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Caring for patients with Ebola comes with very strict guidelines for hospital workers. TODAY鈥檚 Matt Lauer observed the procedures firsthand during , where health care officials successfully treated Ebola patients Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol.
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GULFPORT -- Kindergarten is not mandatory in Mississippi, but State Superintendent Carey Wright would love to see that changed.
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With questions now being raised about a possible protocol breach that led to , the Liberian victim who carried the disease to Texas, here's a look at the meticulous precautions in place at Emory to treat someone infected with Ebola, or any other highly infectious disease.
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With less than a month until her one-year anniversary in the Magnolia State, Wright sat down with the Sun Herald and touched on a number of topics. What she really wanted to talk about, however, was the need for early education.
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Putting on the protective gear is聽always done聽in pairs.
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"It's just frightening to think about how our children are coming in," she said.
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TODAYSuiting up can take up to 20 minutes, and partners observe each other's every move: 鈥淲e're watching each other for safety,鈥?says Emory nurse Jill Morgan.
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The Mississippi Department of Education is in the process of applying for a pre-kindergarten development grant from the federal government worth up to $15 million for four years. The grant could expand existing pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds by about 3,100 spots.
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With the number of Mississippi children living in poverty on the rise, Wright said it's imperative to open up public pre-K for families who cannot afford private pre-K facilities.
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TODAY"We tape our first set of gloves on," Morgan says.
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This past year was the first where the state had a state-wide kindergarten readiness assessment. More than 44,000 students took the test and Wright said the results, which will soon be released to the public, are close to alarming.
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The suit also includes a helmet with a built-in fan.
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"If there is evidence as compelling as it could possibly be for the need for early childhood programming, it's the results of this kinder
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TODAYThe fan pulls outside air through a filter 鈥渟o he鈥檚 never breathing any air from the outside room,鈥?Morgan says.<br>
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garten assessment," Wright said.
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TODAY"We're trying to make sure we don't carry any of that contamination out of that room."
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The superintendent told of one instance where a district called her office asking for help because it had a child who didn't know any shapes, colors or letters. The child, she said, knew none of the basic building blocks.
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聽Workers may stay inside the isolation room for up to four hours at a time.
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"We have got to have kids in kindergarten. It can't be an option," she said. "To me, if we're going to improve education in this state -- and we are -- we have got to get children into high-quality learning as quickly as we can. And then have them prepared."
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TODAY鈥淲hen we are in that room, you are all in. Eating, drinking, taking a bathroom break all wait until you can come out of that suit,鈥?Morgan says.<br>
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Asked if there's pockets of resistance in the Legislature to early childhood education that's not related to finances, Wright said she was surprised to find some people believe it's governmental intrusion into a family matter.
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A second suited-up person always observes from outside, both as a backup and to watch for any mistakes or signs of contamination.
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"It was just a foregone conclusion (to me) that you went to pre-K. You didn't even think about that," she said, referring to Maryland and the District of Columbia, her last two professional stops. "When you have the level of poverty like you do in D.C. and Mississippi, the beautiful way as we all know to get children out of that is to educate them so that they have an opportunity to do something different."
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TODAY鈥淚f I see anything that might be dangerous for them then we're going to interrupt that behavior right away,鈥?Morgan says.<br>
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TODAYThe risk for self-contamination is highest when health care workers leave the isolation room and take off their suit, Morgan said. A three- to five-minute shower body scrub always follows.聽
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GULFPORT -- Kindergarten is not mandatory in Mississippi, but State Superintendent Carey Wright would love to see that changed. With less than a month until her one-year anniversary in the Magnolia State, Wright sat down with the Sun Herald and touched on a number of topics. What she really wanted to talk about, however, was the need for early education. "It's just frightening to think about how our children are coming in," she said. The Mississippi Department of Education is in the process of applying for a pre-kindergarten development grant from the federal government worth up to $15 million for four years. The grant could expand existing pre-kindergarten programs for 4-year-olds by about 3,100 spots. With the number of Mississippi children living in poverty on the rise, Wright said it's imperative to open up public pre-K for families who cannot afford private pre-K facilities. This past year was the first where the state had a state-wide kindergarten readiness assessment. More than 44,000 students took the test and Wright said the results, which will soon be released to the public, are close to alarming. "If there is evidence as compelling as it could possibly be for the need for early childhood programming, it's the results of this kinder garten assessment," Wright said. The superintendent told of one instance where a district called her office asking for help because it had a child who didn't know any shapes, colors or letters. The child, she said, knew none of the basic building blocks. "We have got to have kids in kindergarten. It can't be an option," she said. "To me, if we're going to improve education in this state -- and we are -- we have got to get children into high-quality learning as quickly as we can. And then have them prepared." Asked if there's pockets of resistance in the Legislature to early childhood education that's not related to finances, Wright said she was surprised to find some people believe it's governmental intrusion into a family matter. "It was just a foregone conclusion (to me) that you went to pre-K. You didn't even think about that," she said, referring to Maryland and the District of Columbia, her last two professional stops. "When you have the level of poverty like you do in D.C. and Mississippi, the beautiful way as we all know to get children out of that is to educate them so that they have an opportunity to do something different."

Wright said the application for the pre-K grant is due Wednesday and she expects to know if Mississippi received the money by December.

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