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After Dallas Ebola Diagnosis, CDC Raises Estimate of Patient's Possible Contacts
As reported by Bloomberg News, The Washington Post, and other outlets, the Liberian patient whose diagnosis of Ebola infection marks him as the first such case to have been first diagnosed within the United States may have had contact with more people than previously estimated, and 80 people in the Dallas area are now
believed to have come into contact with him. While Bloomberg reports that this larger group of potential contacts is "being monitored for symptoms," the Washington Post's slightly later story says that, in keeping with the best current knowledge about Ebola's spread,
"Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Zachary Thompson said that these [newly identified contacts] are not being watched or monitored and are not showing any symptoms of the illness. Only the immediate family members of the victim are being regularly monitored for Ebola symptoms; they've been ordered to stay at home and avoid contact with others."
House: Or, you're an idiot. (To patient) Are you a Slashdot user?
Patient: What?
House: Slashdot dot org. Do you read and post messages there?
Patient: Yes?
House: No human contact. The US is safe once again. Cameron, stop picking cases based on the bozos at the CDC.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
The current ebola outbreak is a serious issue but it isn't what keeps epidemiologists awake at night.
Yes, this, however should Ebola ever mutate into an airborne variant, watch them freak out :)
You're talking the virus evolving (mutating) into a new variant.
This is Texas, evolution doesn't happen there.