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Posted on 10/04/2014 7:16:59 PM PDT by knak
WORCESTER, Mass. —Dr. Rick Sacra, of Holden, who doctors said was successfully treated for Ebola at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, was admitted to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester Saturday morning with a respiratory illness.
Doctors do not think it likely that Sacra, who has been suffering from a persistent cough and low-grade fever for several days, has suffered a relapse of Ebola.
"Even though the likelihood of Dr. Sacra having a relapse of Ebola is extremely low, doctors will run tests to be 100 percent sure,” said Dr. Phil Smith, medical director of the Biocontainment Unit at The Nebraska Medical Center.
"Because of his recent battle with the Ebola virus, his immune system is compromised," said Smith, who treated Sacra for Ebola. "The symptoms he has are indicative of a respiratory illness and are not those of someone suffering from Ebola.
Smith said the public shouldn't be concerned that his Ebola has returned.
The hospital said earlier Saturday that it had placed a patient in isolation, though a spokeswoman said doctors there do not believe the person has Ebola. It was not clear if the patient was Sacra, since no personal information was released.
The hospital took the step because the patient, “has a history of travel to and from West Africa,” spokeswoman Peggy Thrappas said in a statement.
“We are working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and carefully following specific plans and guidelines for the management of patients with suspected Ebola,” Thrappas said.
I wouldn’t want to hang around the guy for a while.
Prayers up. This is out of control and president Obola is doing nothing!! Stop the infected from coming here. When children die we will see riots.
The cured ebola guy now has a respiratory illness — but don’t worry! Everyone knows that ebola cannot possibly be spread that way! It’s settled science.
Who is Rick Scarra?
Oh of course not! Can’t possibly be ebola again!
A bunch of friggin’ idiots run this country!
I can’t believe the gov’t idiots purposely imported this disease to our country, repeatedly!
The Liberian guy snuck in for the free healthcare. They say 100 are under observation. A thousand should be. Everyone on that plane plus all the people they’ve come in any contact with since arriving...it’s probably tens of thousands by now.
These idiots in our gov’t will get thousands of Americans killed.
O’Bola loves this. He wants to kill as many of us as possible.
Sorry, dual post, I posted this one right after someone else did.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3211438/posts
Prayers up for this man..if he does have Ebola again, and this was after he was given the all clear, everyone he has been in contact with is now in danger
...”The symptoms he has are indicative of a respiratory illness and are not those of someone suffering from Ebola....”
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Yes, of course. It’s an upper respiratory illness and not the “blood borne” disease Ebola. Unless, that is, Ebola’s morphing to an airborne infectious disease.
“Hopefully this is just SARC on my part.” says House as he whistles past the graveyard.
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