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Rumors Persist That Nina Pham’s Boyfriend Is ‘Secretly’ Hospitalized With Ebola
Inquisitr ^ | October 19, 2014 | Uncredited

Posted on 10/19/2014 11:35:58 PM PDT by AAABEST

Nurse Nina Pham’s boyfriend is rumored to be hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms according to The Epoch Times. Several employees at Alcon in Ft. Worth, Texas tweeted about a fellow employee, possibly Pham’s boyfriend, being quarantined. Now there are concerns that he is being secretly treated for the virus.

The nurse’s boyfriend was quarantined due to Pham contracting the virus and many feel that he isn’t being quarantined just as a precaution...

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KEYWORDS: boyfriend; dallas; ebola; pham; phamboyfriend; uspatient2
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We should certainly be careful about spreading rumors, but nobody seems to know the boyfriend's location or condition. Tweets have been removed, stories have been changed etc. Supposedly, he hasn't been back to work.

Given that his employer makes eye products, including drops, they would have an interest in keeping this on the QT. So would the failures who populate Fed.gov - whose primary purpose seems to be running a propaganda racket.

We shouldn't jump to unconfirmed conclusions, but the boyfriend question has yet to be definitively answered. Last we knew he was scurried away into "isolation."

Are modern journalists completely devoid of intellectual curiosity anymore?

1 posted on 10/19/2014 11:35:58 PM PDT by AAABEST
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To: AAABEST

http://www.ibtimes.com/ebola-nurse-nina-phams-boyfriend-rumored-admitted-hospital-ebola-symptoms-alcon-releases-1707586


2 posted on 10/19/2014 11:42:44 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Ignorance can be deadly. Especially in emergencies...)
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To: AAABEST

HoustonsNews confirms via twitter that Boyfriend has been admitted to hospital.

https://twitter.com/HoustonsNews

Don’t want to spread rumors either, but here’s another source.


3 posted on 10/19/2014 11:44:26 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: AAABEST
the alcon release said he had no symptoms but the article stated different. journalist that cant read shouldn't write
4 posted on 10/19/2014 11:46:59 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: greeneyes

same source...mr


5 posted on 10/19/2014 11:47:31 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: AAABEST

Has anybody headed about Duncan’s family? News seems to have gone mysteriously quiet about them.


6 posted on 10/19/2014 11:48:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: greeneyes
Come on, "HoustonsNews" is just a twitter account - it has no actual news organization as a source-gathering and vetting operation.

Furthermore, the link they give as a source for this story is actually "MrConservative.com". That website doesn't give out any actual hard-sourcing for this supposed development.

How the government is handling Ebola is insane. That doesn't justify rumormongering on our side.

7 posted on 10/19/2014 11:50:42 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: greeneyes; sheikdetailfeather
I've seen both of those sources. All anyone, anywhere knows, as far as I can tell, is that on October 14th, the boyfriend was taken to the hospital with symptoms that may or may not have indicated Ebola.

Every news outlet and blog simply keeps recycling the same story with the email. I can't find a single item anywhere, or any further information whatsover on the matter to come out since the 14th.

The American press has become completely useless. I would think it would be a good scoop. It's certainly a question that deserves to be answered.

8 posted on 10/19/2014 11:53:15 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3217262/posts

Other thread.


9 posted on 10/19/2014 11:57:36 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: rolling_stone
..the alcon release said he had no symptoms but the article stated different. journalist that cant read shouldn't write

The article states "rumored." The picture of the supposed email was not an email, it was a official hardcopy statement put to letterhead after several correspondences (at least two) had come from *supposedly* verified employees stating that he did had some type of symptoms. Those Tweets have since been removed and nobody has heard anything whatsoever from Alcon, fed.gov or anyone else since October 14th.

While we can't conclude anything without information, there are a few simple questions that come to mind:

If he didn't have any symptoms, then why would he need to be isolated?

If he was isolated, what facility?

If he is still isolated, what's his status?

If he's out of isolation, why aren't we hearing the "good news?"

