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."

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Doomsday Preppers heading for the bunker

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't have a bunker, but I do have a solid supply of food and water and a generator with gasoline. If I have to, I can avoid most human contact for a month or more. I never actually believed it would come to this, though - it's like something out of a movie.