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

[Webster]

ABC News: First Ebola Case Diagnosed in U.S. Confirmed by CDC

The first Ebola case has been diagnosed in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today.

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.

Thoughts?

 

[Dee]

I'm not too worried about it. I don't live near there, in any case, and the disease is contracted from direct contact. In any case, it says they're Ebola-like symptoms, so the general public isn't certain at this point. As long as that person hasn't been in contact with too many other people, this probably isn't something we need to worry too much about.

 

[DrLeftover]

On MSNBC's Hardball tonight, host Chris Matthews argued with Obamacare architect Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel about President Obama saying it was "unlikely" that an Ebola case would strike the U.S.

"Obama said it was unlikely. It has happened. It's here," Matthews said.

Dr. Emanuel said there is some "fear mongering" going on here, but Matthews said he was just quoting the president and stating facts. Here's a bit of the argument that lasted nearly ten minutes:

With Video:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/09/30/chris_matthews_vs_ezekiel_emanuel_on_ebola_obama_said_it_was_unlikely_it_has_happened_its_here.html


you will, of course, notice that this WAS NOT on that disgusting hater network Fox