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cali

(114,904 posts) Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:23 PM Sep 2014

First Ebola Case Diagnosed in U.S. Confirmed by CDC

Although American Ebola patients have been treated in the United States prior to this diagnosis, they all contracted Ebola in West Africa. Ebola has killed 2,917 people and infected 3,346 others since the outbreak began in March.

The CDC will hold a press conference at 5:30 p.m. with the Dallas and Texas state health officials as well as officials from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. According to the Associated Press, a patient arrived at the Dallas hospital on Monday with possible Ebola symptoms and recent travel history to West Africa. The patient was being kept in isolation until the CDC could confirm the diagnosis.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-case-diagnosed-us-confirmed-cdc/story?id=25873850

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First Ebola Case Diagnosed in U.S. Confirmed by CDC (Original Post) cali Sep 2014 OP

kick Electric Monk Sep 2014 #1

You posted first so I will delete mine. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #2

Nobody should be coming here from stricken Africa without a quarantine seveneyes Sep 2014 #3

National Security does not trump oil - TBF Sep 2014 #4

Because it's impossible to travel somewhere else first. jeff47 Sep 2014 #5

This in no way means he caught it in USA, probably in WAfrica like ALL the pthers uppityperson Sep 2014 #6

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)

1. kick

Reply to cali (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:42 PM

Sep 2014

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

2. You posted first so I will delete mine. eom

Reply to cali (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:48 PM

Sep 2014

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

3. Nobody should be coming here from stricken Africa without a quarantine

Reply to cali (Original post)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 05:51 PM

Sep 2014

Is National Security on vacation?

TBF

(32,106 posts)

4. National Security does not trump oil -

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 06:07 PM

Sep 2014

and the execs will travel back and forth as they always do. I actually expected it to show itself in Houston first. The only thing we have going for us here is an excellent medical center. But this is in no way a surprise.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

5. Because it's impossible to travel somewhere else first.

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 30, 2014, 08:51 PM

Sep 2014

The only possible way to travel is directly from "stricken Africa". It's completely impossible to go somewhere else along the way.

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)

6. This in no way means he caught it in USA, probably in WAfrica like ALL the pthers