Gift link to NYTimes article although this is now being reported widely.
Uniformed members of the Public Health Service who contract Ebola in the current outbreak will be kept in Africa, rather than being flown to specialized units in the US, as was done with previous outbreaks. No rationale has been given but I assume a blend of this administration’s proven antipathy towards medical science and apathy towards the wellbeing of US troops makes them worry that controlled repatriation of Ebola patients risks a stateside outbreak and that a few dead American active-duty officers is of no real consequence.