Ebola Veterans Are Aghast at Trump’s Plan for the Outbreak
Medical professionals are expressing concern over the Trump administration's decision regarding the treatment of Americans infected with Ebola abroad. The plan to not bring these patients back to specialized facilities in the U.S. has left many doctors baffled and disturbed. Infectious disease physician Tara Palmore highlights the importance of the specialized care available in American facilities, which are designed to handle such outbreaks safely.
- ▪The Trump administration has decided not to bring Ebola patients back to the U.S. for treatment.
- ▪Doctors are disturbed by this decision, as it goes against established protocols for handling Ebola cases.
- ▪Tara Palmore, an infectious disease physician, emphasizes the importance of specialized facilities for safe Ebola care.
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The BreakdownEbola Veterans Are Aghast at Trump’s Plan for the OutbreakThe president who once demanded American Ebola patients stay abroad is finally in a position to make it happen.Jonathan CohnMay 31, 2026∙ PaidShareA health worker wearing protective equipment crouches beside the coffin of a suspected Ebola victim during safe burial procedures outside a family home in the community of Mongbwaluon on May 24, 2026 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Michel Lunanga/Getty Images)DOCTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY are baffled, disturbed, and in some cases aghast at the Trump administration’s plan for Americans who get Ebola overseas—in particular, the decision not to bring these patients back home, to one of the facilities that the federal government created precisely for this purpose.And…
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