Posted on 05/31/2015 5:43:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Emergency workers in hazmat gear visited a Baltimore neighborhood Sunday to transport a person showing Ebola-like symptoms to Johns Hopkins Hospital for testing, city officials said.
The testing is being done out of an abundance of caution, Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen said in a statement. All protocols have been followed for safe transport of the patient and the system is working as intended. There is no danger to the public at large.
The person was collected by emergency personnel wearing hazmat gear near the intersection of West North Avenue and Maryland Avenue around midday Sunday, according to a police report. Described as severely ill, the person was said to have recently returned from Sierra Leone....
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“The person was collected by emergency personnel wearing hazmat gear”
Sounds like he was scooped up with dustpans, maybe already shedding layers of skin like in “The Strain”. Man, Baltimore SUCKS. Great site for some Ebola scares though!
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I am beginning to really hate this CDC PR phrase —
The testing is being done out of an abundance of caution
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