CDC Confirms First US Ebola Case in Dallas

[Atomic Cow]

DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas hospital says it is isolating a patient who is showing signs of having the Ebola virus.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas said in a statement Monday night that the patient's symptoms and travel history suggest the patient may have Ebola, the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa.

The hospital expects to receive preliminary test results Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Presbyterian Hospital says it's taking measures to keep its doctors, staff and patients safe.

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/Dallas-Hospital-Monitoring-Patient-for-Ebola-277531251.html

[Atomic Cow]

And the problem is, who knows how many people (and where) this person could have exposed.  Ebola can take a long time to show symptoms and there is still debate on when a person is able to spread it around.  Granted it is not like the flu (airborne) but nonetheless it can still spread.

The only way to keep this out of the US is to stop any and all people from entering the country who have been to west Africa.  US citizens coming home from there should be put into quarantine for a month.

And I have to fly through Dallas in December.  Joy.

[DCPatriot]

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas monitoring patient possibly infected with Ebola virus
 By Claire Cardona

A Dallas hospital expects preliminary test results Tuesday that may confirm whether a patient there has Ebola.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas placed the patient into “strict isolation” after the person’s symptoms and recent travel history raised concerns, spokeswoman Candace White said in a written statement Monday.

The name and other details about the patient were not released.

The hospital said it is following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, staff members and visitors.

No Ebola cases have been confirmed in the United States, though several aid workers who contracted the disease in West Africa have returned to the U.S. for treatment.

Last month, patients in Sacramento and New York City were isolated because of concerns they’d contracted the disease, but they tested negative for the virus.

Specimens from such patients are delivered to the CDC in Atlanta for testing that takes 24 to 48 hours.

There have been more than 6,500 cases of the disease in Africa and more than 3,000 deaths have been linked to it, according to the World Health Organization. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have been hit the hardest.

Ebola has killed up to 90 percent of those it has infected, but the death rate in this outbreak is closer to 60 percent because of early treatment.

The virus spreads through direct contact with blood, organs or other bodily fluids and with surfaces contaminated with the fluids.

Early signs of Ebola such as fever, diarrhea and vomiting can develop within two days of infection.

more at link:

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/09/dallas-texas-health-presbyterian-hospital-monitoring-patient-for-possible-ebola.html/

[DCPatriot]

Why not Vermont?  New York?  Illinois?

How does this virus go from Africa to Texas?  You mean to tell me some 'child' traveling through Mexico magically contracted it?  This stinks to high heaven.

What better way to change the demographic of 'Red' border states?  Of the Heartland?

And don't tell me I'm crazy or wearing freaking tin foil here.

IMO, the Left is making its move right now.

If there's confirmed Ebola outbreak...wouldn't that serve as a catalyst to impose Martial Law?

Who among us would venture outside to work?

....or to vote?   

Dead is dead.....doesn't matter whether you're starved (Stalin) or by some other method.

[rangerrebew]

North Texas Hospital Evaluating Patient For Potential Ebola Exposure


Updated | September 29, 2014 10:58 PM
September 29, 2014 9:06 PM

 

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas hospital has a patient in isolation as they evaluate them for potential exposure to the Ebola virus.

Officials with Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas released the following statement Monday night:


“Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has admitted a patient into strict isolation to be evaluated for potential Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) based on the patient’s symptoms and recent travel history. The hospital is following all Centers for Disease Control and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors. The CDC anticipates preliminary results tomorrow.”

It is unclear what specific symptoms the patient has or what the patient’s travel history was.

CBS 11 News spoke with Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson who confirmed the patient had been in an area where the Ebola virus exists. “Looking at the travel history is the first indicator and then the next step is [treatment or non-treatment] once we get lab results,” he said.

Thompson definitely felt that there should be a heightened sense of awareness in North Texas, based on what has happened internationally. “With what we’ve seen in the media and how deadly the Ebola virus is, it is a concern.”
 
Thompson stressed that there are certain procedures that will be followed if tests for the ptient come back positive. “We [health professionals] all had been planning to look at what our next steps are if there is a confirmed case. Again, we have to do the public health follow up, to see what contacts… where this individual has gone since they arrived here in Dallas. There are a number of things that have to be looked at.”

As far as possible infection to others here in North Texas Thompson said, “The key point is, if there’s been no transmission, blood, secretion, any type of bodily fluids by the infected person to someone else, then that risk is low to none.”

