Last of 177 people monitored for Ebola in Texas ends observation this week (End of the line!!)

[morningfog]

Friday night, November 7, 2014, marks the last day the last person being monitored by the state of Texas for Ebola. Three diagnosed patients will have reached their 21 days of twice-daily monitoring as required by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS).

This brings the total of health care workers, household contacts and others to have been monitored to 177. No additional cases of the disease have been diagnosed in Texas.

People were monitored because of their contact with at least one of the three Texas Ebola patients, specimens or medical waste. The last person being monitored Friday is a hospital worker who handled medical waste Oct. 17.

“We’re happy to reach this milestone, but our guard stays up,” said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the TDSHS. “We reached this point through teamwork and meticulous monitoring, and we’ll continue to be vigilant to protect Texas from Ebola.”

Passengers identified to be on one of the Dallas to Cleveland flights that carried a Dallas health care worker later diagnosed with Ebola were recently declared free of the disease.

http://www.examiner.com/article/last-of-177-people-monitored-for-ebola-texas-ends-observation-this-week

The people in Duncan's home, the vomit washers, the health workers, the passengers on Vinson's flight, the cruise ship, etc, etc, etc. No new infections. No deaths other than Mr. Duncan. So much necessary and ignorant hysteria.

[tularetom]

1. Elections over, don't need Ebola anymore

[Demit]

2. The OMG brigade is conspicuously absent.

You'd think they'd at least show up in your thread to breathe a sigh of relief. Maybe they're holding out till end of day Friday?

[FSogol]

3. Yeah, where is all the FUD? Did the sky stop falling?

[morningfog]

6. Well now they are freaking over the bowling doctor.

[Logical]

9. The two usual suspects have been really quiet. Nt

[uppityperson]

10. At least on this thread. And others giving calm information. nt

[Warpy]

4. Hysterics think everybody those 177 people have come into contact with

over the last month need to be quarantined.

It's really disheartening how much cold water I had to dump on flaming hair even here at DU.

Folks, the panic is always worse than the disease.

[mercuryblues]

5. exactly

[uppityperson]

7. k&r. It is interesting, searching news, how many people in many states are being monitored

Some are travelers, some are health care workers returning from W African 3 countries. But with minimal media notice. As has been happening for many months until Mr Duncan's awful treatment in TX.

For instance
http://www.minnpost.com/glean/2014/11/state-tracking-48-travelers-part-ebola-monitoring-system

State tracking 48 travelers as part of Ebola monitoring system

The post-election freak out factor is lower, so don’t expect a lot of media hysteria. But MPR’s story says, “Minnesota health officials said Wednesday they are tracking 48 travelers from West Africa for signs of Ebola, a precautionary move taken as part of the state's new monitoring system. The travelers arrived in Minnesota from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Minnesota Department of Health considers them low-risk because they did not have a known exposure to Ebola during their time in those countries. Officials are also working to contact another 12 travelers to begin monitoring.”

[uppityperson]

8. And it sinks, with few recs and replies. Odd. I guess fear sells.

[seabeyond]

11. Contained. Good job to all those putting themselves at risk

And doing what needed to be done thru education, knowledge and experience