Second Texas patient who came into contact with Thomas Duncan showing signs of EBOLA

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Developing...

[TwilightGardener]

1. Welp, shit...meet fan.

[uppityperson]

2. Link? I hope this is not true, need to see link before reacting.

If it was one living in that infected apartment for days, wonder about liability issues.

[Aerows]

4. Just saw it

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/08/frisco-patient-exhibiting-ebola-symptoms/

[morningfog]

7. Something's not connecting. He "claims" to have had contact

with Duncan and it isn't clear if he was being monitored?

If he isn't one of the family or 50ish being monitored, I doubt he has Ebola.

[Aerows]

9. He checked yes

in the questionnaire that he had been to West Africa recently.

[morningfog]

10. So he had contact with Duncan AND had been to

Weat Africa? Duncan has been back in the US since the 19-20th of September. When was this guy in west Africa? Too much unknown now.

[npk]

12. Where are you getting that from?

Not saying it's not true, just curious as to where all this info is coming from.

[herding cats]

19. It's in the linked article from CBS in their other post

It's only in Dallas local news so far.

[npk]

27. OK thinks, took link and read it.

Damn this is not good.

[herding cats]

29. Press conference is at 3:30

I'm assuming that's CST. We'll know more then. For now it's only a possible case. They've had hundreds of those tested and come back false recently.

It could just be the tummy flu. Hopefully.

[morningfog]

30. Yes, it is unclear whether this person had actually contact with Duncan or not.

He "claims" he did, but it is not yet clear whether he is one of those actually being monitored.

[herding cats]

31. Lots of confusion going around.

Who knows what he actually said, to be honest. The media tend to get a bit crazy in these cases. If he just came back from West Africa it could well be malaria even. That is if he just traveled back from there, we don't know if that's even correct at this point.

[B2G]

40. Urgent care facitlity saying he didn't have contact

but had traveled to W. Africa.

If he turns out to be positive, that's really bad, because we're talking about a whole new set of contacts to trace.

[herding cats]

44. I just responded to your other post.

Thanks for the update here, though. It's appreciated. I'm not lighting my hair on fire until the test results come back positive. Medical facilities are taking the risk quite seriously now and there are a lot of possible cases reported. All but the one has come back negative.

[Warpy]

53. Good idea. I think every norovirus is going to be ebola for some time to come

especially among people from west Africa who have been there at any time in the last six months or so.

[Stallion]

11. THIS IS A HOAX!!!!!!!!!

a kid at Frisco High School did it

[uppityperson]

13. What?

[Stallion]

14. Its Being Reported as UNTRUE

they've arrested a juvenile for creating a false report under Fox headline

[uppityperson]

28. 5 days ago, not now.

[B2G]

15. Just posted this to the other thread.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26687002/fake-news-article-contains-inaccurate-reports-about-ebola-in-frisco

[morningfog]

17. Good. It didn't smell right at all.

[tammywammy]

18. That's dated 2 October. n/t

[think]

25. This appears to be a new development with a different person:

Frisco: Sick patient shows signs of Ebola

Posted: Oct 08, 2014 2:57 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 08, 2014 2:57 PM EDT
By: myfoxdfw.com Staff

FRISCO, Texas - A patient exhibiting symptoms of Ebola who claims to have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan showed up at a Care Now facility in Frisco Wednesday afternoon.

City officials confirmed a significant medical response at the clinic on Main Street.

~Snip~

The city has scheduled a news conference for 3:30 p.m. to release more information about the incident.

Full article:
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26737893/frisco-sick-patient-shows-signs-of-ebola

[morningfog]

16. Good lord. Whether it is a hoax or that poster is a joke,

we've entered into the ridiculous.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I have the news on in the background.

That's still more instantaneous than the net.

[B2G]

5. LInk

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/08/patient-frisco-ebola-suspect/16922477/

[Aerows]

6. Apparently he is at a urgent care facility

not at a hospital yet.

[npk]

8. Where are you getting this information from?

What source? I haven't seen anything on the wires.

[tammywammy]

21. News conference at 3:30 central time

It says a man claims to have been in contact with Duncan and he went to a CareNow urgent care in Frisco. And are preparing to transport him to a hospital.

That's all I've seen reported.

[npk]

26. Well this is definitely not good, thanks for info.

[uppityperson]

20. not sure wtf is going on, hoax as of 5 days ago but now? eta wtf

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/26687002/fake-news-article-contains-inaccurate-reports-about-ebola-in-frisco

[tammywammy]

22. That's dated 2 October.

[mainer]

23. Your hoax was dated Oct 2. This is a different story.

Coincidentally, also in Frisco.

[notrightatall]

24. .OMG

[GusBob]

32. at the link above you can see the ambulance in transport live video

you could see the driver in hazmat gear

[morningfog]

33. Then we know this was not family or the

first responders to Duncan. Therefor, probably not Ebola from Duncan.

Possibly the person came from w Africa, but we'll see.

