For the first time, a person has contracted Ebola inside the United States, according to multiple news reports out of Texas. And it’s happened at the very hospital where Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan died from the deadly virus.
And now, as CNN reports, that “confirmed” case of infection in a health care worker in Dallas may have led to yet another U.S. Ebola victim:
The Dallas Morning News says that further testing at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is being done to see if the “preliminary” diagnosis of Ebola in the hospital worker is, in fact, accurate.
No details about the infected worker have been released, including how or when the person came in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. Duncan died Wednesday in Dallas.The worker was said to have been involved in Duncan’s second visit to the hospital, when he was admitted for treatment, and that worker was wearing protective gear.
◼ State Health Officials: 2nd Ebola Case in Texas - Breitbart
Dallas doctor: New Ebola patient was 'following full CDC precautions...gown, glove, mask, and shield.' Still contracted virus.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 12, 2014The infection of an American health care worker in an American hospital ought to puncture the pose of certainty about how Ebola spreads.
— Brandt (@UrbanAchievr) October 12, 2014Did the infected TX health care worker treat other patients after Duncan? http://t.co/BVNHaQ6fY3
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 12, 2014
