Re-posted, with a translation out of the original b.s. by Nicholas Stix
Second health care worker tests positive for Ebola in Dallas
By Claire Cardona
ccardona@dallasnews.com
4:12 am on October 15, 2014 [This was updated this afternoon, but the DMN is still using the original time stamp.]
The Dallas Morning News
This story will be updated with more details frequently.
The second Dallas nurse to be infected with Ebola after treating a Liberian man who died from the virus last week will be moved to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, federal officials said.
“We know there are opportunities to do more and better,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said, “and we’re doing that.”
Amber Joy Vinson, 29, will be transferred later today to the university in Atlanta, where two American healthcare workers who contracted the disease in West Africa were treated successfully earlier this year.
The latest healthcare worker to contract the virus at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital had direct contact with three people after becoming symptomatic before she was isolated, said Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those people are being closely monitored.
Ebola does not spread until a patient develops a fever or other symptoms, such as vomiting or diarrhea. Vinson didn’t develop a “low-grade fever” until Tuesday, a day after she flew back from her native Ohio to Dallas.
Because of that, Frieden said passengers on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 were at “extremely low risk” of being exposed. Even so, he said, the nurse should have been limited in her travel because she treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who became the nation’s first person diagnosed with the deadly virus.
“She should not have been on that plane,” Frieden said. “We will from this moment forward ensure that no other individual with exposure travels in anything other than a controlled manner.”
He also said that officials will be contacting all passengers and crew members on Monday’s flight from Cleveland to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport as a precaution.
“We encourage people to come forward at the slightest concern,” he said.
Vinson’s father, Ronald Shuler, declined to comment Wednesday morning about her diagnosis but said they will make a statement later in the day.
The nurse was put into isolation within 90 minutes of reporting she had a fever. The CDC director said Vinson’s blood tested positive for the virus overnight in a state lab and should be confirmed today by the CDC. No one else had developed symptoms, he said, so no other blood tests were being performed.
Nina Pham, one of Duncan’s caregivers, was diagnosed with the disease Sunday.
Duncan died Oct. 8; he was first admitted to the hospital on Sept. 28. Both Vinson and Pham had contact with Duncan when he was most contagious, suffering from extensive vomiting and diarrhea.
Frieden said Pham’s condition was improving, so there was no plan Wednesday to move her from the North Dallas hospital where she contracted the virus. But he noted that could change should her condition worsen or others fall ill.
“This situation can change from minute to minute and hour to hour,” he said.
New patient handling diagnosis
Vinson is handling the situation with “grit, grace and determination,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins at a press conference Wednesday morning.
“Like Nina Pham, she is a heroic person – a person who has dedicated her life to helping others,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins at a press conference Wednesday morning.
[“Heroic” is the last word I would use to describe Amber Vinson. It is impossible to exaggerate her criminal negligence. She had just cared for a man who had died of a pandemic, highly contagious disease, and thus knew she was obligated to refrain from travel, and that, should she turn up with Ebola, her traveling would put an incalculable number of people at risk of catching this plague.]
[The following two paragraphs are from an earlier version of this article.]
Jenkins said the new patient is handling the situation with “grit, grace and determination.”
Vinson was put into isolation within 90 minutes of reporting she had a fever. City and county officials declined to give an exact time frame for when the new patient tested positive for Ebola in a preliminary test at a state lab in Austin.
[That’s so they can have more flexibility with their lies and CYA maneuvers.]
Vinson graduated from Firestone High School in Akron in 2003, according to Akron Public Schools. She received a bachelor’s degree in science from Kent State University in 2006. She received another degree from the college’s nursing school in 2008, according to online records.
She has been a registered nurse in Texas since 2012.
Vinson lives alone and has no pets. Her apartment and car will be decontaminated, city officials said. Dallas ISD officials have confirmed that the new patient does not have any children who attend schools in the district.
Other healthcare workers monitored
In addition to Vinson and Pham, there are 75 other hospital workers being monitored for symptoms of Ebola. Officials said they expect to see more Ebola cases.
“It may get worse before it gets better, but it will get better,” said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings at an early morning press conference.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is equipped to care for three Ebola patients in isolation, said Dr. Daniel Varga, chief clinical officer and senior vice president of the hospital’s parent company, Texas Health Resources.
He called the second Ebola infection of a hospital worker “an unprecedented crisis.”
[This is the first person in the business who isn’t lying, in order to diminish the danger. Of course, he has a motive for speaking in dramatic terms. He is completely exposed, legally, to lawsuits from the dead Liberian’s grifter relatives, Nina Pham, and Amber Joy Vinson, even though Vinson, and possibly Pham, should be defendants, rather than plaintiffs. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas will likely be wiped out by Ebola lawsuits.]
“The health and safety of our employees remain a high priority,” he said. He declined to comment on allegations by a nurse’s union that Presbyterian was unprepared for the first Ebola patient, which put nurses at risk of infection.
Hospital officials still don’t know how the two hospital workers contracted the virus.
“There was an exposure somewhere, some time during the treatment of Mr. Duncan,” Varga said. “I don’t think we have a symptomatic, institutional problem.”
[One way or another, they have just such a problem.]
Officials are working to identify anyone who might have come into contact with Vinson.
“Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify any contacts or potential exposures, and those people will be monitored,” health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said in a written statement. “The type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interactions and the potential they were exposed to the virus.”
[Let’s hope the others aren’t as negligent and stupid as Vinson.]
