, Columnist
Who Invited Ebola to Atlanta?
The decision to fly at least one Ebola patient from Liberia to a hospital in Atlanta was made outside of public scrutiny.
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Amid the largest Ebola outbreak on record, airports worldwide are on high alert for ill-appearing passengers arriving from west African nations. Thermal scanners are being used to detect feverish people within moving crowds. So it's understandable that many Americans were surprised at Thursday's announcement that at least one Ebola patient will be brought from Liberia to a hospital in Atlanta. (It is Emory University Hospital, where I hold an affiliation with the medical school.) More surprising is that the unnamed officials who made this decision did so outside of public scrutiny.