2nd Ebola case in Dallas confirmed; health worker who attended Duncan tests positive

[PleezeBelieve]

http://bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29587803

"We knew a second case could be a reality, and we've been preparing for this possibility," said Dr David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Mr Duncan, who caught the virus in his native Liberia, died at a Dallas hospital on Wednesday.

The health worker has not been named.

The current Ebola outbreak, concentrated in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, has resulted in more than 8,300 confirmed and suspected cases, and at least 4,033 deaths.

Mr Duncan tested positive in Dallas on 30 September, 10 days after arriving on a flight from Monrovia via Brussels.

He had become ill a few days after arriving in the US, and went to the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas with a high fever.

[Draz]

And so it begins

[ArbitraryWater]

RIP primetime

[Nick Young]

What a surprise.

Another "State of the art world class facility"

Another health care professional getting infected anyways.

Duncan could have phucked all of us. Phuck that asshole.

[StephHamann]

[NumberSix]

Stop being racist. Ebola is easy to contain and nearly impossible to spread.

[longhornfan1234]

OBama administration continues to refuse to stop flights from West Africa into the country instead putting forth that taking a passengers temp and asking some questions is doing enough when those same steps would not have prevented this first case in America. This is simply insane. Obama has failed us again.

[Random_Guy]

OBama administration continues to refuse to stop flights from West Africa into the country instead putting forth that taking a passengers temp and asking some questions is doing enough when those same steps would not have prevented this first case in America. This is simply insane. Obama has failed us again.

while i believe it is quite stupid to close all flights from those countries, i do have to agree that simply taking the temperture and asking some questions in meaningless and stupid. during the incubation perioud, you literally have no symptoms, and when has questionnaires ever worked anyway?

[MadeFromDust]

I think it bears repeating...Incompetence, neglegence, and downright STUPIDITY both in and out of the healthcare community will allow ebola to spread in the U.S.

[senelcoolidge]

The President, the CDC heads, and everyone else involved needs to be held accountable for this BS. This is not the first outbreak of Ebola. So why is it here now..it's their fault. They are suppose to do the better for the citizens of this country.

[#number6ix#]

[Reef]

OBama administration continues to refuse to stop flights from West Africa into the country instead putting forth that taking a passengers temp and asking some questions is doing enough when those same steps would not have prevented this first case in America. This is simply insane. Obama has failed us again.

The problem is even if you ban flights from Africa, someone from Africa could travel to another country and then enter the US. The only way to contain it is to close your borders and that's not going to happen.

[MadeFromDust]

The problem is even if you ban flights from Africa, someone from Africa could travel to another country and then enter the US. The only way to contain it is to close your borders and that's not going to happen.

Ban people with West African visas for at least a month and a half

[Reef]

Ban people with West African visas for at least a month and a half

What about the nurse in Spain who contracted Ebola? Do you also ban people from Spain?

[MadeFromDust]

What about the nurse in Spain who contracted Ebola? Do you also ban people from Spain?

No, that is not ground zero