NEW YORK – Only hours after the Centers
for Disease Control reassured the American public the health-care
procedures at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas were adequate
to contain Ebola, CDC announced a second health-care worker who treated
the “index patient,” Thomas Eric Duncan from Liberia, has been
diagnosed with the disease.
At an early morning press conference in Dallas, hospital officials
admitted they are “learning as they go” as concerns mount nationwide
that the CDC may not have fully understood how Ebola is transmitted and
that CDC protocols may be inadequate.
CDC, nevertheless, said in an early morning press release Wednesday, “As we have said before, because of our ongoing investigation, it is not unexpected that there would be additional exposures.”
The nurse, however, identified as 29-year-old Amber Vinson, took a flight from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Monday, the day before she reported symptoms.
Frontier Airlines said in a statement it was notified by CDC at 1 a.m. Wednesday that a customer on a flight Monday later tested positive for Ebola.
Flight 1143 landed at 8:16 p.m. local time in Dallas-Fort Worth 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.”
The airline said the plane also was also cleaned again in Cleveland Tuesday night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on Friday.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/2nd-nurse-in-dallas-diagnosed-with-ebola/#rHwG3LmfDjRJFjYr.99
CDC, nevertheless, said in an early morning press release Wednesday, “As we have said before, because of our ongoing investigation, it is not unexpected that there would be additional exposures.”
The nurse, however, identified as 29-year-old Amber Vinson, took a flight from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth on Monday, the day before she reported symptoms.
Frontier Airlines said in a statement it was notified by CDC at 1 a.m. Wednesday that a customer on a flight Monday later tested positive for Ebola.
Flight 1143 landed at 8:16 p.m. local time in Dallas-Fort Worth 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.”
The airline said the plane also was also cleaned again in Cleveland Tuesday night. Previously the customer had traveled from Dallas Fort Worth to Cleveland on Frontier flight 1142 on Friday.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/2nd-nurse-in-dallas-diagnosed-with-ebola/#rHwG3LmfDjRJFjYr.99
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