I’m not a doctor or a public health administrator, but I could play one better than that guy did on TV.  I’m talking about Dr. Thomas Frieden from the CDC. So Ebola has come to America.  I don’t think any of us is really that surprised.  According to Dr. Frieden, the patient (let’s call him “Patient Zero”) left Liberia on Sept 19, arrived in the U.S. on September 20, and was not symptomatic upon either exiting Liberia or entering the U.S.  Patient Zero’s  first symptoms appeared on September 24, and on the 26th, he sought care.  On the 28th he was admitted to a hospital in Texas, where he was isolated. I sure hope Patient Zero was home in bed alone from the 24th until the 28th and had no human contact whatsoever, but I’m not holding my breath. Dr. Frieden said that the first priority is caring for the patient, then identifying all of the people with whom he might have had contact...(Read Full Post)