I would think such good news would be front and center.

10 posted on 10/20/2014 12:05:21 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST

Don’t count on getting the truth now, the new czar will make sure the media is muzzled. Social media, Twtter etc. may be the only place to find the truth til after the election.


11 posted on 10/20/2014 12:16:35 AM PDT by blondee123 (DICTATORSHIP HAS ARRIVED! Nov. 6, 2012)
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To: AAABEST
Controlling the message is what it's all Obout. What Ebola?

We're not going to fuel panic rumors just to scare people to vote against democrats. /s

Do I sound Ebola Czar ready?

12 posted on 10/20/2014 12:17:05 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: AAABEST

How long until the Czar van just makes you go away if you have Ebola symptoms? Landfill, quarry, incinerator?


13 posted on 10/20/2014 12:19:41 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: AAABEST

try again

so that’s not an email with address blocked out but reply /actions/trash icons shown? do they put those on letters? how does that work?

http://gotnews.com/ebola-nurse-boyfriend-reportedly-admitted-ebola-symptoms/


14 posted on 10/20/2014 12:26:16 AM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: AAABEST
“Are modern journalists completely devoid of intellectual curiosity anymore? ”

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The US doesn't have journalists anymore. Today it has news readers, mouthpieces and shills. Most are tightly controlled by the White House. Fox News is also controlled by the Republican establishment.

If you want real journalism, look to foreign sources. They aren't controlled by the Obama administration or anyone else in the US.

15 posted on 10/20/2014 12:27:34 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: rolling_stone

alcon statement 10/16

http://www.alcon.com/news-center/news-item.aspx?id=323


16 posted on 10/20/2014 12:32:00 AM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: rolling_stone
You're right, it's a printed email. I appreciate the correction.

It has to added, that the email in the picture, came out after a blogger was privy to several messages stating that the boyfriend *did* have symptoms. Whether he or the authors of the messages were confused, or simply wrong nobody has said, but that's where the "rumors" are coming from.

What the email in the photo does, however, confirm is that the boyfriend was admitted to the Texas Presbyterian.

As far as anyone can tell, this email, dug up by bloggers, is the very last bit of info we have on the matter.

17 posted on 10/20/2014 12:52:22 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: rolling_stone
Thank you for the link, as it does add a few facts to the conversation.

According to that statement, he was admitted Sunday, October 12th. Over a week ago. It also states that he was an admin person, so it's likely but not certain that his last day at Alcon was Friday, October 10th. Admin people don't usually work weekends.

The wording of the statement reads that he "did not exhibit any symptoms of the Ebola virus." That could mean several things. That he that he seemed completely healthy, or it could be carefully worded to mean that he wasn't well but didn't show symptoms of the "Ebola virus" per se. Or it could simply mean that the Alcon management was told by a third party that he wasn't symptomatic, so they're running with that.

The same careful wording, nearly identical, is used in the email.

The question remains: What is the boyfriend's status?

18 posted on 10/20/2014 1:09:05 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: rolling_stone
On further reflection, it doesn't seem that the boyfriend could have been symptomatic on the 10th, if that was his last day at work. Nina Pham was admitted on Saturday the 11th. From everything we're learning about Ebola, unless something else is at play, he shouldn't have been showing signs yet.

If (and I repeat *if*) his last day of work was the 10th, and if he wasn't visibly symptomatic on that day, that would mean that either Alcon was imparting that they didn't notice symptoms while he was at work on the 10th, or someone else told them he wasn't symptomatic when he was admitted on the 12th.

Or it could mean that they simply took a leap of logic and deduced that because he wasn't symptomatic on the 10th, that he still wasn't symptomatic on the 12th, the day he was admitted.

Am I making any sense?

19 posted on 10/20/2014 1:21:11 AM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: AAABEST
Am I making any sense?

I don't know if you are making sense. I believe you have taken on a job well above your pay grade.

This is a task better suited to the Ebola Czar.

20 posted on 10/20/2014 1:46:30 AM PDT by Octar
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