Trump chimed in.
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