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Breaking: A second health care worker has tested positive for Ebola in Dallas
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:43 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:43 am
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The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed that the worker had tested positive in a statement early Wednesday. It did not specify what position the worker held at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, though officials did say that the person was among those who provided care for Duncan, who died from the virus Oct. 8.
The statement said that the worker had reported a fever Tuesday and had been placed in isolation. Preliminary Ebola tests were run at the state public health lab in Austin and results came back at approximately midnight Wednesday. A separate test will be done at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 4:46 am
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:44 am to RollTide1987
So is this shite a death sentence or can they cure it?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:45 am to KingRanch
70% mortality rate with the current outbreak
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:46 am to WavinWilly
Oh shite
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:47 am to WavinWilly
Not looking good. If there is a third or fourth report, head for the hills.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:47 am to WavinWilly
quote:there are so many other factors to consider
70% mortality rate with the current outbreak
in America it's going to be lower
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:48 am to TbirdSpur2010
This is not good.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 5:52 am to RollTide1987
Maybe that guy got a piece of the action.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:03 am to RollTide1987
I hate to see this for this health system. They actually won the top quality award in Texas last year. They were on the verge of winning a national award too. Shows hop important process and people are in the entire healthcare continuum. Each patient has the opportunity to make or break you as a hospital.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:07 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:
here are so many other factors to consider
in America it's going to be lower
Well they're 0 for 1 right now.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:07 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:09 am to elprez00
quote:dude was infected in Liberia and went like 4 days with symptoms UNTREATED
Well they're 0 for 1 right now.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:09 am to RollTide1987
The hospital is unfairly being a target and may not recover financially from this. There are a ton of patients being transferred to other facilities and a ton others leaving AMA so there isn't an inflow of dollars. Not to mention that the ER went to drive by status last week.
If there is one silver lining in this wholly preventable mess is that the secondary infections are still healthcare workers who are up to speed in what to look for (and I'm sure they were on the watch list). The real bugaboo will take place if someone away from any primary ties to the hospital gets infected. Then this will be exponentially harder to control.
If there is one silver lining in this wholly preventable mess is that the secondary infections are still healthcare workers who are up to speed in what to look for (and I'm sure they were on the watch list). The real bugaboo will take place if someone away from any primary ties to the hospital gets infected. Then this will be exponentially harder to control.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:12 am to elprez00
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Well they're 0 for 1 right now.
Thought they were like 4-1? 4-0 on American citizens, the only ones who really count.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:12 am to Jobu93
Deep down, the hardest part is resetting the days without a accident board.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:14 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:
dude was infected in Liberia and went like 4 days with symptoms UNTREATED
No excuses, play like a champion.
But I'm of course being sarcastic. That doesn't lessen the fact that this is a huge deal. Id rather see an overreaction here from the CDC/Gubmnet than an underreaction, wouldn't you?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:15 am to fightin tigers
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Thought they were like 4-1? 4-0 on American citizens, the only ones who really count.
Don't get Jesse Jackson started.
On the real, it's going to get worse before it gets better
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:16 am to elprez00
quote:uhhh no
Id rather see an overreaction here from the CDC/Gubmnet than an underreaction, wouldn't you?
the last thing we need is an overreaction and get all the paranoid wingnuts riled up.
Panic doesn't solve anything
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:16 am to ItNeverRains
Still more concerned with catching the flu than ebola.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 6:17 am to RollTide1987
We gone
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