What the Latest Ebola Infection Says About Odds of Widespread US Outbreak  Oct 15, 2014 By LIZ NEPORENT

 

 

 

Health and Human Services Head on 'Full-Court Press' to Fight Ebola

 

Fears that a widespread outbreak of Ebola in the United States were heightened today as health officials revealed that a second Dallas nurse infected with Ebola flew on an airplane just a day before being placed in isolation.

And as troubling as this second case may be, especially in terms of possible lapses in protocol, it also could serve as a much-needed wake-up call to public health officials nationwide about how vigilant they must be, experts said.

"The issue is with the health care workers at hospital in Dallas who were exposed while caring for a sick individual. The average person does not have to be concerned," said Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville,

Tennessee.

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