C D C Gave Latest U . S . Ebola Patient OK To Fly With Slight Fever (829 hits)
ASSOCIATED PRESS-A Dallas nurse who took a commercial flight from Cleveland hours before reporting symptoms of Ebola says that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention told her it was okay to fly.
Amber Vinson helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died in Dallas of the Ebola virus earlier this month. On Wednesday, the CDC announced that she had contacted the virus as well. The CDC also revealed that she had taken a flight to Dallas on Monday, though it said that it was extremely unlikely that any other passengers were exposed.
Vinson told CBS Dallas Fort Worth that she was feeling ill before boarding her flight. She had a low grade fever, but she said that officials told her it was okay to get on the plane. Vinson told CBS that she called the CDC several times with concerns.
The CDC confirmed to FOX 4 News that they gave Vinson the green light to fly.
After Vinson reported symptoms of Ebola on Tuesday, she was placed in isolation. On Wednesday, she was transported to Emory Hospital in Atlanta, where she will continue to receive treatment. She is in stable condition.
Vinson's comments contradict remarks made earlier today by CDC Director Tom Freiden, who said that she never should have gotten on the plane.
The 29-year-old nurse is the second person to contract Ebola in the United States. The first was Nina Pham, who is also a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where Duncan was being treated. Duncan is the first person to have died of Ebola in the United States.
I wonder if this nurse was speaking to a receptionist who transferred her to the wrong department or an idiot that was just occupying a job for the money???
I hear she was planning a wedding and I know how stressful it can be, but one's health is nothing to joke with when it comes to Ebola Hemorrhage Fever.
As a healthcare professional, I don't need the W.H.O. or CDC tell me when I'm sick or when I need to cancel my flight plans especially if I know I took care of a person that died from Ebola!
At the beginning of Flu season, there was an outbreak on the temp unit I was working. When I called to inquire about the situation, I was immediately transferred to the mgr; I asked what strain of Flu and if any nurses were out ill from it.
She was being politically correct and told me some mumbo jumbo and said I had to come to work or I'd be a no show.
When I got to work, it was the easiest shift I'd had since starting but I saw that the patients were being treated with flu med so I thought if patients were being treated prophalacticly with Tamiflu I should, too.
I called off first thing the next day and visited my GP who prescribed me the same medicine the all patients were receiving.
It's a risky business for you Jen. I'm afraid of where this Ebola is heading. Thanks for these posts.
Friday, October 17th 2014 at 5:40AM
Steve Williams
