Dallas Ebola Patient In Contact With At Least 18 People Before Quarantined (Video)

via WFAA

Zachary Thompson, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, says all those who’ve been in close contact with the diagnosed patient are being monitored as a precaution. However, Thompson pointed to one person in particular as a potential second case.

“Let me be real frank to the Dallas County residents, the fact that we have one confirmed case, there may be another case that is a close associate with this particular patient,” he said in a Wednesday interview with WFAA. “… So this is real. There should be a concern, but it’s contained to the specific family members and close friends at this moment.”

The patient left Liberia on September 19 and arrived in Dallas to visit relatives the following day, said CDC director Tom Frieden. On September 26, he sought treatment at the hospital after becoming ill but was sent home with a prescription for antibiotics. Two days later, he was admitted with more critical symptoms, after requiring an ambulance ride to the hospital.

So then I wonder, will Ebola now be a common thing that pops up in America every now and then like it does in Africa?  I hope to hell not.  You can bet on this though, whatever they are saying you can add 2 or 3 times more to it.  These numbers are low, he was out and about for 2 days with symptons all over Dallas or wherever he may have went.  Anyone with flu like symptoms in Dallas right now are probably crapping their pants right now. I know I would be.