Why isn't state revealing identities, locations of people monitored for Ebola in Pa?

[Ms. Toad]

37. Reread my post - everything you are asking for is in the excerpt,

already copied directly from the CDC website.

The top line: "Recommended actions for symptomatic people with fever or other Ebola symptoms* " The asterisk means go find the asterisk to see how they define symptoms. Look down four lines below you find that the asterisk gives a list of Ebola symptoms, one of which is fatigue. The use of the word "or" means any one of the list qualifies.

Just below the "Recommended actions" is a description of which categories of people the recommended action applies to - all of the risk categories except "no risk."

Just below that is the line you see the recommended actions for "These people {who have Ebola symptoms}" which include: "medical examination" followed by, "They will remain isolated in a hospital until doctors and public health officials are certain that Ebola is not a concern."

(The action for "These people {who have Ebola symptoms}" in the "no risk" category is that a medical examination might be needed for other diseases.)

Just for completeness, so you don't have to go back to the other post or click a link: http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/fs1027-monitoring-symptoms-controlling-movement.html:

Recommended actions for symptomatic people with fever or other Ebola symptoms*

High, some, and low risk categories

These people MUST have a medical examination to make sure they don’t have Ebola. They will remain isolated in a hospital until doctors and public health officials are certain that Ebola is not a concern.

*Symptoms of Ebola: Fever, severe headache, fatigue, muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, unexplained bruising or bleeding.

No risk category

These people might need to have a medical examination for other diseases (not Ebola).

You are correct - fatigue can mean many things. The CDC agrees to you, as long as you haven't been around people or places where Ebola is known to be present.

What I have been saying, and the CDC is saying as of Monday, is that if you have been around people or places where Ebola is known to be present, fatigue (or any of the other Ebola symptoms) should be treated as Ebola until it is proven to be something else. Fatigue doesn't necessarily mean it IS Ebola, but when you combine exposure + fatigue (or anything else on the symptom list), the risk that it is Ebola rises to a high enough level that you need to stop mingling with other people, and potentially exposing them. Like I have been saying all along with respect to Vinson and Spencer - fatigue + exposure should have been a get yourself to quarantine message.