A second nurse in Dallas who took care of Thomas Duncan, who died of the disease, has been diagnosed with Ebola. A further problem is that she was on a flight from Cleveland the day before she was admitted to the hospital, exposing 132 passengers.
The Dallas hospital that treated Mr. Duncan now admits that it was improvising protocols “on the fly.” Instead of actual haz-mat suits, health care workers were apparently using ordinary paper masks, regular disposable gowns, and two pairs of vinyl gloves, leaving quite a bit of face, hair, and skin exposed.
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