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Stallion

(6,473 posts) Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:02 PM Oct 2014

2nd Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson No Longer Testing Positive for Ebola

according to Dallas NBC affiliate through Vinson's family. the Hospital is not yet confirming

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2nd Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson No Longer Testing Positive for Ebola (Original Post) Stallion Oct 2014 OP

Very glad she made it through Marrah_G Oct 2014 #1

Good! Warpy Oct 2014 #2

3 underpants Oct 2014 #3

What would possibly restrain the hospital from confirming? seveneyes Oct 2014 #4

FERPA? d_r Oct 2014 #5

they may want to wait for confirmatory testing magical thyme Oct 2014 #13

That's very good news...it does seem that this was quicker joeybee12 Oct 2014 #6

I am sure she was getting some sort of experimental drug. LisaL Oct 2014 #10

I wonder if it was the one Canada developed and sent down... joeybee12 Oct 2014 #11

I don't know. LisaL Oct 2014 #12

Probably very low exposure. I am very curious about whether she Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #14

Are there any more active cases??? Have there been any more deaths??? Historic NY Oct 2014 #7

it's interesting to think about how much is being learned ALBliberal Oct 2014 #8

Off to the Greatest threads page!!!! Up, up, and awwwaaaayyyy! Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #9

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

1. Very glad she made it through

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:03 PM

Oct 2014

Warpy

(111,147 posts)

2. Good!

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:09 PM

Oct 2014

Some people fight it off better than others. Nurse Nina Pham is still pretty sick but they're saying she's stable.

The best news is that no one else seems to have come down with it and time is running out.

underpants

(182,621 posts)

3. 3

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:15 PM

Oct 2014

We have 3 confirmed cases outside of 1 area of Africa.

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)

4. What would possibly restrain the hospital from confirming?

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:21 PM

Oct 2014

Yet the family can confirm? That would be as rare as Ebola itself.

d_r

(6,907 posts)

5. FERPA?

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:25 PM

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magical thyme

(14,881 posts)

13. they may want to wait for confirmatory testing

Reply to seveneyes (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:03 PM

Oct 2014

plus they need her written consent.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

6. That's very good news...it does seem that this was quicker

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:27 PM

Oct 2014

than the others who pulled through...I wonder if there are levels of ebola...or just that the disease had not progressed as far as with the others...in any case, good news.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)

10. I am sure she was getting some sort of experimental drug.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 08:23 PM

Oct 2014

There are lots of anti-virals that NIH is testing. Looks like whatever they gave her worked fast.

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

11. I wonder if it was the one Canada developed and sent down...

Reply to LisaL (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 08:33 PM

Oct 2014

nice to be a country where drugs aren't solely developed for profit.

LisaL

(44,972 posts)

12. I don't know.

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 08:34 PM

Oct 2014

But whatever it was, it must have worked quickly.

Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)

14. Probably very low exposure. I am very curious about whether she

Reply to joeybee12 (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 10:06 PM

Oct 2014

got brincidofovir.

I just want her to live and get well without side effects.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)

7. Are there any more active cases??? Have there been any more deaths???

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:28 PM

Oct 2014

in the US other than the dysentery coming from politicians and media.

ALBliberal

(2,334 posts)

8. it's interesting to think about how much is being learned

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 07:45 PM

Oct 2014

By virtue of these cases diagnosed, contracted or treated here in the US. Very hopeful that the knowledge can help the people of Africa plus erase some of the stigma and fear associated with the disease.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)

9. Off to the Greatest threads page!!!! Up, up, and awwwaaaayyyy!

Reply to Stallion (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2014, 08:18 PM

Oct 2014

Maybe now we can get some of those "Ebola, Ebola, Ebola" threads off of the greatest page.

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