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Yale-New Haven Hospital treating quarantined patient with Ebola-like symptoms
WFSB ^ | 10-16-2014 | WFSB-TV

Posted on 10/16/2014 7:52:16 AM PDT by tcrlaf

Hospital officials in New Haven have quarantined a patient with Ebola-like symptoms as a precaution.

Officials tell Eyewitness News that the patient was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The hospital released a statement Thursday morning.

"Yale-New Haven Hospital admitted a patient late Wednesday night for evaluation of Ebola-like symptoms," the hospital said. "We have not confirmed or ruled-out any diagnosis at this point. We are working in cooperation with city, state and federal health officials. There is no further information available at this time."

Officials said they'll know more later in the day.

There's no word on the patient's condition or identity.

Mayor Toni Harp met with city officials Thursday morning at 10 a.m. at the city's Emergency Operations Center. They planned to brief the media afterward. The state Department of Public Health said it was aware of the case.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: ebola; newhaven; pandemic; yale
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To: BillyBonebrake

bfl


41 posted on 10/16/2014 9:14:54 AM PDT by Grammy (Save the earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Yep


42 posted on 10/16/2014 9:17:30 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Covenantor
About time Nina is being moved.

Picture captioned "Yale-New Haven Hospital Ready For Potential Ebola Cases" Uh, NOOOOOOT!

43 posted on 10/16/2014 9:17:41 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: tcrlaf
The student has previously tested negative when left Liberia

Does anyone know what this means? 'Cause I don't.

44 posted on 10/16/2014 9:19:40 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: SE Mom
He did not trump the CDC but sure sounds like he has readied the student body.
45 posted on 10/16/2014 9:19:54 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: VerySadAmerican

From what we’ve seen, it doesn’t take long to get a negative test but it takes two+ days to get back positive test results. The longer these potential patients are monitored, the more likely it is they have Ebola.


46 posted on 10/16/2014 9:21:15 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: SE Mom
He did not trump the CDC but sure sounds like he has readied the student body.
47 posted on 10/16/2014 9:21:52 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: tcrlaf
The patient was admitted LAST NIGHT, but nobody in the media learned it until TODAY??? I’m betting the new “protocol” is to keep as many of these cases under wraps as they can, until after election day

If I admitted an Ebola patient last night, I would shoot the first person who called the media.

That has nothing to do with the elections, and everything to do with the nature of the media.

48 posted on 10/16/2014 9:22:20 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: BillyBonebrake

Please try to keep us up to date and stay safe - thank you.


49 posted on 10/16/2014 9:22:41 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Jim Noble

From what I understand the test looks for a very specifiic number of “antibodies?” so it can show negative until you’re in full blown ebola mode


50 posted on 10/16/2014 9:28:08 AM PDT by lancium
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To: All

Not confirming but sounds like it...from presser.

2:3 YNHH is well equipped for and prepared to care for this patient in a safe way that will not impact any other patients in the Hospital.


51 posted on 10/16/2014 9:38:02 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

New Haven mayor is saying he doesn’t believe this will turn out to be ebola. I’m not sure how a mayor is qualified to make that judgement...


52 posted on 10/16/2014 9:41:22 AM PDT by lancium
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To: BillyBonebrake

My daughter is an EMT is Springfield. She only has to dodge bullets.


53 posted on 10/16/2014 9:42:27 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: lancium

Judging by everything I have seen in language addressing this patient I would say the mayor is out to lunch.


54 posted on 10/16/2014 9:44:10 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: tcrlaf

Hospitals cannot, pro actively, release this information. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s the law. In fact, if you don’t ask the hospital a specific name, they will refuse to tell you whether or not they are a patient. There are no exceptions for public health concerns.

I know. It’s messed up.


55 posted on 10/16/2014 9:45:41 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: winoneforthegipper
Judging by everything I have seen in language addressing this patient I would say the mayor is out to lunch.

Strange for the mayor to go out on a limb like this, and you would think he would be in-the-know. But this really does look like a positive, doesn't it?
56 posted on 10/16/2014 9:46:57 AM PDT by jjsheridan5 (Remember Mississippi -- leave the GOP plantation)
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To: lancium

few tidbits...

Harp says she’s been contacted by the US HHS secretary and that Feds will help the city if it’s Ebola

YNH CMO says they were aware of it “yesterday afternoon and evening”

Infectious disease doctor at YNH: Responders wore Level 3 suits

The patient was self-monitoring and let a primary care provider know about a fever.


57 posted on 10/16/2014 9:47:51 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: jjsheridan5

Mayor rambling..notified at 9pm last night/reminds everyone it’s flu season/doesn’t think it will turn out to be Ebola/if it is ebola city is prepared/protocols for care are “even higher than required by CDC”


58 posted on 10/16/2014 9:50:00 AM PDT by lancium
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To: redgolum

Yep—Yale parents are connected and proactive, albeit hopelessly liberal.


59 posted on 10/16/2014 9:51:22 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: jjsheridan5

Surely it is being couched..normally that would indicate an outcome that is not desired.

But given the players involved on this one, I suppose there could be other factors involved.


60 posted on 10/16/2014 9:51:23 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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