PROBABLY NOT: Are U.S. Hospitals Prepared For The Next Ebola Case?

[CDC director Thomas] Frieden was on the news saying any hospital in the U.S. should be able to manage an Ebola patient. That struck me as odd, because managing an infectious disease in a hospital is not as straightforward as it may seem. Infectious diseases like C. diff [Clostridium difficile] and MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] have presented significant challenges for hospitals for years. Why did the CDC think that managing Ebola would be straightforward?

I think hospitals 50 or 60 years ago were better at that.