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On the recordNovember 17, 2014
I could not--and still do not--understand why health workers on the front lines of the epidemic in Africa were so much better protected than the nurses and doctors who treated Ebola patients in the United States.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess questions the disparity in protection for healthcare workers treating Ebola patients in the U.S. versus Africa.

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