Patient at Sacramento Kaiser Permanente Tested for Ebola.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

Source: KCRA

A patient at the Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center is in the process of getting tested for Ebola, officials confirmed Tuesday evening...





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[flamingdem]

1. Glad they knew to test them!

Can't imagine the headlines if they didn't and they had it..

[Adsos Letter]

2. Just heard that on KQED...

...apparently they are holding the patient in isolation.
Obviously, it goes without saying that we hope this turns out to be an unnecessary precaution...

[Control-Z]

3. That is crappy headline.

The patient is "being" tested for Ebola.

Patient "Tested for Ebola" makes it sound like he tested positive for Ebola. At least that was my first thought.

I hope he's ok.

[silverweb]

4. Very crappy headline.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Why is it even in the news? Way to start a panic when it might be completely unwarranted.

Test the patient first, and then talk about what it is or isn't. Geez....

[PatSeg]

5. Agreed

Irresponsible reporting that is bound to cause some needless hysteria.

[Throd]

6. Fuck it! I live in the next county. I'm going to freak out just to be safe.

[meti57b]

9. Same here ...... although I'm in Southern Ca.

[PatSeg]

10. I've been a patient in that hospital

and lived a few minutes from it for nine years. That's why I was drawn to the story. I overreacted when I saw the headline, but I did read the article. I know there are people who will just assume that there is Ebola in Sacramento and spread that perception very quickly.You'll probably hear from a bunch of them tomorrow!!!

[Control-Z]

11. Exactly.

I overreacted - and then went on to read the story.

Many people never bother to read past the headline. This headline was written intentionally for just those people. Pisses me off.

[PatSeg]

15. Like there isn't enough excitement in the news lately!

Got to start an Ebola scare too!

[Control-Z]

12. Fuck it! I live in the same state.

I want to be safe. I'll freak out too - just as a precaution.

[mackerel]

14. Snap! I'm in San Joaquin y tu?

[shanti]

18. i live in sacramento

According to the Sacramento Bee article, the individual involved is part of a fairly large local Liberian refugee group.

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/19/6640402/kaiser-south-sacramento-testing.html

[dembotoz]

7. bound to happen

airplanes make it all possible

[jmowreader]

8. I can just imagine Fox News tonight...

Louie Gohmert will go on screaming "See? See? I TOLD ya! I TOLD ya those filthy illegals from South America were bringing Ebola into the country, but would our America-hating president listen? No, and I'm filing articles of impeachment the second I get back from vacation. Why the hell not? It's not like some commie Democrat is gonna take MY seat!"

[DisgustipatedinCA]

13. As the OP, I agree...crappy headline.

[LeftyMom]

16. I thought my hypochondriac mother was out of town.

Seriously though, why would anybody with a serious illness go to Kaiser South Sac and not to UC Davis or Sutter at least? I'd share all the stories I know of botched treatment at Kaiser South but I don't want to fuck up DU's bandwidth for the month.

[drm604]

17. Interesting statement in the article.

The patient may have been exposed to the Ebola virus, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will conduct blood samples.

What exactly happened that they think this patient may have been exposed? Has he just arrived from Africa? Is he a researcher who works with the virus and maybe suffered an accidental needle stick?

[PoliticAverse]

19. Followup: Ebola test NEGATIVE...

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sacramento-Ebola-tests-come-back-negative-5704866.php?