The Ebola virus has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and infected several Americans who have traveled to the region, including Fort Worth Doctor Kent Brantly who contracted the disease while doing missionary work in Liberia.


This is a developing story. CBS 11 News has crews gathering more information and will have more as soon as it is available.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/09/29/north-texas-hospital-evaluating-patient-for-potential-ebola-exposure/

[flowers]

Why not Vermont?  New York?  Illinois?

How does this virus go from Africa to Texas?  You mean to tell me some 'child' traveling through Mexico magically contracted it?  This stinks to high heaven.

What better way to change the demographic of 'Red' border states?  Of the Heartland?

And don't tell me I'm crazy or wearing freaking tin foil here.

IMO, the Left is making its move right now.

If there's confirmed Ebola outbreak...wouldn't that serve as a catalyst to impose Martial Law?

Who among us would venture outside to work?

....or to vote?   

Dead is dead.....doesn't matter whether you're starved (Stalin) or by some other method.

they need to turn Texas blue by 2016. At this rate they will get it and get teach us a lesson, bring us down to size it is not fair that only Africa has Ebola. 

[Atomic Cow]

Merged threads and updated title.

[Atomic Cow]

A patient at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States, federal health officials announced Tuesday.

The patient was in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, which had announced a day earlier that the person’s symptoms and recent travel indicated a possible case of Ebola, the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and infected a handful of Americans who have traveled to that region.

The person, an adult who was not publicly identified, developed symptoms days after returning to Texas from Liberia and showed no symptoms on the plane, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the patient came to the U.S. to visit family and has been hospitalized since the weekend.

State health officials said no other cases are suspected in Texas.

President Barack Obama has been briefed on the Dallas Ebola case by Frieden, the White House said.

Specimens from the patient were tested by a state lab and confirmed by a separate test by the Centers for Disease Control, said Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified the media at 3:32 p.m. Tuesday that Dallas has the first diagnosed Ebola case in the nation.

Dallas County went through a day-long anxiety attack Tuesday, waiting to hear if the first Ebola diagnosis in the nation would happen here.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140929-ebola-case-in-dallas-confirmed-by-cdc-first-diagnosis-in-u.s..ece

[Scottftlc]

Not going to put on tinfoil just yet.  Any major American city could be at risk...any of them with a big airport and a lot of passengers moving in or through.  Not that it could be put past Islamic crazies...

[Atomic Cow]

The guy is not a US citizen, but was here to "visit family."  Starting showing symptons on the 24th, went to a hospital on the 26th who sent him home, and then was admitted at the current one on the 28th so he had at least 4 days to spread this around to countless people.

[Atomic Cow]

I was going to take a trip to Dallas in October, not anymore.  Might even cancel my trip in December since I have to fly through DFW.

[mystery-ak]

I was going to take a trip to Dallas in October, not anymore.  Might even cancel my trip in December since I have to fly through DFW.

...there may not be anyone left in Dallas by then....

[Atomic Cow]

CDC is expecting more cases in people he had contact with.

[mountaineer]

Whew!

Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller  · 1h1 hour ago 
WH says Pres Obama has been briefed on the US Ebola case by @CDCgov Dir Dr. Tom Frieden.

[Atomic Cow]

Whew!

Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller  · 1h1 hour ago 
WH says Pres Obama has been briefed on the US Ebola case by @CDCgov Dir Dr. Tom Frieden.

Guess everything is okay now.

All can return to DWTS, nude celeb leaks, Miley Cyrus, and whatever else the stupid masses cares about anymore.

[jmyrlefuller]

What better way to change the demographic of 'Red' border states?  Of the Heartland?

And don't tell me I'm crazy or wearing freaking tin foil here.

IMO, the Left is making its move right now.

By wiping out the most densely populated and most politically liberal areas first? That makes absolutely zero sense. Conservative areas have always been the scattered ones, spread across vast, sparsely populated areas. Ebola requires direct contact to be spread. A planned outbreak would almost certainly harm the liberals more.

I won't say you're crazy, but this idea is.

[DCPatriot]

By wiping out the most densely populated and most politically liberal areas first? That makes absolutely zero sense. Conservative areas have always been the scattered ones, spread across vast, sparsely populated areas. Ebola requires direct contact to be spread. A planned outbreak would almost certainly harm the liberals more.

I won't say you're crazy, but this idea is.

???

Texas is deep blood red, my friend.

