(Reuters) - A 5-year-old boy who arrived from Guinea was being observed in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City for possible Ebola symptoms, according to media reports Monday, as New York and New Jersey stuck to new plans to quarantine health workers returning from countries hardest hit by the virus. The boy, who arrived in the United States on Saturday, had a 103 degree Fahrenheit (39 degrees Celsius) fever, ABC News reported. He has not been tested for the virus and was not under quarantine, ABC said, citing New York City health department officials. The New York Post said the boy had been vomiting and was taken from his home in the Bronx by emergency medical workers. Four people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. The first diagnosis, a Liberian visitor to Texas in September who died, was riddled with missteps. Two nurses who treated the man contracted the disease but have recovered. The missteps and delays in diagnosis of the Liberian man prompted some states to impose or consider restrictions on travelers coming from the West African countries where the virus has killed nearly 5,000 people.
On “CBS This Morning” on Monday, network White House senior correspondent Bill Plante reported the Obama administration was pushing back against efforts to impose quarantines on some health care workers that had encountered the Ebola virus. “Over the weekend, the White House pushed hard against New York and New Jersey and other states to drop the quarantine,” Plante said. “They plan to have new guidelines to announce later this week. They say the new quarantine program in New York and New Jersey is not grounded in science.” (h/t Washington Free Beacon)
The New York Post and the Washington Free Beacon. Wow!! (Don't miss the article on Halle Berry's secret to perky breasts . . .)
The Feds made NY and NJ back down on the quarantine. Christie has proven himself to be a moron. He can't even draw a line in the sand and hold it for a week or 2.
if you go to africa you stay in africa. free bone through nose. is democracy a suicide pact? ask the traitor in the wh.
Did the Odumbo Administration argue that NY/NJ were doing something wrong... or just that it made Odumbo look bad... you know, that states would take the appropriate action the Feds didn't?
the story seems to be developing... I just edited my post above to show say that christie is a moron. how the hell could he take a stand like that it he new he could not hold it? Well I just read something on breitbart... he is saying he is allowing her to be transported to Maine. He is spinning it pretty hard. So what is he going to do with the next ebola exposed person?