Megyn Kelly tonight pressed CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden on the government’s response to the Ebola threat.
Kelly reminded Frieden that he assured the public that the U.S. would stop Ebola in its tracks. But now, Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has died, and one of the nurses that cared for him also has Ebola, though Frieden said health care workers would be trained.
“The American public looks at you and says, ‘Why should we trust you, and why should we trust the administration when Barack Obama told us we are prepared if Ebola reaches our shores and that the medical personnel would be adequately trained?’” Kelly said.
Frieden admitted that it’s “deeply troubling” that a nurse has contracted Ebola.