Some 3,000 American soldiers are arriving in Africa to fight an Ebola epidemic that is doubling about every three weeks, with the number of infections projected to reach 1,400,000 by January. Pres. Barack Obama says, "It will require an 'air bridge' to get health workers and medical supplies to areas that are affected." Meanwhile, the virus has used the air bridge of a commercial flight to reach Dallas, Texas-and beyond. Although a large number of specialists agree that the likelihood of a widespread outbreak is "vanishingly small," owing to our "highly sophisticated public health system," numerous breaches in our invulnerability already are manifest: 1. The hospital where the patient initially presented failed to follow Federal guidelines. He told a nurse that he had been in Liberia; he should have been placed in isolation and tested for Ebola immediately. Instead, he was sent home on antibiotics, which are useless for viral infections.
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