EBOLA 2nd Confirmed Ebola Case In US (Dallas #2) CDC Confirms 10/12
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CTFIREBATTCHIEF
Veteran Member
cue the talking head from CDC who says "nothing to be alarmed about, blah blah blah and that we can't restrict air travel"
AzProtector
Veteran Member
Not surprising the way the hospital screwed up Duncan's case.
workerbee
* Winter is Coming *
(CNN) -*A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the hospital said in a statement.
Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is where Thomas Eric Duncan,*the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died on Wednesday.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services in a statement.
"We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is where Thomas Eric Duncan,*the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died on Wednesday.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services in a statement.
"We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
Marthanoir
TB Fanatic
They'll blame the nurse for messing up same as the Spanish did for there case
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Game changer!!
I have to admit that I'm very surprised that this has been admitted to. I thought for sure that additional positives would be suppressed. Wondering now what the status is of the Duncan family and others. If a health care worker in full gear has been infected I find it hard to believe that those that lived in the same apartment are all negative.
I have to admit that I'm very surprised that this has been admitted to. I thought for sure that additional positives would be suppressed. Wondering now what the status is of the Duncan family and others. If a health care worker in full gear has been infected I find it hard to believe that those that lived in the same apartment are all negative.
workerbee
* Winter is Coming *
Health care worker at Dallas hospital tests positive for Ebola
Published October 12, 2014FoxNews.com
DEVELOPING – The Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement early Sunday that a health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where patient Thomas Eric Duncan died of Ebola last week, tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary results.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/...-at-dallas-hospital-tests-positive-for-ebola/
Published October 12, 2014FoxNews.com
DEVELOPING – The Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement early Sunday that a health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where patient Thomas Eric Duncan died of Ebola last week, tested positive for the virus, according to preliminary results.
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/...-at-dallas-hospital-tests-positive-for-ebola/
workerbee
* Winter is Coming *
Continuing coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Texas Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola: Hospital
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where an Ebola patient died last week, has tested positive for the virus after a preliminary test, the hospital said early Sunday in a statement.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
This is a breaking news story.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...-worker-tests-positive-ebola-hospital-n223946
Texas Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola: Hospital
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where an Ebola patient died last week, has tested positive for the virus after a preliminary test, the hospital said early Sunday in a statement.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
This is a breaking news story.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/eb...-worker-tests-positive-ebola-hospital-n223946
workerbee
* Winter is Coming *
Positive Ebola test at US hospital
Breaking news
A Texas health care worker who treated US Ebola victim Thomas Duncan before his death has tested positive for the virus, officials say.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, died at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Wednesday.
The health worker, who has tested positive in a preliminary test, has not been named.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29587803
Breaking news
A Texas health care worker who treated US Ebola victim Thomas Duncan before his death has tested positive for the virus, officials say.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, died at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas on Wednesday.
The health worker, who has tested positive in a preliminary test, has not been named.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29587803
Hfcomms
EN66iq
If your going to release a statement like this 5am on a Sunday morning is about the best time of the whole week. Might be an interesting day and a lot of the Sunday morning talk shows are going to revamp what they were going to talk about pretty quick.
workerbee
* Winter is Coming *
Or suffer big ratings slump as people search for the current information.
Melodi
Disaster Cat
Rut Roh, this is very bad; I will tell husband when he finishes his "lie in" (what they call sleeping until noon here which as a tired med student he needs once a week) and he will not be happy and I WILL find out if FIL is in that hospital if he still is in the hospital - this is starting to get very personal just now.
Everyone was expecting perhaps the fiance and perhaps other family members to likely get sick, but a hospital staff member is extremely serious; now just how much of a game changer it is depends on if this person had contact BEFORE or AFTER the Ebola was recognized. It has implications either way because if was a nurse just taking routine tests when he was treated for "flu" it means that all US/Western medical workers in ER's know they can now catch it and they are not properly protected in their daily work, in fact it is probably impossible for them to do their jobs in full moon suits even if it were feasible.
If it is an ambulance worker or related, again serious and brings up questions on transmission.
If this happened AFTER he was being treated as a high-risk Ebola patient hopefully there was an accident because if not, than this stuff really has mutated (already suspected but not yet proven).
My guess would be ER staff member or medic but we shall see, this is potentially very bad; and even if it was ER staff who were exposed in a more "normal" way; the nurses strike in Spain is nothing compared to what will happen when US medical staff simply refuse to go to work.
