Posted on 10/01/2014 8:28:24 AM PDT by george76
DALLAS — Due to close contact with a patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus, a second person is under the close monitoring of health officials as a possible second patient, said the director of Dallas County's health department Wednesday morning in an interview with WFAA.
Zachary Thompson, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, says all those who've been in close contact with the diagnosed patient are being monitored as a precaution. However, Thompson pointed to one person in particular as a potential second case.
"Let me be real frank to the Dallas County residents, the fact that we have one confirmed case, there may be another case that is a close associate with this particular patient,"
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The patient left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in Dallas to visit relatives the following day, said CDC director Tom Frieden. On September 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.
"I have no doubt that we'll stop this in its tracks in the U.S.," Frieden said. "But I also have no doubt that — as long as the outbreak continues in Africa — we need to be on our guard."
Local health officials say the patient was in contact with several children before he was hospitalized. Thompson says each of those children have been kept home and are under precautionary monitoring.
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The three paramedics who transported the patient are temporarily off duty and among those under observation.
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Thank you for the cached link.
I keep seeing that FR pages are unable to access the google-analytical site
It keeps my clock from being adjusted for my time zone.
Google down ???
Ebola is very, very rare. This is by far the biggest outbreak of the disease, and usually it comes on people and kills them so quickly it doesn’t have a chance to spread, I also think previous outbreaks have been out in very rural areas in Africa, those people aren’t hopping on any jet planes, but this current outbreak happened in more urban areas.
I read that this is the first case ANYWHERE outside of Africa and that really surprised me.
You can’t assume that, and what if the guy went to the store or the movies or something?
Is it possible that the illegal exodus from messico>Texas may be reversed and these illegals may go running back south ?
Foxnews had this memo saying that we let in 10,000 Liberians into the country a MONTH!!!!!
WTF is going on in this damn country?
From the article: “The patient who was diagnosed with Ebola virus was staying at a northeast Dallas apartment complex, according to a Dallas police spokesman.
Lt. Joel Lavender confirmed the patient was transported from the Ivy Apartments to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on September 28.”
Ivy Apartments in northeast Dallas. Residents take notice.
Ebola patient’s sister said that he told the medical personnel that he was from Liberia.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ebola-case-stokes-concerns-liberians-dallas-25880747
You CAN assume that. Americans self segregate.
I think it was down briefly. I was having trouble about that same time, but it began working soon after that.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
Fundamental Transformation.
That video is absolutely terrifying, more so because it’s so rational and straightforward.
(Your link doesn’t work, but cutting and pasting the URL does.)
The number of ebola cases in the US is about to double under Obama’s watch.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3209837/posts?page=8#8
All y’all ping to this post!
Thanks for the info, zuben elgenubi!
Save that vid!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3209837/posts?page=11#11
Zuben, does this agree with the YouTube vid?
That was before I viewed the video. The video references a New York Times article, I believe this is it:
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