First Slice 8/1/14: Ebola patient to receive treatment at Emory Hospital, some Americans fear pandemic
Georgia congressmen sue Obama, Druid Hills mulls annexation, and more!
- Thomas W. Geisbert, Boston University School of Medicine/Wikimedia Commons
- Some Ebola virus particles, like the ones pictured above, are making their way to Atlanta.
An American medical missionary who was infected with Ebola while working in Liberia is expected to be admitted to Emory University Hospital for treatment. The medical institution is one of only four hospitals in the country equipped with a highly-isolated facility needed to quarantine the virus. And some U.S. citizens are worried that an outbreak could occur.
In a meeting with Georgia’s Latino community leaders, Gov. Nathan Deal took a bit of a “softer tone” on the issue of 1,100 unaccompanied minors from Central America who were sent to Georgia after crossing the U.S. border. “I agree that the president’s goal of reuniting these children with their families is certainly the goal that should be worked toward and we are willing to do our part while they’re here,” Deal said.
Warning: Watch out for flying sledgehammers on the Downtown Connector!
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn made light of a memo that leaked out information about her potential strengths, weakness, and campaign strategies. “I always thought I wanted to run an open and transparent campaign but this has gone beyond what I anticipated or intended,” she said at a Macon campaign stop.
Will Druid Hills become Atlanta’s newest neighborhood?
Mark your calendars: The era of the massive Atlanta-Raleigh “megalopolis” will begin in 2060, a new study says.
Eight of Georgia’s finest congressmen have backed the decision to sue President Barack Obama.