Another potential Ebola case in CA

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Hospital in California testing patient with Ebola-like symptoms:

Sacramento Hospital Reports Possible Ebola Patient in California | FOX40

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UC Davis patient negative for Ebola

A patient who was hospitalized at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with symptoms of Ebola has tested negative for the virus, the California Department of Public Health said Friday.

The patient had symptoms consistent with Ebola and had recently traveled to a West African country at the center of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, health officials said in a statement...

UC Davis patient negative for Ebola - SFGate

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Thanks for the follow up.

We've come a long way since the Dallas incident. At that time, news that a patient was being monitored for ebola would have produced MUCH publicity, fearfulness, fear mongering, and arguments between those who were extremely upset and those attempting to use current literature to counter the panicky posts.

Ebola has "behaved" in the US exactly as the experts who have studied it for decades predicted.

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