A 23 Year old Peace Corp intern was working in the Congo for the last 8 weeks.
•Returns to the USA via JFK Airport, feels tired and fatigued but thinks it is probably jet lag; he also has a slight cough.
•Takes public transportation from the airport to his apartment in Manhattan.
•Unpacks, feels feverish, and the malaise increases.
•Goes out to dinner with a few friends to welcome him back.
•His parents live in Staten Island.
•Takes the subway, ferry and bus to visit his parents.
•Begins feeling worse, eyes are blood shot, begins coughing up blood, and has some bloody diarrhea.
•Parents take him to the Hospital, where he sits in the Emergency waiting room with the other patients for 45 minutes.
•The admitting resident does not suspect anything too serious.
•Eventually he has bloods drawn for testing and a full history is taken.
•The attending calls for an Infectious Disease consult but suspects the worse.
•The patient has Ebola virus.
IF you were in charge of public health policy— what would you do? Who do you notify? What steps are necessary to save the most people? List your groups plans for preventing a pandemic of Ebola in on an island.