FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, IT WENT FROM THIS… SOT-Frieden weeks ago “We know how to stop outbreaks of Ebola.” ...TO THIS... SOT-Frieden We should have put an even larger team on the ground immediately. AMID MOUNTING PUBLIC FEARS, HOW THE CDC AND DIRECTOR THOMAS FRIEDEN ARE CHANGING THEIR APPROACH TO THE VIRUS. NOW ON THE NEW YORK TIMES MINUTE. // Quick nat pop of local officials announcing duncan - “the patient has been identified as thomas eric duncan” or something PEOPLE MIGHT ASSUME AN EBOLA INCIDENT ON U.S. SOIL WOULD MEAN FEDERAL OFFICIALS WOULD SWOOP IN AND TAKE OVER. BUT IN DALLAS, THE CDC TOOK ONLY AN ADVISORY ROLE. IT WAS A TEAM OF JUST 10 - INCLUDING 3 SENIOR SCIENTISTS - WHO TRAVELED TO TEXAS. SOT- Thomas Frieden: (from first couple days) “we had already begun several days ago to ramp up the education and training of health care workers at this facility.// IN DALLAS, THE APPROACH - LEAVING THE HOSPITAL IN CHARGE - LED TO MULTIPLE APPARENT PROTOCOL BREAKDOWNS. THE HOSPITAL NURSES RECENTLY CLAIMED THERE WAS “CONFUSION AND FREQUENTLY CHANGING POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS.” EBOLA THEN SPREAD TO TWO HEALTH WORKERS, APPARENTLY FROM MISUSE OF PROTECTIVE GEAR. SOUNDBITE: DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE CLAY JENKINS SAYING: “we have a situation involving 77 people, SOT- DR. DANIEL VARGA SAYING: We’re a hospital that may have done things differen’t with the benefit of what we know today. // Nat pop: something on the plane AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN. A HOSPITAL WORKER -AMBER VINSON- TRAVELED BY AIR JUST ONE DAY BEFORE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THE VIRUS. IT LED TO PUBLIC FEARS FROM CLEVELAND TO DALLAS. In Cleveland: “Well, for me, as a nurse after 23 of practicing, you know, organisms grow where you can’t see them, and how long they live on surfaces, nobody realizes it,” THE CDC HAS SAID THAT MS. VINSON SHOULDN’T HAVE FLOWN BUT IT WASN’T ABLE TO STOP HER. FRIEDEN AUDIO: The CDC guidance outlines the need for what is called controlled movement. (FRIEDEN, L3 VOICE OF TF) // Nat pop of CDC exterior NOW, IN RESPONSE TO THESE GROWING CONCERNS, DIRECTOR FRIEDEN HAS ANNOUNCED A MORE DIRECT ROLE WHEN WORKING WITH HOSPITALS. SOT- Frieden: we will put a team on the ground within hours. AN EBOLA RESPONSE TEAM WILL NOW DIRECTLY MONITOR THE LOCAL MEDICAL STAFF’S USE OF PROTECTIVE GEAR. obama: we want a rapid response a swat to be on the ground within 24 hours MISS VINSON WILL ALSO BE TRANSFERRED ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE CASES TO HOSPITALS WITH SPECIAL EBOLA EXPERTISE LIKE EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA. Need more sound here we are taking this very seriously at the highest levels of govt. BUT IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHETHER THE CHANGES WILL BE ENOUGH AS PUBLIC FEARS AND POLITICAL PRESSURE MOUNT. DALLAS COUNTY JUDGE CLAY JENKINS SAYING: We are preparing contingencies for more, and that is a very real possibility.” OR OBAMA AT 3:30 END IT