To:PeterJarhling

From:TomGeisbert
Date:November17,1989
Re:PossibleExposure:Confidential

HelloPeter,

Ihopeyouaredoingwell.Iamwritingtofollowupontheincidentthatoccurredwith
thehotsamplesfromtheRestonPrimateQuarantineUnit.Aswebothdiscussed,I
havekeptthattopicconfidential,andhaventeventoldpeoplethatareclosetome;I
hopeyouaredoingthesameaswell.However,thisoccurrencehashadmethinking
thatwhatwehavedoneisexplicitlywrong.WesniffedahotsampleofEbolaandifwe
dontinformoursuperiors,thenwearepronetobeinginfectedandinfectingmany
peoplethatwecomeincontactwithintheUnitedStates.Iunderstandthatweonly
waftedit,although,Ithinkweneedtodotherightthing.

ThankyouforlisteningandhopefullyunderstandingwhatsideIamleaningtowards.I
dontwanttogointoquarantine,butIwouldratherdothat,thanspreadingthedisease
tohundredsofpeople.Letmeknowyouropinionsothenwecandiscussthisfurther.

Sincerely,
TomGeisbert
Intern