Ebola: Precautionary monitoring

Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Jul 6, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Well, it’s here. The Ebola-fear epidemic has officially landed in Washington state with the return of one humanitarian aid worker to King County. Last night, Twitter erupted with reports of a Seattle area nurse under “quarantine” for a possible Ebola infection.The humanitarian aid worker has just returned from</p></h2>
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            <p>Well, it’s here. The Ebola-fear epidemic has officially landed in Washington state with the return of one humanitarian aid worker to King County. Last night, Twitter erupted with reports of a Seattle area nurse under “quarantine” for a possible Ebola infection.The humanitarian aid worker has just returned from West Africa where she was working with Ebola patients. However, the King County Health Department says she doesn’t pose a risk to the public. They do not believe she came into contact with the virus. Under new requirements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nurse will be monitored for the next 21 days. Aside from well-being checks from the health department twice a day, the woman must take her temperature twice a day and notify KC Health Dept. if she plans on traveling. The department is watching for any changes in the women's conditions.</p>
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Well, it’s here. The Ebola-fear epidemic has officially landed in Washington state with the return of one humanitarian aid worker to King County. Last night, Twitter erupted with reports of a Seattle area nurse under “quarantine” for a possible Ebola infection.The humanitarian aid worker has just returned from West Africa where she was working with Ebola patients. However, the King County Health Department says she doesn’t pose a risk to the public. They do not believe she came into contact with the virus. Under new requirements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nurse will be monitored for the next 21 days. Aside from well-being checks from the health department twice a day, the woman must take her temperature twice a day and notify KC Health Dept. if she plans on traveling. The department is watching for any changes in the women's conditions.

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By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.