New York patient ‘unlikely to have Ebola,’ Health Department says

Washington Post ^ | 08/04/2014 | By Elahe Izadi

[SeekAndFind]

A man who was tested for Ebola at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday is “unlikely” to have the virus, the city’s health department said.

“After consultation with CDC and Mount Sinai, the Health Department has concluded that the patient is unlikely to have Ebola,” the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said in a statement early Monday evening. “Specimens are being tested for common causes of illness and to definitively exclude Ebola.”

The male patient had come to the hospital’s emergency room early Monday morning with a high fever and gastrointestinal problems, according to the hospital. The man had recently visited a West African country where Ebola has been reported, the hospital said; he was “placed in strict isolation” and screened for the virus.

“All necessary steps are being taken to ensure the safety of all patients, visitors and staff,” the hospital said in a statement Monday afternoon. “We will continue to work closely with federal, state and city health officials to address and monitor this case, keep the community informed and provide the best quality care to all of our patients.”

[antceecee]

Very comforting to a city of millions..tightly packed in close proximity to one another....what could go wrong?

[PraiseTheLord]

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It will take 1-2 days for the results to come back. Evidently, there have been six (or so) cases recently where an individual has returned here from an Ebola-stricken West African country with symptoms consistent with Ebola, but none of them had Ebola. “

Considering that False Negatives seems common, do we know about these ‘none who had Ebola’ : were they tested a second time for Ebola, and was what they did actually have confirmed ?

[Karl Spooner]

"An Ebola vaccine “would be very helpful,” he said, but it won’t exist anytime soon. Still, he added, health workers can find and isolate patients, trace the contacts they’ve made and encourage safe burial practices for those who fall ill."

CDC: U.S. can't seal borders to stop Ebola

[Truth29]

Can we believe anything told us by the government without independent verification? Would they suppress any report of Ebola loose in the population, if they could? For that matter, how many disease reports from the illegal alien processing facilities are already being suppressed so they can transport the vectors all over the US?

[SeekAndFind]

DON'T TRUST, VERIFY

[Raebie]

What ever happened to the rapid response tests they’re using in W. Africa?

[a fool in paradise]

Crap, there is no need to have any tests because it's "unlikely" that the man may have Ebola. It would have been nice if they gave us facts why the city's health department deems it "unlikely".

Who needs facts when there is consensus among pundits?

[BuckeyeTexan]

I have no idea.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I have no idea.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Would they suppress any report of Ebola loose in the population, if they could?

Of course - to prevent panic.

[BuckeyeTexan]

If I had to guess, I would say those tests are not readily available in the US because we don’t have Ebola outbreaks. It’s a good question.