CBN News' George Thomas in 21-Day Ebola Quarantine
Questions about proper Ebola protocol for health care workers are being raised after a doctor returning to New York City from Guinea tested positive for the deadly virus.
Lawmakers, military officers, and various health officials weighed in on whether or not America's response to the Ebola crisis has been sufficient.
Today the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on Ebola preparedness. Deborah Burger, co-president of National Nurses United, testified on behalf of the nearly 200,000 nurses in the union.
Should the doctor from New York City put himself in quarantine after coming in contact with Ebola patients? CBN News International Reporter George Thomas, who recently reported on the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, answers this and gives an insider's look on his own quarantine experience.
"The response to Ebola from U.S. hospitals and governmental agencies has so far been dangerously inconsistent and woefully inadequate," Burger said.
"The lack of mandates in favor of shifting guidelines from multiple agencies and reliance on voluntary compliance has left nurses and other caregivers uncertain, severely unprepared and vunerable to infection," she added.
Meanwhile, new numbers from the World Health Organization indicate the current international Ebola outbreak is the worst ever.
At least 4,800 people have already died from the virus--and at least 9,900 cases have been recorded. But WHO says the true numbers may be three times higher.