The young man may indeed be ill, but I’ll wait for more than a blog copying two ambiguous and unverified tweets.
Anyone can tweet anything.
I’m sure the boyfriend is terrified, whether he’s actually admitted with symptoms or just quarantined. No use making the situation worse with rumors.
The above is a lengthy article. Several paragraphs down, it references Alcon Laboratories confirming that an Alcon employee is the 2nd patient placed in isolation. That person is also being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. He is identified as Ms Pharm’s boyfriend.
The article also gives more of the content of the Alcon email to its employees.