[pnwmom]

46. How do we know that it wasn't a contact of Duncan's?

It's seems a strange coincidence that the country's second case would be in the same city as Duncan but have no connection.

[dilby]

34. And how many people died from the Flu this year so far?

Notify me when Ebola deaths outnumber the flu.

[PCIntern]

38. wow...

I can't even begin to respond to this line of thinking...

[Jamastiene]

39. As nasty as Ebola appears to be,

you have a good point.

Ebola just seems scarier. Something about bleeding from the eyeballs and hemorrhaging for days on end just seems scarier, even if flu will most likely kill more people. If I had to die from something and had to choose between the two, I would request a firing squad instead. Neither looks like a good way to go.

[pnwmom]

47. And what are the odds that a flu patient will die from it, compared to the odds

of an Ebola patient dying?

[dilby]

48. We have had 4 or 5 treated here in the US with 1 death.

For such a small sample group 1 death does not seem that bad.

[B2G]

35. Urgent care facility saying no contact with Duncan

but marked travel to W Africa on intake form.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. So the diagnosis or possible diagnosis was made by the urgent care facility...

Because a rational person who suspected he had EBOLA would go directly to the hospital.

[herding cats]

42. It's like a childhood game of gossip

Earlier it was reported by WFAA he did have contact.

"The patient claims to have had contact with the Dallas 'patient zero,'" according to a statement from Dana Baird-Hanks, a spokeswoman with the city of Frisco.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/08/patient-frisco-ebola-suspect/16922477/

The media really doesn't help with the hysteria one bit. It's quite possible this is going to be another false alarm call - there have been hundreds since Mr Duncan was diagnosed, and many before that even- where they're being overly cautious. Cautious is good, but the misinformation being spread by media outlets is not good. smh

[B2G]

43. I agree and I hope it's a false alarm. nt

[Go Vols]

36. MSNBC is now reporting possibility of it.

All Dallas TV websites have it on their front page.

[GusBob]

41. Getting stuck in traffic

I guess people in Texas are not required by law to pull over for emergency vehicles?

[B2G]

45. Grain of salt report:

Meagan Harris, WFAA

BREAKING: SUV surrounded by tape at Frisco CareNow belongs to one of the Dallas Co deputies that went into the #Ebola patients apartment.

https://twitter.com/MeaganMHarris/status/519936542912299008

[GusBob]

49. Jesus. They say it could be a deputy who went to the apartment

They are saying he refuse to wear protective gear

Hope like hell this is not true

[B2G]

50. Meagan Harris's twitter feed is reporting that

This isn't good if he's positive. That judge went in unprotected too and then showed up at a news conference to make a point.

Hopefully it's just stomach upset due to stress, entirely possible.

[Go Vols]

52. Just went live here

not speaking yet tho.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/category/264130/stream-1

[City Lights]

54. Please keep us updated. nt

[boomer55]

55. They say no direct contact...only that he entered the apt after duncan was gone

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/10/08/frisco-patient-exhibiting-ebola-symptoms/

The Frisco patient has been identified as a Dallas County deputy Michael Monnig, who was not one of the 48 people being monitored by federal, state and local health officials because he never had direct contact with the patient. Monnig did enter the apartment where Duncan stayed after Duncan had been admitted to the hospital.

[Go Vols]

56. Live on MSNBC now

[MohRokTah]

57. Sounds like they are considering this to be a low risk.

Let's hope he has the flu.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

58. He is not exhibiting all symptoms according to report on CNN

Let's hope the possible victim is acting out of an abundance of caution...and fear.

[MohRokTah]

59. Yep, we'll know more after the test.

The media is sure enjoying this, though. Lots of clicks and eyes on various screens.

[LisaL]

60. Neither did Duncan.

Which is why hospital send him home the first time.
One doesn't have to exhibit all the symptoms right away to have Ebola.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

61. The media is creating hysteria

The law enforcement official entered the apartment 3 to 4 days after Mr. Duncan had already left.

If he has ebola, the ramifications would be frightening:

a) ebola fomites have a much longer "shelf life" than we are being told

or

b)other family members may have ebola from whom he might have caught it, and the public is not being told

or

c) ???


I'm betting that this guy does NOT have ebola, and that this is typical media driven hysteria - not to mention local "officials" who want some tv face time.

[LisaL]

62. What if it's not hysteria?

What if he did get Ebola.
It wouldn't surprise me one bit they don't know how exactly it gets transmitted. Would it surprise you?
By the way, claim that only person who has symptoms can transmit the disease would appear to be false.
Latest research shows some people are carriers but don't have symptoms.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

63. It would surprise me a bit

because I will then believe that we are being fed lies about its transmission and/or victims or that the virus has mutated and is now easier to transmit.

[morningfog]

64. No fever = no Ebola.

[SidDithers]

65. Kick...

looking for updates.

Sid

[SidDithers]

66. Kick...

Trooper tests negative for Ebola.

http://www.wncn.com/story/26747044/dshs-frisco-man-does-not-have-ebola

Sid