The United States, and there was the first case confirmed here in t. Receive oa diagnose that happened here in america. There have been four other patients who contracted ebola that returned to the United States, but all of those contracted the virus in west africa, confirmed there came back to the United States, so this is significant that the first case has been diagnosed here in the United States. Now, of course, this Ebola Outbreak has been sented mostly to five countries in and around west africa, primarily, guinea, sierra leone, and liberia. The health organization, more than 3,000 people have died in these five west african countries. Now prior to this most recent outbreak, the death rate for those to ebola was about 90 , but, thanked to early treatment, of these most recent casings the death rate has fallen to about 60 , so thats good news. But again, the news here today, is the first time someone has been diagnosed with the virus here in the United States. We will be taking yo
, a is a mover, a maker sugar, she has been through her own healing process. With a etheridge is out new album and how own of her music has changed her career. Now we get headlines with julie hyman. The firstrds that ebola case has been diagnosed in the United States. Are holding a press conference just a half hour from now. Where it is,ar but there are reports it is in dallas, texas. Carl icahn had pushed for a split earlier this year, and the separation of ebay and paypal a be done by 2015. Thank you. Now for more on the paypal ebay split, joining me now is cory johnson. And the chief executive of bluesnap. And eric jackson from los angeles. Lets begin with you. What do you make of this move today and tell us what this tells about you of the payment the future of the payment industry. It is a neck knowledge and and i knowledge meant on the part of ebay to know that paypal would be a better industry separate from them. Hopefully paypal unleashed can be innovative and shake up the paym
I have no doubt that we will stop this in its tracks in the u. S. I also have no doubt what this one is outbreak continues in africa, we need to be on our guard. Other questions in the room . Lauren graham w. Xa. Can you give us a number of scale how big this from the cdc will be entered that directly entails . Doctors in the hospital or people who were standing in the community is . Little more information on that. I can get back to you at the exact size of the team. We provide epidemiologists are deceived back his beard communications experts, hospital Infection Control Laboratory Experts as needed in a situation and the cdc staff bear or the 130 in africa are tied tightly to experts here who provide back up 24 7. [inaudible] we defer to the local state departments. They are deleted where they are to support. [inaudible] and the room . On the phone . Questioned had strawberry near guard. Your line is open. Thank you. Do we know, can we say if this is an american or is this a visitor
Leon. Theres another patient at nih who may who may not have the disease. But this would be the very first case of a person traveling from west africa on a commercial air liner to land in the United States and get sick once they were here in the u. S. The patient is in a dallas hospital and this is Dallas Health Presbyterian Hospital, in the northern part of dallas, arrived from liberia in the last couple of days, its a man who apparently was asimple tom mattic, he did not show signs of the ebola infection which is a good thing, because if the patient with ebola is asymptomatic, the likelihood of there being transmission is greatly reduced. Of course theyre taking no precautions in dallas, the man is in strict isolation, and a go team for the centers of Disease Control will be leaving in the next few hours, three to four scientists to help with isolation, to help with Infection Control and to help with treating this patient. Its not known if this patient will stay in dallas or be medev
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