BSA On Lockdown Due to Possible Ebola

[leftofcool]

Source: Connect Amarillo

AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Baptist St. Anthony Hospital in Amarillo is currently on lock down. A patient is exhibiting Ebola-like symptoms.




Read more: http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=1110202#.VD7-W2cU-M8

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According to the short article, a news teams was just sent out.

[KittyWampus]

1. Damn. Hope it's a false alarm.

[Warpy]

3. It most likely is unless "contact" means he was a bed partner

If he was in the same room or shook hands, he's at low risk so far. He also might not know what part of Africa, it's all the same to a lot of people.

[brer cat]

11. Well, Sarah told me

Africa is a country. Why are you trying to confuse the issue?

[valerief]

2. Perry needs to get his ass back to Texas. nt

[Warpy]

4. What good is that dumbfuck going to do?

Well, he might be dumb enough to insist on a photo op and catch it, himself.

Yeah, Republican bean dumb politicians make me very mean.

[valerief]

7. That's what I'm hoping. nt

[Laurian]

5. Why? Optics only?

Perry can't find his ass with both hands. What difference can he make?

[valerief]

8. He's away cuz he's too chickenshit to come home.

He can't do shit except look like an asshole. That's always worth it.

[YOHABLO]

6. Why? You think he'd make a difference?

[jtuck004]

9. I was trying to imagine the most evil, scary, horror flick imaginable...then I read this and

realized...

Rick Perry and Ebola in the same state.

I may not sleep tonight. We don't have effective vaccinations for either of them.

[calimary]

13. Only immunization for the perry part would be more Dem voters - VOTING, dammit!!!

[calimary]

14. I heard late today (California time) that he finally did cancel his overseas trip.

I don't know whether to feel glad about that or pity for that. Jerk.

[FloriTexan]

16. No please. Let him stay absent.

[greyl]

10. "no longer on lockdown", article updated. Nt

[TexasTowelie]

12. Update from Amarillo Globe-News: BSA speaks on possible Ebola case

The emergency room at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital is on lockdown after an adult patient who had been in contact with another person from West Africa displayed flu-like symptoms when they arrived at the hospital late Wednesday, hospital officials said.

About 4 p.m., a patient walked into the BSA emergency room displaying flu-like symptoms, BSA spokeswoman Mary Barlow said.

Hospital personnel questioned the unidentified patient about their symptoms and whether the patient had been in contact with anyone who had visited West Africa. The patient responded that they had been in contact with a person from West Africa, but that the person they had come in contact with had not displayed any symptoms of the disease. Hospital officials are working to confirm the patient’s statements to hospital personnel.

Barlow said BSA personnel have been training all week in light of two Ebola cases that have stricken two nurses in Dallas.

More at http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2014-10-15/emergency-responders-work-bsa-response-possible-ebola-symptoms .

[DeadLetterOffice]

15. Updated again: no contact with anyone from affected West African countries

A lockdown order at the Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital emergency room has been lifted after officials confirmed that the patient in question had not been in contact with anyone from the four West African countries exposed to the Ebola virus, BSA spokeswoman Mary Barlow said.

http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2014-10-15/emergency-responders-work-bsa-response-possible-ebola-symptoms