Officials continue to monitor family members and friends who came into contact with Duncan before he was admitted to the hospital last month. None of those people, including five DISD students, have exhibited any signs or symptoms of the Ebola virus. Symptoms are typically seen within 21 days of exposure. That period of time ends Sunday.
Nurse’s apartment decontaminated
Dallas police and Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel were distributing fliers to residents of the Bend East section of The Village apartment complex to alert them to the latest Ebola case. A hazardous-materials team worked to decontaminate common areas of the apartment complex early Wednesday.
[But if you can only catch Ebola from close contact with an infected person, there would be no need to decontaminate things the carrier had touched.]
Protect Environmental, a North Texas-based business specializing in decontamination, is cleaning Vinson’s apartment. A woman who picked up the company’s phone said the company has been contracted by the sate to decontaminate Vinson’s apartment.
The employee declined to give details on the clean up, saying the company has been told to direct media inquiries to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Officials have also made reverse 911 calls to residents in the area and knocked on doors to alert them to the case.
[But CDC Chief Dr. Tom Frieden keeps telling us that it’s no big deal.]
“The only way we are going to beat this is person by person, moment by moment, detail by detail,” Rawlings said.
[Imagine the massive manpower that would be required for even a few Ebola cases, according to Mayor Rawlings’ description.]
Officials reiterated during an early morning press conference that people cannot contract Ebola unless they come into direct contact with someone who is experiencing Ebola symptoms.
[Then why all the massive decontamination projects? These people can’t keep their lies straight.]
“We want to deal with facts and not fear,” Rawlings said.
[Officials’ and “experts’” constant contradictions and panicky reassurances can only stoke hysterical fear.]
Residents at The Village apartments expressed concern for Vinson after hearing the news.
Lindsay London, who has lived at The Village apartments for four years, woke up around 5 a.m. to Dallas police officers knocking on her door. She said she realized that one of her neighbors had been diagnosed with Ebola and initially worried about how close the case is to her home.
“But after that initial panic, it was like all right. This isn’t a crazy outbreak yet. It’s close to home, so I need to be careful. But it’s not going to prevent me from going to work or anything like that,” London said.
One resident who lives near the apartment says he received a text from his complex that said, “A healthcare worker who lives at The Bend East in The Village has been diagnosed with Ebola. The resident is now under care offsite, and the apartment where she lived will be processed and cleaned. There are no immediate issues for residents. We’ll keep you informed of future developments.”
Though many residents told reporters Wednesday morning that they weren’t afraid they would contract the Ebola virus in the apartment complex, some said they were concerned about community areas.
“I’m afraid, to be honest,” said Fred Lane. He said if someone who works at the hospital has been using the apartment gym, he won’t use it.
[From an earlier version:]
The hospital worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated at the hospital, health department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said in a written statement.
No further details had been released yet about the new Ebola victim.
[My response was, Where’s the copy editor?! This is like reading the Daily Mail. This article has already revealed a multitude of details about the new “victim.” Since then. A reader must have called staffers’ attention to the editing glitches. Fortunately, when an editor misses something, it doesn’t cause a pandemic to spread.]
Gov. Rick Perry called the Ebola virus “a formidable foe” Wednesday after news broke that a second nurse has been diagnosed with the disease.
“This is the first time that our nation has had to deal with a threat such as this,” Perry said in a written statement.
“Everyone working on this challenge – from the medical professionals at the bedside to the public health officials addressing containment of the infection – is working to end the threat posed by this disease. These individuals are keeping the health and safety of Texans and the needs of the patients as their most critical tasks. Every relevant agency at the local, state and national [sic] levels is working to support these individuals.”
Staff writers Sherry Jacobson, Tristan Hallman, Tasha Tsiaperas, Naheed Rajwani, Matt Peterson, Robert Wilonsky, Matthew Haag and Taylor Danser contributed to this report.
As I wrote months ago, this is the disease vector in the USA. Negroes with an average IQ of 85 here just aren't smart enough, nor do they possess enough impulse control, to avoid transmitting the disease. Once it gets into the negro community, it will spread like wildfire.
ReplyDeleteDo we really think negroes will embrace germ theory and have the patience and fortitude to last out the roughly 30 day window?
Also, I saw a report today that Vinson had a low fever, 99.5, when she boarded the plane to fly home. So her criminal negligence was quite a bit worse than what you've written. Additionally, I'm sure you've seen the piece by Fulford on VDare which expands on my thoughts here very nicely. Considering Vinson is probably in the top 2% of negro intellect, she's a perfect illustration of my theory.
In Africa and to a somewhat lesser extent already here in America, the negroes have decided either (a) ebola is a black magic curse or (b) an invention of the white man trying to kill them. Now imagine ninety days hence when we have ten thousand mostly negro ebola patients in America. I've always thought the "FEMA Camp" conspiracy theorists were loony, but now there is a faint little spark of doubt in the furthest reaches of my mind. Maybe. And can you imagine the disease transmission when half a million negroes, many already infected, start jumping up and down in Times Square?
Nick, I hope you have an escape plan to get yourself and family out of the city to a refuge far into whitest Pennsylvania or Upstate. Right about now, I'm thinking Spokane should be pretty safe..
They keep speaking about the paradigm that only by close contact with bodily fluids is the disease spread. That is the old paradigm. It is now thought that being in close proximity [three feet] to a persons infected BEFORE THEY SHOW SYMPTOMS can get you sick. Everyone on that plane sitting close to the woman is a potential victim. And everyone perhaps on the plane period and having flown on the plane after that woman did is a potential victim. Those planes have CLOSED air circuits?
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