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CDC Thomas Frieden says:
The second Ebola treatment nurse, diagnosed with Ebola herself, is a 29-year-old named Amber Vinson.
Riddle me this: The second nurse who has Ebola in Texas flew on a plane two days before apparently developing symptoms. The CDC is alarmed by the commercial travel method. The CDC says Ebola exposures should have “controlled travel” only, and wants 132 passengers who were on the plane with the nurse to call them ASAP. Why?
[Frontier Airlines] “At approximately 1:00 a.m. MT on October 15, Frontier was notified by the CDC that a customer traveling on Frontier Airlines flight 1143 Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13 has since tested positive for the Ebola virus.
The flight landed in Dallas/Fort Worth at 8:16 p.m. local and remained overnight at the airport having completed its flying for the day at which point the aircraft received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures which is consistent with CDC guidelines prior to returning to service the next day. It was also cleaned again in Cleveland last night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on October 10. (link)
The CDC opposes a travel ban to/from West Africa. To support their position the CDC says if a person has no symptoms there is no reason to worry. They say the Dallas nurse, Amber Vinson, had no symptoms – yet her travel is alarming. A contradiction, no?
DALLAS — A 26-year-old nurse identified as the second Texas hospital worker to test positive for Ebola is “ill but clinically stable” and will be transferred late Wednesday to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The CDC said the 29-year-old had a temperature of 99.5F when she boarded the flight and has asked all 132 passengers to get in touch as an extreme precaution.
The nurse, identified by family members as Amber Vinson, was identified by Martha Schuler, the mother of Vinson’s former stepfather.
Vinson was among the workers at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who helped care for Ebola patient Thomas Duncan, who died of the virus in October.
The CDC said the nurse flew on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Oct. 13. She first reported to the hospital with a low-grade fever on the morning of Oct. 14 and was immediately placed into an isolation unit.
Public Health workers will begin interviewing the 132 passengers on Flight 1143 immediately.
“Individuals who are determined to be any potential risk will be actively monitored,” the CDC said in a statement.
In Washington, President Obama cancelled a campaign trip to New Jersey and Connecticut and scheduled a cabinet meeting to deal with the latest Ebola developments.
Frontier Airlines said in a statement that the passenger “exhibited no symptoms or sign of illness while on flight 1143, according to the crew.” The airlines also noted that Vinson had traveled to Cleveland on Flight 1142 on Oct. 10.
The plane “received a thorough cleaning per our normal procedures which is consistent with CDC guidelines prior to returning to service the next day,” Frontier said in a statement. “It was also cleaned again in Cleveland (Tuesday) night.”
The airlines said customers who may have traveled on either flight should contact the CDC at 1-800-CDC INFO (1-800-232-4636).
At an early morning news conference, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said he could not rule out more cases among 75 other hospital staffers who cared for Duncan and were being monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“We are preparing contingencies for more and that is a real possibility,” Jenkins said.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement that a preliminary Ebola test on the latest case was conducted late Tuesday at a state public health lab in Austin. A test to confirm the result will be conducted at the CDC in Atlanta. (read more)
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