Is The U.S. Prepared For An Ebola Pandemic

After First Ebola Case, Red Flags Emerge That U.S. Unprepared For Pandemic -- Washington Times

Federal reports raise concerns US defenses stagnated, waning



The confirmation Tuesday of the first Ebola case on U.S. soil emerges against a backdrop of increasing concern in America’s medical community that preparedness for a pandemic has stagnated or slipped in recent years because of tough economic times and increasing malaise since the 2001 anthrax threat.



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, America’s premier disease fighter, offered an air of confidence Tuesday in declaring that the first Ebola patient in Dallas was carefully contained.



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My Comment: What does not help the situation is the position that the country's leadership has taken .