First you instill panic among the state's citizenry.  Note that even Atomic said he's changed his mind about visiting relatives there.  It can destroy local economies.  Texas is currently ranked #1...to the point, people and businesses are moving there.  This is going to adversely affect them.

Furthermore, where did the 'mystery' virus start showing up which is affecting children....some with polio-like symptoms and paralysis?  Again...it's the heartland.

I can smell bullshit from this regime from quite a distance, Jmyrle.

[Atomic Cow]

It's not relatives.  I was going there to do photography.  I can always go at a later date.

[jmyrlefuller]

???

Texas is deep blood red, my friend.

But Dallas is not. Wipe out Dallas and Texas becomes even redder.

[jmyrlefuller]

Suburbs are heavy red, please don't wipe out Dallas yet.

I have no intention of wiping out Dallas; my point was that if you were going to impose some sort of “planned shrinkage” to wipe out America's conservatives, using a biological weapon, especially one that is best spread through person-to-person contact, is probably the most countereffective way to do it. The big cities are liberal and the remote areas are generally conservative.

[Atomic Cow]

The kookism is running high right now.

-This is an ISIS plot
-This is an Obama plot
-They (Obama/government) want as many sick as possible as soon as possible
-There is already a vaccine to protect against Ebola.  Obama, billionaires, top politicians (Democrats) and other upper elites and their families have been inoculated.  The rest of us are to die.
-Goal is to reduce the US population by 80% or more
-They will begin rounding up sick conservatives for "quarantine" in FEMA camps
-There will be no election, not in 2014, not in 2016, not ever.
-Martial law will soon be declared with all guns confiscated and anti-Obama people rounded up
-They are intentionally sending potential carriers out into the public to infect others
-Lots of people claiming to be doctors or nurses (all over the country) saying they're going to quit tomorrow

-Oh, and from the left side of the political spectrum, this is the GOP's fault because they wouldn't give Obama all of the funds he wants.  It's also Bush's fault.

[Atomic Cow]

Dallas as activated its emergency operations center.

The ambulance that transported the person to the hospital is now a bio-hazard.  The three personnel who treated him in the ambulance are now under observation.

Now they have to contact everyone who was in the ER during his first (non-ambulance) visit including staff and other patients.

Gov. Perry will visit Dallas tomorrow for a briefing.  The Dallas mayor says they will have daily public briefings.

For whatever reason, they will not quarantine anyone exposed, but simply check on them to see if the feel sick for the next 21 days.

The problem is, the normal flu can present the same initial symptoms and something like H1N1/Swine Flu hits hard and fast.  So how many people will think they just have the flu and keep going, spreading it to others?

[jmyrlefuller]

Officials: Second person being monitored for Ebola

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/01/texas-ebola-patient/16525649/

by Marjorie Owens
October 1, 2014

Health officials are closely monitoring a possible second Ebola patient who had close contact with the first person to be diagnosed in the U.S., the director of Dallas County's health department said Wednesday. All who have been in close contact with the man diagnosed are being monitored as a precaution

Quote of note:

Stanley Gaye, president of the Liberian Community Association of Dallas-Fort Worth, said the 10,000-strong Liberian population in North Texas is skeptical of the CDC's assurances because Ebola has ravaged their country. "We've been telling people to try to stay away from social gatherings," Gaye said at a community meeting Tuesday. Large get-togethers are a prominent part of Liberian culture.

THIS is why Dallas was where it first hit, not some conspiracy to wipe out the red states.

[mystery-ak]

Breaking News
2 mins ·
JUST IN: The Ebola patient currently receiving treatment in Texas had contact with school-age children, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday. The children are being monitored and currently have no symptoms.
The patient is in serious condition.

http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/africa-ebola-outbreak-2014/

[mystery-ak]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EBOLA_CHILDREN_MONITORED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-10-01-13-20-13


Oct 1, 1:57 PM EDT

Official: 5 kids had contact with Ebola patient

 DALLAS (AP) -- Authorities say five students who had contact with a man diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas are being monitored but are showing no symptoms of the disease.

Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Mike Miles said Wednesday that the students were in school this week after possibly being in contact with the man over the weekend.

But he says they're showing no symptoms and are now being monitored at home. Health officials say the disease is only spread by people with symptoms, such as diarrhea or vomiting.

As an added precaution, Miles says additional health and custodial staff will be at the five schools the students attend.

The unidentified man is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. He's been in isolation at a Dallas hospital since Sunday.