CELINE GOUNDER:
00:02:07
Why. --how unusual that is. If we have the capacity here in the US with these types of facilities you've just laid out, why not bring Americans in? Why send them to Kenya, for example? Again, lots of questions here. So we have spent in the US billions, with a B, of dollars to set up these kinds of facilities in the US. Four in particular have experience treating Ebola patients-- so Bellevue, University of Nebraska, Emory, the NIH have experience. And in terms of that patient who was medevaced to Germany, the amount of time it took to debate where to send him was longer than it would have taken just to have him flown home here to the US, where we know we have the ability to treat him.
ERROL BARNETT:
00:02:50
And remind us where the outbreak itself stands now. So in the DRC, it's moving very quickly. The numbers are ballooning. There are now over a thousand suspected cases, more than over three-- excuse me, 200 deaths and more than 100 confirmed cases, which means that they actually had the testing available to confirm them. Now in the United States, we're going to have enhanced screening at four different US airports-- so trying to funnel passengers from these areas through those airports. That's JFK, Dulles, Atlanta, and Houston. But we've also seen the implementation of various kinds of travel restrictions, border closures, which is making it increasingly difficult to get people and supplies in to respond.
ERROL BARNETT:
00:03:36
This is still a major issue and a problem. We appreciate you giving us a bit of an update on what we do know and the questions we still have. A lot of questions. Dr. Gounder, thank you.
