Dallas County's Top Public Health Epidemiologist Being Monitored for Ebola

[Purveyor]

Dallas County's top public health epidemiologist confirmed Thursday that she spent time at Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan's bedside and that she is among those potentially exposed to the virus.

Dr. Wendy Chung has remained on the front lines of the government's response to the outbreak since Duncan's diagnosis, working alongside federal, state and local health authorities as she undergoes monitoring for any signs of the potentially deadly disease.

"Yes, I have been alongside other physicians and nurses in addressing this patient," said Chung in an email. "I am under the same monitoring protocols which are currently recommended for my clinical colleagues who are in the same exposure category as mine."

Some of the health care workers being monitored are being furloughed, but others have continued to work, depending on the level of their exposure. None are allowed to use public transit.

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[Daemonaquila]

1. Meh, "being monitored" has little meaning.

I expect that in the next several weeks we will have hundreds, if not thousands, all "being monitored." Just because someone has had potential contact or walked through a contaminated area means nothing, and it's pointless for them to keep treating this as some kind of news.

[riverwalker]

2. seems the MD's getting off easy on this

the nurses took orders from MD's, worked closely with them, they were involved in Duncans care, they saw what was going on.
Didn't any of them say "I don't think these precautions are adequate".