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Headline: "First confirmed case of Ebola confirmed in the United States: CDC" Article: "[...] an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola [...]" (emphasis mi
by ackalker 12y ago
Headline: "First confirmed case of Ebola confirmed in the United States: CDC"
Article: "[...] an unnamed patient was being tested for Ebola [...]" (emphasis mine)
Besides the obvious pleonasm in the title ("confirmed [...] confirmed" doesn't make it doubly so), nowhere in the article does it say that anyone is certain that this man actually has Ebola, as obviously, tests are still being done. Until the results of these tests are in, there is no confirmation.
Is this some kind of reading comprehension test being dumped on HN? For what nefarious, crowd sourced, statistical research project? <grin>
- arrrg 12y agoThe patient was tested in two different laboratories (CDC and another one in Texas). The test is “highly accurate”. It’s Ebola. Watch the video embedded in this to get the verbatim statement of the director of the CDC: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/airline-passenger-with-ebola-is-under-treatment-in-dallas.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/health/airline-passenger-w...
- ackalker 12y ago'Was' obviously is in past tense. If there is high likelyhood of it being Ebola, the article should have made that clear in the very first (few) paragraphs, like stating that further tests are being done to strengthen the confirmation. Edit: Ah, I understand now that the CDC has a rather peculiar definition of "case" of illness, see giarc's comment below for a link.
- maxerickson 12y agoThe CNBC article was put up before the CDC press conference (and seems maybe a little slapped together). arrrg is pointing you at a more recent article that obviates the need to parse up the CNBC article, in the video the director of the CDC states that the lab tests have confirmed it is Ebola.