A Public Health Success Story in San Antonio

Shortly after San Antonio Assistant City Manager and UNC Charlotte Health Services Research alumna Colleen Bridger helped open San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center, a crew from conspiracy website InfoWars showed up to shoot a video stoking fears that the influx of immigrants would bring Ebola and other infectious diseases into the city.

Rather than slam the door in their faces, Bridger met with the crew, calmly explaining the medical reasons why the city faced no risk from an outbreak. She even led them on a tour, holding a migrant girl on camera and stroking the child’s hair as she spoke.

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by: Sanford Nowlin