October 6, 2014

CDC Slow To Release Itinerary of Ebola Man From Liberia


[From article]
Even though the CDC will not release his flight plan from Liberia to the United States, it is clear that he would have had to make at least two transfers -- including one in at least one other country.
Flights from the airport in the Liberian capital of Monrovia fly to only six destinations -- four in West and Central Africa, one flight to Morocco and one flight to Brussels, Belgium. There are no direct flights into the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from any of those six destinations, meaning that man had to make at least one more change.
The CDC said Tuesday that the passengers who unknowingly traveled with the man need not be concerned because he was not contagious while he was on the plane.
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On his first visit to the hospital, doctors did not immediately conclude that he had Ebola and they sent him home but he returned with much more drastic symptoms on Sept. 27, according to the CDC. He was put in a special isolation unit the following day.
Part of the problem in diagnosing Ebola comes from the fact that patients, like this man, can take up to 21 days to exhibit symptoms such as fever, muscle pain, vomiting and bleeding.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/cdc-release-ebola-patients-flight-information/story?id=25890108

Why the CDC Won't Release the Ebola Patient's Flight Itinerary
Oct 1, 2014, 11:36 AM ET
By MEGHAN KENEALLY
via GOOD MORNING AMERICA

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