Ebola sweeping across America ‘only a matter of time’ says top doctor
by: Ethan A. Huff
NaturalNews.com
Monday, October 06, 2014
It’s no longer a matter of if but of when Ebola will begin to spiral out of control in the U.S., says a top infectious disease specialist and former chief scientist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Jesse L. Goodman, now a professor of medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, says people should remain calm amidst this ongoing crisis but still be prepared for the worst which is yet to come.
Dr. Goodman’s chilling statements come after the first U.S. case of Ebola was identified at a major Texas airport. A Liberian national by the name of Thomas Eric Duncan reportedly fell ill just days after traveling from Liberia to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in the U.S. He was turned away from Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, despite exhibiting symptoms of fever and abdominal pain, and even after telling hospital staff that he had traveled from Liberia, the epicenter of the current Ebola outbreak.
Since Duncan was in close contact with many other people during his travels through Brussels, Belgium and Washington D.C., and now with his family and friends in Dallas, it is almost certain that he spread the disease to others, say experts. Dr. Goodman is one of those who believes that the cat is already out of the bag — Ebola is now here in the U.S., and things will likely get much worse before they get better.
“It is quite appropriate to be concerned on many fronts,” he said in a recent statement, as quoted by the Washington Examiner. “First, it is a tragedy for the patient and family and, as well, a stress to contacts, health care workers and the community at large. Second, it appears several people were exposed before the individual was placed in isolation, and it is quite possible that one or more of his contacts will be infected.”
Health officials now monitoring 100 people suspected of possibly being infected
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