Dr. Krista Culp, left, the emergency department chair at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center, listens as Donielle Robertson, the clinical nurse coordinator for the adult emergency room, describes the steps they would need to follow for the doffing of their medical protection gear in the event they begin treating Ebola patients in Denver on Tuesday. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
Re: “Colorado Ebola threat low, but not to be ignored, health officials say,” Oct. 15 news story.
Ebola is a serious threat to Colorado. The president just sent Fort Carson soldiers to Africa to help with the Ebola outbreak there. If a hospital in Dallas cannot keep its staff from catching Ebola and spreading it, how can we be assured that our returning soldiers are not carrying the disease?
What is to prevent an Ebola carrier flying into Denver or Colorado Springs with Ebola? Nothing! As Ebola spreads in Africa, people will be fleeing those areas to hospitals in the U.S. to get free treatment.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention needs to step up with serious and effective screening and quarantines.
Terry Holmes, Centennial
This letter was published in the Oct. 17 edition.Ebola concerns by the American people are justified for several reasons, not the least of which is if the virus is not easily transmitted, as stated by the CDC director, then why is it that CDC decontamination workers are dressed in hazmat suits that look as if they are returning from a Mars exploration? Somehow the governmentap narrative doesn’t match the reality of what is actually happening.
Randy Fabrizio, Brighton
This letter was published in the Oct. 17 edition.
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