Manns Medium

Throughout the years since the creation of this nation, America has learned by trial and error.  It is something that many of us today without even thinking about it and unless we begin to make changes to this, we shall continue to learn that way.  What I mean is simple, it took a severe case of polio to infect those on this shore and many died before we created a cure and learned how to deal with it.  This is the same case here dealing with Ebola.  America felt no need to prepare for Ebola when it was first discovered because it was not happening here so we ignored it and underestimated it until that day in Dallas when Mr. Duncan came to visit and make marriage plans with his fiancée.   The Texas Hospital had no earthly idea what it was dealing with and only after the CDC entered the picture did they began to get a real clue of what they had.  Mr. Duncan died a hero because the things that they did wrong in his case will be the guidelines used to...

If you are listening to those who see Thomas Duncan’s death as an assault against African-Americans, I see it as something much differently.  I see it as a most unfortunate incident but also an opportunity to help this nation prepare to fight the most deadly virus that we have ever faced. The article titled “ Officials watch and wait after first US Ebola death ” by Everett Rosenfeld and Associated Press reported “Hours after the first patient to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died of the disease, health officials moved to ease public worries and protect Americans by instituting increased screenings for airline passengers arriving from West Africa.  Beginning at JFK airport on Saturday, and moving to four other airports next week, authorities will be questioning these travelers about potential Ebola contact and taking their temperatures, Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a Wednesday media conference.” Based on tha...