FFS: NYC officials admit that 'transcription error' led to reports of 103.5 fever rather than 100.3

You have one job and you can’t get “transcription” done right?

"Transcription error" last night by NYC to blame for wrong temp publicized on Ebola-infected doc (was 100.3°, not 103°), city official says.

— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) October 24, 2014

Oh, but don’t worry. We have all the other aspects of containing Ebola down.

And it’s not just the health department in NYC that is having problems with typos. It’s the prisons, too:

Bad day for transcripts: 1) 100.3 fever, not 103, for Ebola patient. 2) Typo reduces 15-year jail term to 5 http://t.co/fh446ilnCB

— David W. Chen (@davidwchen) October 24, 2014

Top men are on the job, everywhere.

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