Last of 177 people monitored for Ebola in Texas ends observation this week (End of the line!!) [View all]

[morningfog]

Friday night, November 7, 2014, marks the last day the last person being monitored by the state of Texas for Ebola. Three diagnosed patients will have reached their 21 days of twice-daily monitoring as required by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS).

This brings the total of health care workers, household contacts and others to have been monitored to 177. No additional cases of the disease have been diagnosed in Texas.

People were monitored because of their contact with at least one of the three Texas Ebola patients, specimens or medical waste. The last person being monitored Friday is a hospital worker who handled medical waste Oct. 17.

“We’re happy to reach this milestone, but our guard stays up,” said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the TDSHS. “We reached this point through teamwork and meticulous monitoring, and we’ll continue to be vigilant to protect Texas from Ebola.”

Passengers identified to be on one of the Dallas to Cleveland flights that carried a Dallas health care worker later diagnosed with Ebola were recently declared free of the disease.

http://www.examiner.com/article/last-of-177-people-monitored-for-ebola-texas-ends-observation-this-week

The people in Duncan's home, the vomit washers, the health workers, the passengers on Vinson's flight, the cruise ship, etc, etc, etc. No new infections. No deaths other than Mr. Duncan. So much necessary and ignorant hysteria.