Testing for Ebola not adequate

Daily Mail:

A U.S. Coast Guard Corpsman working with the Office of Field Operations checks the temperature of a traveler who has recently traveled to either Guinea, Sierra Leone, or Liberia in this handout picture from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection taken at Washington Dulles International Airport October 16, 2014. Travelers entering the United States whose trips originated in Ebola-stricken Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea must fly into one of five airports that have enhanced screening in place, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. Picture taken October 16, 2014. REUTERS/U.S. Customs and Border Protection/Josh Denmark/Handout via Reuters (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH TRAVEL) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSNYC Ebola patient PASSED new 'enhanced screening' at JFK Airport -- only to fall victim days later


'He went through multiple layers of screening and did not have a fever or other symptoms of illness,' the CDC tweeted. He had a 103-degree fever six days later.
Clearly the current protocol is not adequate to contain this disease.  They are requiring a 21 day quarantine for people who are from the West African countries that have suffered from the viral disease, why was this doctor not required to do the same thing.

Update:  The Governors of New York and New Jersey have imposed a 21 day quarantine on doctors coming from treatment of Ebola patients.

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