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Health Workers & Federal Agents Blow Whistle On Nation’s Emergency Preparedness: ‘We’re Not Prepared’
Off Grid Survival
As the CDC and the Obama administration try to reassure the public they’re in control, federal agents and healthcare workers are telling an entirely different story.
After announcing yesterday that the federal government would be implementing new screening procedures at five of this nation’s top airports, in response to an infected Ebola patient showing up in the U.S., federal agents and the nation’s healthcare workers are sounding alarm bells about the country’s emergency preparedness.
According to an article from NBC News in New York, federal U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are saying they are not prepared, and have not been trained to implement the government’s new screening procedures. An agent who works on the front lines at Newark International Airport, where these new screening procedures are supposed to be taking place today, says customs officers at the tri-state hub lack appropriate training and equipment to handle potential Ebola cases.
He told NBC News:
“They are assuring the public everything is being done, but it is not,” the agent told NBC 4 New York, adding there are currently no doctors or CDC personnel assigned to the airport for when flights with passengers from West Africa arrive.
Airport Janitorial Crews walk off job in New York over inadequate training and protection from disease.
Outside La Guardia Airport in New York, 200 airport employees responsible for cleaning airplane cabins began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday over health and safety concerns, including possible exposure to Ebola while cleaning the airliner’s cabins.
