Via AP:
A Texas health care worker who provided hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus, health officials said Sunday in a statement. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S.
A statement posted on the Texas Department of State Health Service’s website said “confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.”
“Stop being crazy! We know exactly how this spreads and can trust everyone to be in perfect compliance with protocols.”
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 12, 2014
A healthcare worker in Texas tests positive for Ebola. Makes me wonder if it's easier to spread the illness than officials are leading on.
— Chris (@4cchild) October 12, 2014
But CDC's Frieden said we'd stop Ebola in its tracks here." “Health care worker who cared for Duncan has virus." http://t.co/PgiWzfKDGI”
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 12, 2014
If US healthcare worker in Texas gets #Ebola in that controlled setting, it must be more contagious than they're letting on.
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) October 12, 2014
Updates to follow…
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President Obama has been briefed:
Admin Official: POTUS briefed on the second case of Ebola by Lisa Monaco, his Homeland Security Adviser.
— Kristen Welker (@kwelkernbc) October 12, 2014
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Public health workers are stepping up monitoring of everyone who came into contact with Thomas Duncan:
The 48 contacts of Duncan that were self-monitoring, now will be monitored 2x daily by epidemiologists @nbcdfw #ebola #breaking
— Chris Van Horne (@CVHReports) October 12, 2014
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The new Ebola patient went into isolation within 90 minutes.
New #Ebola patient is in stable condition. The health care worker noticed symptoms and went into isolation within 90 minutes. @NECN
— Jeff Saperstone NBC10 Boston (@JeffNBCBoston) October 12, 2014
How many people, we wonder, did he or she come into contact with prior to going into isolation?
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Here come the Hazmat teams:
Dallas Mayor: Hazmat teams decontaminating common areas of apartment building where new #Ebola patient lives http://t.co/dTjr4kxBem
— WTOP (@WTOP) October 12, 2014
.@Mike_Rawlings says Hazmat have cleaned up the apartment where the second #Ebola patient was staying. @NBCDFW
— Ellen Bryan (@_EllenBryan) October 12, 2014
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Someone is distributing information leaflets in patient #2’s neighborhood:
information leaflets delivered to four block area around M street neighborhood where health worker lived #Ebola
— WFAA (@wfaa) October 12, 2014
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If this is true, how did the patient get the virus?
Dr. Varga- all workers follow @CDCgov recommended precautions when interacting w #ebola patients.Patient was wearing protective gear @NBCDFW
— Eric King (@kings_english77) October 12, 2014
https://twitter.com/JOANGELFOX4/status/521281707371397120
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So if #Ebola isn't airborne, how did the medical worker in Dallas contract it?
— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) October 12, 2014
Good question.
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https://twitter.com/JOANGELFOX4/status/521281211667591169
Best of luck to the high-risk people, then.
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Patient is reportedly a female nurse:
.@elizcohencnn reports second Dallas patient is a female nurse. #Ebola
— Ford Vox, MD (@fordvox) October 12, 2014
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It was reported earlier that the patient isolated herself within 90 minutes of experiencing symptoms. However, this tweet suggests otherwise:
Ebola patient was following self monitoring and first noticed fever on Friday. Monitoring is temp check twice a day. #khou #Ebola
— Jeremy Desel (@jeremydesel) October 12, 2014
If this patient has had a fever since Friday, that means she could have symptomatic (and, therefore, contagious) for about 48 hours.
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This tweet says she came down with a fever Friday night — about 36 hours ago.
The second #Ebola patient is in stable condition. Developed a fever Friday night. Apparently wore protective gear w/ Thomas Eric Duncan.
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) October 12, 2014
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A good reminder from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough for the “Ebola isn’t dangerous” crowd:
Dr. Kent Brantly still doesn't know how he got Ebola, despite all the precautions he took.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) October 12, 2014
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Confirmed:
Breaking: second CDC test confirms that the Texas nurse has Ebola.
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) October 12, 2014
#breaking #CDC confirms nurse who cared for #Ebola patient Thomas Duncan at #Dallas hospital now becomes 2nd patient with the virus @cbsdfw
— Jack Fink (@cbs11jack) October 12, 2014
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