Posted on 10/03/2014 2:23:39 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Image: Two women glance at journalists gathered on a street next to an apartment complex where an Ebola infected man had stayed in Dallas, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Dallas city officials asked the family who resides at the apartment to remain in their home.
DALLAS – A hazardous-materials crew on Friday decontaminated the Texas apartment where an Ebola patient stayed, while public-health officials cut by half the number of people being monitored for any symptoms of the deadly disease.
The decontamination team was to collect bed sheets, towels and a mattress used by the infected man before he was hospitalized, as well as a suitcase and other personal items belonging to Thomas Eric Duncan, officials said.
They planned to place the items in industrial barrels and take them to a storage facility, according to Dallas County Fire Marshal Robert De Los Santos.
Once the proper permits are issued, the materials were to be hauled away for permanent disposal, probably by incineration at a landfill.
The first Ebola diagnosis in the U.S. has raised concerns about whether the disease that has killed 3,400 people in West Africa could spread in the U.S. Federal health officials say they are confident they can keep it in check.
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They are probably Johny on the spot if someone breaks a florescent light bulb.
That’s the joke I was going to use! Every hazmat team within five counties would show up within the hour.
Dallas sure has changed since I was in school there.
Way to get their attention: break a “green” bulb or a mercury thermometer!
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