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allow the same Ebola screening device currently used by the U.S. military to be immediately utilized in U.S. hospitals

Created by C.K. on October 19, 2014

There is an Ebola screening machine; currently available to the U.S military, and the military is using it now. So why aren't U.S. hospitals using it? Because government guidelines prevent hospitals from doing so.It's a toaster-sized box and it's capable of detecting Ebola with a high degree of confidence,in under an hour. Incredibly, it was present at Dallas Presbyterian Hospital when Ebola patient Thomas Duncan walked through the door, FDA guidelines prohibited the hospital from using the machine to screen for Ebola. It can provide results with higher than 90 percent certainty and it's one of the machines that the military is currently using to screen for Ebola in Africa. Technology should be immediately available to all U.S. hospitals, airports & ports of entry.

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