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After searching the news a bit, there appear to be four cases of Ebola in the US. Thomas Eric Duncan arrived from Liberia with Ebola, and before dying passed it

by pcrh 12y ago

After searching the news a bit, there appear to be four cases of Ebola in the US. Thomas Eric Duncan arrived from Liberia with Ebola, and before dying passed it to two nurses, Vinson and Pham, who are recovering. A third patient is a doctor who contracted it in Liberia and is also recovering [1,2,3]. So, one death and three recovering patients. I'm unable to edit my previous comment. [1]http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/15/dallas-nurses-accuse-hospital-sloppy-safety-ebola http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/15/dallas-nurses-a... ]2]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/dallas-nurse-ebola-transferred-emory-26217549 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/dallas-nurse-ebola-tr... [3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29632433 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29632433

hga 12y ago
2 more: a 2nd doctor I think, also treated at Emory, where the 2nd Dallas nurse is headed per an early report I read yesterday, and the NBC cameraman who's at the Omaha hospital. (There are 4 US hospitals truly set up for this, with a total of 23 beds.)
- hga 12y ago
  CORRECTION: It turns out the nation has only 11 "Ebola beds": the Omaha and NIH wards can only treat 1-2 and 2 patients with something this bad out of the 10 and 7 total beds they have. Which leaves 7 free at the moment.
- hga 12y ago
  CORRECTION #2: It turns out the nation has only 11 "Ebola beds": the Omaha and NIH wards can only treat 1-2 and 2 patients with something this bad out of the 10 and 7 total beds they have. Which leaves 7 free at the moment.