Fox News is reporting a possible smallpox case in a Florida Hospital. I cannot find any online stories yet but I am looking for backup.
Just a heads up. Tim
???!!! Wasn’t that supposed to have been irradicated years ago? I don’t think they even give that vaccination any more. I don’t think I even got it myself. :(
Where is Florida?
haha! I know WHERE Florida is! haha!
I meant to say, Where IN Florida?
i heard on fox news that it was in hollywood fla
Possible smallpox scare closes Hollywood ER BY KATHLEEN McGRORY kmcgrory@MiamiHerald.com
The emergency room at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood was put on lockdown this morning after a possible smallpox scare, fire-rescue officials said.
A single patient in the ER could be exhibiting signs and symptoms of the potentially fatal disease, authorities said. It is unclear if the patient was brought in by a rescue team or came to the hospital alone.
The emergency room was under quarantine until further notice, fire-rescue officials said.
Nobody is leaving or being admitted, said Matt Phillips, a Hollywood fire-rescue spokesman. `I’d urge people to stay away from Memorial this morning.’‘
More at :http://tinyurl.com/y7wyrs
Is there an avian flu component to this?
i understand that the er has been reopened
They have just posted an update Hollywood ER reopens after lockdown
We were exercising an abundance of caution, said Kerting Baldwin, a hospital spokeswoman.
Hollywood ER reopens after lockdown BY KATHLEEN McGRORY kmcgrory@MiamiHerald.com
Part of the emergency room at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood has been reopened after a brief lockdown this morning, hospital officials said.
Earlier today, a man entered the ER with a high fever and a rash — symptoms that resembled smallpox, a potentially fatal infectious disease. Following standard procedure, hospital officials quarantined one area of the ER.
Doctors later said the man did not have smallpox. They have not said what he had.
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I guess this thread is done, then :-)