OPINION:
Why does the United States always have to take responsibility for every major health crisis (“State Department plans to bring foreign Ebola patients to U.S.,” Web, Oct. 28)? Why does the United States have to be the world’s medical “backstop”? Other U.N.-member countries always seem to shove the majority of the responsibility onto us.
We certainly need to set a precedent for global involvement, but not always do everything. Obviously, we ought to help where we can in West Africa, but why should we house other countries’ medical teams if those teams’ members get infected with Ebola?
Why can infected people not be held in their own countries? Treating foreigners will put more Americans’ health at risk, and it will cost the United States greatly. It is good that President Obama and the United States have decided to act on Ebola, but other countries should step up and do their share.
JAKE FELDT
Temecula, Calif.
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