Patient With Suspected Ebola In Stable Condition At Mass General

[hexola]

Source: CBS

BOSTON (CBS) – A patient with suspected Ebola virus was admitted to Mass General Hospital Tuesday afternoon.

The hospital says the patient being treated meets the Centers for Disease Control criteria of having traveled to an area where Ebola is present, exposure to Ebola and of now showing potential symptoms of the virus.

Read more: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/02/suspected-ebola-patient-being-treated-at-mass-general/

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[840high]

1. I wish them health.

[Feral Child]

2. Luck and health

to them all.

But where's the DU panic and hysteria? I guess we're on to a more temporal anxiety...

[LiberalArkie]

3. It is still early.

[Feral Child]

5. Dig it.

I think the novelty has worn off for the Trendies, though, and their Chicken Little response is reserved for newer, fresh terrors.

[herding cats]

6. The election's also over.

The media can't twist this around to make political hay out of it, and if the masses were to freak out they may not go out and spend during this shopping season.

[Feral Child]

8. HA!

Very good point. Can't frighten the consumers during this Most-Special-of-all-(Shopping)Seasons.

[hexola]

4. This sounds more like a screening success story...

and not something to fret about.

[uppityperson]

7. UPDATE, tested negative and released.

http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/03/negative-test-ebola/19840585/

Officials at Massachusetts General Hospital confirmed that a patient suspected of being infected with Ebola has tested negative. However, the patient has tested positive for malaria.

Hospital officials say the patient previously worked in Liberia where the Ebola virus has hit the hardest. In accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines the patient has been under observation since Tuesday afternoon.

The patient, who the hospital has declined to identify, will continue to be closely monitored.