I am an NC freeper and I am getting local info. There are 12 workers from the physicians office and 3 hospital workers who are supposed to be released from quarantine today. There are several family members who can get out of quarantine at the beginning of the week.
We have a local freep going to get the building sterilized. Apparently Mr Engels didn't realize how long SARS lives on surfaces.
Local health officials, like Dr. Niman, are concerned that that the dead man will prove to be a super spreader. People at UNC CH are totally freaking out. The big concern is this: did the disease enter the campus before or after the school semester ended?
General question: Our kids have a swim meet in hickory, which includes the Raleigh area teams. Should they attend the meet or not?
Are you in the "Triangle"? If so, you might have already heard of this case.
Posted on Thu, May. 29, 2003
N.C. Swimmer Dies From Tick Bite
Associated Press
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A University of North Carolina swimmer from Florida has died after being bitten by a tick that gave her Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Andrea Erben, 19, of Panama City, died from the disease Tuesday at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital, said her father, Steve Erben.
"She didn't know she had it," he said Wednesday. "Initially, she was diagnosed with the flu at Chapel Hill (N.C.)."
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RMSF or SARS?