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Ebola in the US confirmed

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  • Second Ebola-stricken nurse, 29, arrives in Atlanta as it's revealed she was given permission by CDC to fly on a commercial flight the day before she was diagnosed - despite having low-grade fever
  • Nurse Amber Jay Vinson, 29, originally from Akron, Ohio, is 'ill but clinically stable' after reporting a fever at Texas Presbyterian in Dallas on Tuesday
  • On Wednesday, she boarded a plane to Atlanta and landed there around 7:45pm Eastern Time, to be treated at Emory University Hospital
  • Ebola patients Nancy Writebol and Kent Brantly were kept in a specially-equipped isolation unit at the Atlanta hospital in August after contracting the disease in Liberia. They are now both free of the virus
  • Miss Vinson flew on Monday on a Frontier Airlines flight with a 99.5F fever from Cleveland to Dallas the day before she was diagnosed with Ebola
  • It was revealed that the nurse called the CDC several times asking for permission to board the flight with a low-grade fever
  • When she finally got through, an agency representative said it was OK since her temperature was below the fever threshold of 100.4
  • Three relatives were in contact with Miss Vinson before she was isolated
  • White House said today that Obama cancelled a trip to New Jersey and Connecticut to hold an Ebola meeting with his Cabinet
  • Miss Vinson was one of 76 medical staff who cared for Thomas Duncan
  • The 29-year-old lives alone and has no pets; her home was being decontaminated on Wednesday by hazmat teams

CDC Director Dr Thomas Frieden admits that was the wrong call.

'Those who have exposures to Ebola, she should not have traveled on a commercial airline,' Dr Frieden said Wednesday. 'The CDC guidance in this setting outlines the need for controlled movement. That can include a charter plane; that can include a car; but it does not include public transport. We will from this moment forward ensure that no other individual who is being monitored for exposure undergoes travel in any way other than controlled movement.'


Seems like all is going well in the fight of this disease. Keep up the good work CDCP (and I use the 'P' in CDCP quite loosely).
 
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