According to Vox editor Sarah Kliff, the nation’s largest nurse’s union is concerned about the lack of Ebola preparedness at U.S. hospitals and has reportedly put the option of pickets on the table. The union also sent a letter to the White House:
This is the letter sent to Pres. Obama from the @NationalNurses on Ebola. #stopebolaRNRN pic.twitter.com/Q8f98w68rX
— Lyanne Melendez (@LyanneMelendez) October 15, 2014
The union is citing a lack of proper protocol for dealing with Ebola patients:
Duncan's lab specimens sent through hospital tube system, not hand delivered. Nurse union says tube potentially contaminated. #Ebola
— Jace Larson (@jacelarson) October 15, 2014
Nurses Union: Dallas nurses did not have full protective gear or proper guidance when first treating #Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan.
— Robert Arnold (@KPRC2Robert) October 15, 2014
The concern goes beyond doctors and nurses:
Firefighters concerned about reports of impact on first-responders of handling Ebola cases in Dallas area
— Ed Gallek (@edgallekfox8) October 15, 2014
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