Everyone was expecting perhaps the fiance and perhaps other family members to likely get sick, but a hospital staff member is extremely serious; now just how much of a game changer it is depends on if this person had contact BEFORE or AFTER the Ebola was recognized. It has implications either way because if was a nurse just taking routine tests when he was treated for "flu" it means that all US/Western medical workers in ER's know they can now catch it and they are not properly protected in their daily work, in fact it is probably impossible for them to do their jobs in full moon suits even if it were feasible.
If it is an ambulance worker or related, again serious and brings up questions on transmission.
If this happened AFTER he was being treated as a high-risk Ebola patient hopefully there was an accident because if not, than this stuff really has mutated (already suspected but not yet proven).
My guess would be ER staff member or medic but we shall see, this is potentially very bad; and even if it was ER staff who were exposed in a more "normal" way; the nurses strike in Spain is nothing compared to what will happen when US medical staff simply refuse to go to work.
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Breaking: Health care worker at Presbyterian Hospital tests positive for Ebola
Staff Reports
Published: 12 October 2014 05:18 AM
Updated: 12 October 2014 05:24 AM
The following written statement has been released. A news conference will be at 7:30 a.m. More details will be coming soon.
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the Ebola patient hospitalized there has tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at the state public health laboratory in Austin. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The health care worker reported a low grade fever Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing. The preliminary test result was received late Saturday.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.
Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/loca...yterian-hospital-tests-positive-for-ebola.ece
Staff Reports
Published: 12 October 2014 05:18 AM
Updated: 12 October 2014 05:24 AM
The following written statement has been released. A news conference will be at 7:30 a.m. More details will be coming soon.
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the Ebola patient hospitalized there has tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at the state public health laboratory in Austin. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The health care worker reported a low grade fever Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing. The preliminary test result was received late Saturday.
"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread."
Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.
Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/loca...yterian-hospital-tests-positive-for-ebola.ece
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Ebola is spread through direct contact with bodily fluids of a sick person or exposure to contaminated objects such as needles. People are not contagious before symptoms such as fever develop.
CNN just said that the unidentified health care worker did indeed treat Duncan. Now the question to have answered is did this worker treat Duncan initially in the ER before they released him the first time or the second time when they suspected he had Ebola. If it was the second time and the HCW was in full PPE there are going to be a lot more questions. We'll have to wait for about an hour until this news conference.
CNN just said that the unidentified health care worker did indeed treat Duncan. Now the question to have answered is did this worker treat Duncan initially in the ER before they released him the first time or the second time when they suspected he had Ebola. If it was the second time and the HCW was in full PPE there are going to be a lot more questions. We'll have to wait for about an hour until this news conference.
Betty_Rose
Veteran Member
If this woman dies, Obama has the death of an American laid squarely at his feet.
If I were this woman's family, I would be filled with so much rage toward this half-assed Kenyan imposter that I fear I would lose my mind.
If I were this woman's family, I would be filled with so much rage toward this half-assed Kenyan imposter that I fear I would lose my mind.
Betty_Rose
Veteran Member
Just read the article on Fox News. It said that the hospital is under criticism for its handling of the case.
So *that* set my hair on fire...
What about a satanic "leader" that let this horrible disease into the US?
What about criticism for that sorry lying sack-o-crap?
So *that* set my hair on fire...
What about a satanic "leader" that let this horrible disease into the US?
What about criticism for that sorry lying sack-o-crap?
Melodi
Disaster Cat
Exactly - also, first articles sound like they became ill on Friday and may have still been treating people up to that point (we can't tell you, but it sounds like it) - if so, this is really bad because it would have been someone not suspected of having it (so probably infected after Ebola was known and/or not in direct contact during first visit) and could result in a much larger group of people needing quarantine.
I hope they have some actual information at the news conference because no matter how dire the situation, trying to hide it will make things work and at some point the public and the hospital staff will stop listening.
Good comments.
Songbird7777777
Membership Revoked
This is just to unbelievable that the girlfriend of Duncan doesn't have Ebola. She mentioned in an earlier report that the sheets in the bed they slept in were soaked with sweat.
It is almost comic watching local broadcast television from Milwaukee at this time of day.
Old movies, info commercials, ancient sitcoms and a couple of local happy talk, rip and read it local news stations.
All that interspersed with a bone jarring fusilade of commercials.
Old movies, info commercials, ancient sitcoms and a couple of local happy talk, rip and read it local news stations.
All that interspersed with a bone jarring fusilade of commercials.
