The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources
to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases
could overwhelm parts of the system, according to an Associated Press
review of readiness at hospitals and other components of the emergency
medical network.
Experts broadly agree that a widespread outbreak across the country is
extremely unlikely, but they also concur that it is impossible to
predict with certainty, since previous Ebola epidemics have been
confined to remote areas of Africa. And Ebola is not the only possible
danger that causes concern; experts say other deadly infectious diseases
— ranging from airborne viruses such as SARS, to an unforeseen new
strain of the flu, to more exotic plagues like Lassa fever — could crash
the health care system.
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