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November 13, 2014

Nurses Stage Nationwide Protest over Ebola Protection, Protocols 
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The settlement in Dallas comes as nurses across the country have held a
one-day strike to protest what they call the inadequate protection of
health workers treating patients hospitalized over Ebola. National
Nurses United says hospitals still lack proper equipment and protocols
weeks after a pair of Dallas nurses contracted the disease from Thomas
Eric Duncan. Wednesday's protests included a rally outside Congress in
Washington.

Evan Brost: "We know that Ebola has already reached our soil. We know
other epidemics may reach our soil. So we want nurses to be protected.
The best way to protect our community is to protect our nurses."

 

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