I thought they were swabbing everybody. He just happanned to be in the hospital? They haven't swabbed the entire staff yet?
Apparently not. Most all the information so far comes from a press release issued by the Palm Beach County Emergency Center last night. Local news reported that employees who thought they had flu-like symptoms be tested for anthrax. I image by the end of the day, everyone is going to want a test however.
They are going to swab the entire staff... NOW. This guy checked himself into the hospital due to illness. What illness, we do not know. NOW, they plan on swabbing and giving anti-biotics to everybody else. So, whatever this guy is ill with, they wanted to take a culture from his nose, not as a grand thing, but just due to his illness in general.
Bet this AP update doesn't get the play it deserves. HE CHECKED HIMSELF IN. Wasn't CDC running routine tests on fellow employees.
Still not clear if they are confirming that the new patient has active anthrax (or what type if so) or whether they are just confiming the presence of anthrax bacteria from the nasal swab (which would be an indicator of pulmonary ["inhaled"] anthrax as I understand it).