Ebola in the U.S.: 1,000 people under some level of watch

Orlando Sentinel ^ | October 17, 2014 | Michael Muskal, Geoffrey Mohan

[huldah1776]

***snip*** In recent days, the number of people who have been asked to monitor themselves for symptoms has been steadily growing, especially among healthcare workers who were involved in the original treatment of Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian who died from Ebola on Oct. 8 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

As of Friday, a pool of about 1,000 people are being watched for symptoms, have been asked to monitor themselves or have been urged to check with a counselor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group includes a handful of people who have been ordered into quarantine, a larger group that is being closely watched with temperatures taken at least daily and a much larger group of travelers who may haven flown on a Frontier Airlines jetliner used at some point by an Ebola patient traveling with a low-grade fever.

None of those being monitored, regardless of their group, has exhibited any Ebola symptoms.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[2harddrive]

Hey Obama, be a MAN - Implement a travel BAN!!

[miserare]

Duncan’s family contacts have all been released from quarantine as of today.

Louise, the fiancee, promises to write a tell-all book.

[CorporateStepsister]

After a small handful of college kids get infected, perhaps a few Harvard grads, I bet anything that Obama will get impeached at best.

I’ll leave the rest of you to think about the worst.

[firebrand]

What happened with the doctor who flew in on Royal Air Morocco and stayed in a hotel at JFK and then took a plane to California? He slipped in right before the New York State mandatory quarantine. It seems like they are getting out in case there is a ban on flights.