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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHealth officials: Test results are negative for Dallas County deputy. He does NOT have Ebola.
DALLAS -- The Texas Department of State Health Services says negative results were returned from a lab in Austin Thursday, indicating that a Dallas County deputy does not have the Ebola virus.
This is a breaking news update. Check back for more on this developing story.
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/10/09/ebola-test-results-negative-dallas-county-deputy/16984093/
bravenak
(34,648 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)In this case they were extra careful since the man had been to the apt. where Mr Duncan was staying. As it turns out all is fine and the man will be able to go home to his family now.
I love a happy ending.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I bet he was hating the hospital as much as I do. But, still, I'm glad he went to get tested, just in case.
yellowcanine
(35,705 posts)Sounds as if he could have driven himself to the ER, which would have been a lot safer for others if in fact he did have Ebola. It also sounds as if the symptoms were fairly mild - stomach ache, slight fever - again, drive yourself. One of the first rules in first aid is that the patient does as much as possible for themselves as long as it is safe, of course. If he is light headed maybe it is a different story.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I think he will get made fun of by his coworkers for long enough to feel embarrassed. I take cabs to hospitals. That way I don't have to worry about my car.
B2G
(9,766 posts)the care facility he went to did.
He wasn't being a drama queen, he did what he should have. You would be singing a different tune had he tested positive.
Princess Turandot
(4,791 posts)they heard his complaints, then learned that he had been in the apartment where Duncan had stayed. They decided to send him to the hospital for testing/isolation to be on the safe side and called an ambulance to do it.
tanyev
(42,677 posts)Given his involvement in the Duncan case, it seems like he should have called that hospital or the TX Health dept and let them decide what to do next.
Baitball Blogger
(46,780 posts)you KNOW he's going to get a ribbing back at headquarters.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I feel pretty confident he's also going to be so relieved that he's going to take it with a huge smile.
Hey, at least his butt was covered when they were parading him around in that disposable gown on TV.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)A few more days and all the contacts will be out of the woods also, right?
herding cats
(19,569 posts)They're almost out of the woods.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)At least for us, I imagine the media cried a silent tear over their loss.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)The media should apologize to the public for their fear-mongering.
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)ate as a hangover cure. That tripe soup will get you if it's not well prepared. I love it, but only if I clean the tripe myself and cook it myself.
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I've had bad menudo once. It was an experience I will never forget!
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)I don't know if it actually works, but a bad batch will make you wish you still had the hangover instead.
I grew up eating menudo on Sundays. Not for the hangover cure, but because many of my friends mom's made it and I always ended up with a bowl of it in front of me somehow. Most times, it was fine, but a couple of times...wow!
herding cats
(19,569 posts)I suppose if you eat bad menudo it'll make you forget you have a hangover, so either way you'd be cured.
LeftInTX
(25,811 posts)Gotta have an acquired taste for it. Husband's family is Tex-Mex and they eat it only once a year. (New Year's) My MIL makes it.
I can't stand the stuff...
MineralMan
(146,351 posts)The town I grew up in was about 50% Hispanic. I ate everything, starting from early childhood. My mother also grew up in a heavily Hispanic town in Arizona. She makes absolutely the best tamales I've ever eaten. From a recipe of an old next door neighbor when she was a kid.
Uff da! Now I live in Minnesota. Fortunately, St. Paul, my city has a Cesar Chavez Boulevard and an authentic Mexican market. In fact, I think I'm going to make a gross of tamales sometime around Christmas and invite all my wife's relatives over for a traditional Mexican Christmas Eve tamale feed. I'll tone them down a little to suit their Scandihoovian tastebuds, but not much.
LeftInTX
(25,811 posts)Love them homemade stuffed full of meat and low on masa. I think your in-laws will love them!
Aerows
(39,961 posts)..drool..
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)Hundreds of people heading to the hospitals thinking they have Ebola.
This is becoming a stupid panic and the media should be ashamed.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)see this.
pnwmom
(109,025 posts)notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)No one has been at all concerning anything about Ebola, but some people sure like to complain that it's happening when it isn't.
If you want to observe people here running about with their hair on fire check out any thread that has anything to do with police.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Now what?
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)I'm sure he's hugely relieved.