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Yeah, I was just going to correct that. CNN is saying 8:30 am eastern time and 7:30 am in Dallas.
Mama Ten Bears
Veteran Member
I KNEW they'd wait till after Texas OU weekend! Game over, money has been spent. Everyone is going home today.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
4am PST CNN NEWS CDC discussing whether it is a mistake expecting EVERY HOSPITAL IN NATION be, in reality, adequately prepared to safely deal with a surprise case of suspected EBOLA walking into their medical facility.
CDC NOW DISCUSSING, AT HIGHEST LEVELS, redirecting suspected ebola patients to CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES IN EACH AREA to be designated as Ebola intake/treatment facilities!
CDC NOW DISCUSSING, AT HIGHEST LEVELS, redirecting suspected ebola patients to CERTAIN MEDICAL FACILITIES IN EACH AREA to be designated as Ebola intake/treatment facilities!
Slatewiper
Membership Revoked
You didn't read the OP, did you.
ainitfunny
Saved, to glorify God.
Slatewiper
Membership Revoked
I'm guessing it's somebody from Duncan's first visit before he was diagnosed.
psychgirl
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Other than clearing my eyes this early to make sure I read the title right, this was my first thought as well. NO WAY is the family still uninfected.
Scarletbreasted
Galloping geriatric
It hit the Australian Press about 30 minutes ago:US health worker tests positive for Ebola
Published: 9:37 pm, Sunday, 12 October 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated a man who later died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, the second person to be diagnosed with the illness on US soil.
'We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility,' said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
'We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread.'
The health care worker reported a low grade fever on Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, Texas health services said in a statement. It did not further identify the worker nor detail how exposure to the virus occurred.
The statement added: 'Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.'
The health care worker was from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died on Wednesday.
- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-...ositive-for-ebola_121014#sthash.dSI62ChA.dpuf
sb
Published: 9:37 pm, Sunday, 12 October 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated a man who later died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, the second person to be diagnosed with the illness on US soil.
'We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility,' said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
'We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread.'
The health care worker reported a low grade fever on Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, Texas health services said in a statement. It did not further identify the worker nor detail how exposure to the virus occurred.
The statement added: 'Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.'
The health care worker was from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died on Wednesday.
- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-...ositive-for-ebola_121014#sthash.dSI62ChA.dpuf
sb
Mama Ten Bears
Veteran Member
Healthcare worker may be white. A trickle of news here and there to manage outrage and panic.
Scarletbreasted
Galloping geriatric
It hit the Australian Press about 30 minutes ago:
US health worker tests positive for Ebola
Published: 9:37 pm, Sunday, 12 October 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated a man who later died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, the second person to be diagnosed with the illness on US soil.
'We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility,' said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
'We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread.'
The health care worker reported a low grade fever on Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, Texas health services said in a statement. It did not further identify the worker nor detail how exposure to the virus occurred.
The statement added: 'Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.'
The health care worker was from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died on Wednesday.
- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-...ositive-for-ebola_121014#sthash.dSI62ChA.dpuf
sb
US health worker tests positive for Ebola
Published: 9:37 pm, Sunday, 12 October 2014
A Texas health care worker who treated a man who later died of Ebola has tested positive for the disease in a preliminary test, the second person to be diagnosed with the illness on US soil.
'We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility,' said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
'We are broadening our team in Dallas and working with extreme diligence to prevent further spread.'
The health care worker reported a low grade fever on Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, Texas health services said in a statement. It did not further identify the worker nor detail how exposure to the virus occurred.
The statement added: 'Health officials have interviewed the patient and are identifying any contacts or potential exposures. People who had contact with the health care worker after symptoms emerged will be monitored based on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.'
The health care worker was from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died on Wednesday.
- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-...ositive-for-ebola_121014#sthash.dSI62ChA.dpuf
sb
anney
Veteran Member
I do not understand why there is no news of T. E. Duncan's family...nothing, nada, zip....You would think at least his girlfriend would have Ebola by now....
I wonder if the health worker was in the ER or treated him when T. E. Duncan was in isolation....should be interesting if they let us know at the press conference...sure hope they do.
CNN is talking about it now saying the CDC is bringing in a team to teach the healthcare workers on better care of patients with Ebola.
I wonder if the health worker was in the ER or treated him when T. E. Duncan was in isolation....should be interesting if they let us know at the press conference...sure hope they do.
CNN is talking about it now saying the CDC is bringing in a team to teach the healthcare workers on better care of patients with Ebola.