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On the recordOctober 5, 2014
This is an extraordinarily virulent disease when you don't follow the protocols. And so the key here is just to make sure that each step along the way, whether it's a hospital admissions desk, whether it is the doctors, the nurses, public health officials, that everybody has the right information.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes the importance of following protocols to prevent the spread of Ebola.

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