Trying to win a Darwin Award? Man seen walking next to Ebola patient with clipboard for protection

Maybe he's trying to win a Darwin Award? The nation is aghast at a plainclothes man who appears to be coolly walking beside Ebola-infected nurse, Amber Vinson protected only by --a clipboard. Everyone else around him was dressed in a hazmat suit as she was placed onboard a jet and flown to Atlanta.

ATLANTA, GA (Catholic Online) - The Centers for Disease Control has insisted that Ebola is not an airborne disease however the level of precaution taken by those working around Ebola patients is so extreme that it suggests they are either overabundant with caution or there is something they're not telling us.

Whatever the case, it seems extraordinary that a man, apparently a supervisor for Phoenix Air, the company that contracted with the government to fly Vinson to Atlanta, walked right beside her the whole way.

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Is he trying to catch Ebola? Is he very brave and does not believe the disease is as contagious as the medical staff attending her? Perhaps he is foolhardy? Whatever the case, the nation has found his lack of caution extremely surprising and even a bit unsettling.

The unnamed supervisor flew with Vinson to Atlanta and even as of his arrival in Atlanta he has not put on any protective clothing. No gloves or even a facemask. While in flight he would be breathed the same air as Miss Vinson.

Phoenix Air, which employs the man later issued a statement suggesting -astoundingly, that he made everyone safer by flying without protection. He was identified as a "protocol supervisor" and his job is to ensure that safety protocols are followed and nobody gets sick. The statement suggested that everyone except him would have limited vision and mobility, which he would augment.

It was said that at all times he "kept a safe distance" from the patient.

Conventional thought regarding Ebola suggests he is probably safe and we have little to fear from his lack of protection, but it is unsettling to see him walking beside the patient protected only by a clipboard.

If he becomes sick, he could receive a "Darwin Award" which are unofficial prizes given to people who kill themselves as a result of making exceptionally poor decisions. If Ebola is more infectious than we think and this "protocol supervisor" becomes ill, he will be a prime candidate for the prize.

Unfortunately, if the disease is more infectious and becomes ill, the nation will have little time to concern itself with humor.

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