CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

[sharon sanders]

From: "Media@cdc.gov (CDC)" <sohco@CDC.GOV>
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Subject: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)
Date: Oct 7, 2014 12:59 PM
Media Advisory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Contact: CDC Media Relations
(404) 639-3286

CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States


WHAT: CDC will host a press briefing to update the investigation of the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States.


WHO: Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H,
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

David Lakey, M.D.,
Commissioner, Texas Department of State Health Services

WHEN: Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. ET (2: 00 p.m. CT)

WHERE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), Press Room
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Reporters who wish to attend the media briefing in person should RSVP no later than 2:00 pm, Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Please contact CDC?s press office at 404-639-3286 or email us at media@cdc.gov to RSVP. Reporters who RSVP will be guaranteed access.

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[sharon sanders]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

Notes. Please read from the bottom up:

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 3m 3 minutes ago
Frieden:Have not identified dogs as carriers of #ebola,not identified them as a means of transmission. Lakey:No animals involved in TX case.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 7m 7 minutes ago
Lakey: Have only 1 confirmed #ebola case in Texas at this time. Monitoring contacts. No additional testing being done right now.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 9m 9 minutes ago
Frieden: Anticipate announcing additional #ebola screening procedures at airports in next few days.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 22m 22 minutes ago
Frieden: Critical to get fluid and electrolyte support to #ebola patients.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 28m 28 minutes ago
Lakey: Will protect the public by following core public health measures. #ebola

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 28m 28 minutes ago
Lakey: Thanking CDC for support. Monitoring contacts. Texas hospitals on high alert proactively. #ebola

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 31m 31 minutes ago
Frieden: Looking hard to see ways to further protect Americans in travel arena.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 32m 32 minutes ago
Frieden: Mentions Marburg situation in Uganda is under control at this time. i.e. public health successes do not always get media play.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 34m 34 minutes ago
Frieden: DRC #ebola situation appears contained at this time.

FluTrackers.com retweeted
Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell ? 36m 36 minutes ago
.@CDCgov director @DrFriedenCDC says in West Africa, there are some signs of progress.

FluTrackers.com retweeted
Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell ? 37m 37 minutes ago
.@CDCgov director @DrFriedenCDC says #Ebola "is going to be a long, hard fight." Reminds the enemy isn't people, but a virus.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 36m 36 minutes ago
Frieden: No contacts of #ebola patient in Dallas have symptoms yet.

FluTrackers.com @FluTrackers ? 37m 37 minutes ago
CDC director Tom Frieden: We know how to stop #ebola. It does not spread through the air.

 

[Chris]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

"FluTrackers.com retweeted
Helen Branswell @HelenBranswell ? 36m 36 minutes ago
.@CDCgov director @DrFriedenCDC says in West Africa, there are some signs of progress."

Thank you for transcribing this Sharon.

Did Dr. Freiden elaborate on the progress?

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

Frieden says that in the area believed to be the epicenter of the ebola outbreak in West Africa the increasing rate of cases is slowing.

 

[Chris]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

OK thanks. I imagine he is referring to the area around Gu?ck?dou, Guinea?

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

Yes he is.

 

[Sharky]

Re: CDC Media Advisory: CDC update on first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States, October 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. CT)

Frieden says that in the area believed to be the epicenter of the ebola outbreak in West Africa the increasing rate of cases is slowing.

I think what he must mean is that the rate of reported cases is slowing. How closely related those numbers are to actual cases is not known, and there is evidence to suggest that the correlation is, in fact, very poor.