Posted on 10/09/2014 1:22:53 PM PDT by tatown
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Dallas County Deputy who showed up to an urgent care facility yesterday complaining of symptoms of Ebola has tested negative for the virus, the Department of State Health Services announced Thursday.
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Thank goodness!!!
Now everyone with a cold is going to have to be tested for Ebola. Even if there is no outbreak here, how much is that going to cost?
A bit of good news, at least for today.
My understanding is that the test has a relatively high rate of false negatives. Does anyone have statistics for that?
Take a breath, he does not have ebola.
It seemed too soon to show symptoms. As I predicted Oct 5th will be the beginning.
Ditto to that.
It seemed too soon to show symptoms. As I predicted Oct 15th will be the beginning.
One test for Ebola, the indirect fluorescence assay, is known to have a rather low specificity, and therefore a rather high false negative rate. PCR testing has also been known to miss cases of affliction. (source)
In other words, it is possible for an Ebola test to be negative when the person actually does have Ebola.
Praise the Lord!.......................
Yes. Just walking through you wouldn’t expect him to contract Ebola, even if fomites present on surfaces. Touching a contaminated surface might lead to a different outcome. But if none of the others come down with symptoms, maybe there were no viable virons in the area.
Great news.
However, IMHO the CDC is whitewashing what is known about the details of transmission.
They are particularly optimisitic about the fever threshhold and the incubation period. These are statistics and probabilities, not guarantees. We should be extra-cautious with something as lethal as this virus.
Make up your mind!....................
Good!
It could be a false negative but were there multiple test types (pcr, igm, etc.)?
I hope he stays negative
>> fear mongerers
People have a right to be in fear. Did you post this to insult people or to give us an update about the deputy.
Keep telling others to not discuss their fears / Obama thanks you for that.
15,15,15
15,15,15..........that’s a good fertilizer.................
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