As a rare and deadly strain of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus surges across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, Washington has decided that rather than bringing exposed or infected American citizens back to specialized biocontainment units on U.S. soil, it will simply house them in Nairobi. The arrangement is a jarring departure from previous international public health protocols. It is a deeply flawed, asymmetric proposal that raises a burning question of reciprocity: Would a Kenyan citizen infected with … Continue reading The U.S. using Kenya as an Ebola quarantine zone is medical neocolonialism