BOSTON (
MyFoxBoston.com) -- Governor Deval Patrick says the state is "as well-prepared as we can possibly be and well coordinated," when it comes to Ebola and told Fox 25 political reporter Sharman Sacchetti "One thing that all you in the media can do is try to tamp down panic where there is no basis for it."
The Governor was responding to questions on the response to an Ebola scare in Braintree over the weekend. Governor Patrick said the way it was handled went "exactly right" despite concerns from a pregnant nurse who told Fox 25 she was told to go home, wash her hands and take her temperature for 21 days.
Speaking at an event in Springfield, Patrick told Sacchetti, "There's reasons why, frankly, even that was a step further than was necessary."
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is raising concerns. A spokesman told us nurses do not feel the training is adequate or safe for them or their patients. The union and its national chapter say they want uniform guidelines, better protective gear and better hands-on training.
Governor Patrick says the state is communicating regularly with the Centers for Disease Control. He says guidance has been sent from the CDC to the Department of Public Health in Massachusetts, which forwarded the guidance to hospitals and clinics.
Patrick told us, "There is very very little likelihood and this we hear from all the medical professionals that Massachusetts will be exposed to Ebola."
