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CONSPIRACY! Saudi Arabia Deliberately Sending MERS Infected People to U.S.? They Have Reasons to! (Video)

Monday, May 12, 2014 19:41
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Saudi Arabia Deliberately Sending MERS Infected People to U.S.? They Have Reasons to 

 

 

May 12 2014

 

 

Coincidence? Hardly! 

 

 

A person who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Orlando, Florida, has become the second patient in the United States reported to be sick with a relatively new and deadly virus known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today (May 12).

The patient, a health care worker who lives and works in Saudi Arabia, flew from Jeddah to London on May 1, the CDC said. From there, the patient flew to Boston and then to Atlanta, and finally to Orlando, where the patient was admitted to the emergency department on May 9. 

The patient began feeling unwell on the initial flight to London, and later experienced symptoms during travel, including fever, chills and a slight cough, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general of the U.S. and director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases. [5 Most Likely Real-Life Contagions]

The announcement follows the news earlier this month of the first case of MERS in the U.S., in a man who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Chicago, and took a bus to Indiana. That patient was released from the hospital last week. The two cases are not linked, CDC officials said.

The news of a second case is “unwelcomed, but not unexpected,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, who stressed that the risk of MERS to the general public from the infected person is extremely low. Transmission requires close contact, and most cases of human-to-human transmission have occurred in people who cared for those who were sick, Frieden said.

But to be extra cautious, the CDC is in the process of notifying more than 500 people who may have had contact with the Orlando patient during travel, Frieden said at a news conference today.  Read more

 

 

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