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Ed Garcia, general director of the site, told NPR that the company created an Ebola ward the next day and quarantined the woman soon after. Firestone also provided hazmat suits to medical workers, he said.

Although the woman died, the virus reportedly did not spread to any other Firestone employees or their family members. The company also built quarantine and treatment wards and ramped up efforts to educate the public about the virus.

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Rebecca Ramage-Tuttle, assistant director of the Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, says the the DOE rule change is “a slippery slope” for civil rights. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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