Brooklyn Ebola and Enterovirus town hall set for Wednesday
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is sponsoring a town hall on Ebola and Enterovirus D68 on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. in the courtroom of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
The two viruses have caused fear nationwide in recent weeks, with at least one confirmed death related to each disease.
Panelists at the town hall, which will be moderated by Professor Mordecai Goldfeder, senior health and medical planner at the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), will include experts from the Brooklyn Hospital Center, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Doctors Council SEIU, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, and New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene.
“I want Brooklynites to be aware and prepared for any emergency or disaster,” BP Adams said in a community advisory. He said the town hall would help to prevent “an unnecessary mass panic.”