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Bob Katter MP was ridiculed when he called for a quarantine for people coming from ebola stricken countries, and the government says its advice is not to appoint a regulator to ensure appropriate isolation. Bob Katter is not an expert. But he is talking common sense. In the meantime a respected health academic warns against underestimating the seriousness of the outbreak. She says it could even be transmitted through the air despite assurances from governments Professor Raina MacIntyre, the head of the School of Public Health at UNSW, ¬yesterday cited a study into a 1995 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo showing that the deadly ¬disease could be transferred in the air rather than just from bodily fluids. Prof MacIntyre said authorities in Africa needed to take stronger ¬precautions for ¬nurses working with ebola and stop “ignoring” evidence. dailytelegraph.au/news/nsw/ebola-no-plans-to-watch-aussie-aid-workers-returning-from-west-africa/story-fni0cx12-1227089394909
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 21:09:01 +0000

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