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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Now, how many more after Ebola Eric exposed hundreds or more?

1ST EBOLA PATIENT DIAGNOSED IN THE US HAS DIED News from The Associated Press

BY NOMAAN MERCHANT 10-8-14

DALLAS (AP) -- The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a little more than a week after his illness exposed gaps in the nation's defenses against the disease and set off a scramble to track down anyone exposed to him.
Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where he had been kept in isolation since Sept. 28.
"Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease," hospital spokesman Wendell Watson said in a statement…

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