2nd Ebola patient could arrive Monday at Nebraska Med Center

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Bob Glissmann

Another American who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia will be brought to the biocontainment unit at the Nebraska Medical Center for treatment.

Ashoka Mukpo, a 33-year-old freelance cameraman working for NBC News, will be flown from Monrovia, Liberia, to Nebraska and should arrive early next week, possibly Monday, according to Med Center officials.

At a press conference later Friday afternoon, Med Center officials said they learned Thursday afternoon that the unit would be treating another patient with Ebola patient.

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Ashoka Mukpo will be treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center.


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[uppityperson]

1. Best of luck to him. nt

[longship]

2. Rachel spoke of him last night.

He is apparently dedicated to journalism in that area of Africa and has worked there for some years. He was hired as a contractor by NBC last week, which means that he likely contracted Ebola before he was hired.

No matter. NBC is flying him here for treatment. Good for them.

I wish him, and his NBC coworkers, my best.

[jwirr]

3. In the news conference they continued to say that we have only one case so far. I suppose that

technically they are correct but there are a lot more suspected cases and I was upset that they did not acknowledge that. They also did not talk about those like this man that we have brought over here because they are US citizens. I am afraid that this news conference did not do what it was supposed to - calm people down.

[kestrel91316]

5. "Cases" only count where they are diagnosed.

I still get credited for the most recent domestic animal rabies case in Los Angeles, because the puppy imported from Thailand that had rabies several years ago, while it saw vets in LA County, was not diagnosed until it got to SB Co (a vet in Ventura Co missed it also). So it counts as a Santa Barbara Co case.

That's the way they do these. It's diagnosis, not presence, that scores the point.

[jwirr]

7. Okay. The problem I guess is that most of us know about the undiagnosed cases and that is part of

the fear that the media is pushing.

[kestrel91316]

4. Hope he recovers. I'm optimistic, since he isn't in horrible shape yet.

[Chemisse]

6. Poor guy. I hope he does well.

All those who have been transported back here have recovered, so far. Maybe this means that Ebola is not so deadly when good quality health care is available.