By the way, the source of these numbers appear to be the interview by Zach Thompson with Dallas County Health and Human Services spoke with News 8 on Thursday.
First hand, instead of our 3rd hand reports of the report:
“We want to clarify. People may have had contact with this individual, we need to interview them. Close contacts are only those individuals we need to do medical monitoring or taking their temperature. So that number is a small number. The contact number now is up to 80 people. [That] does not mean that they are showing any symptoms, but that’s the number of people that has come in contact with the patient,” Thompson said on News 8 Daybreak.
“We are working from a list of about 100 potential or possible contacts and will soon have an official contact tracing number that will be lower. Out of an abundance of caution, we’re starting with this very wide net, including people who have had even brief encounters with the patient or the patient’s home. The number will drop as we focus in on those whose contact may represent a potential risk of infection,” said Carrie Williams with the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Family members of Duncan have been ordered to stay home or they’ll face criminal charges.
was just trying to make a simple point that obviously has been lost here.
1. News reports are saying that the number that has been exposed is 80 people, or like in your quoted article up to 80.
2. The new reports are now saying over 80.
Its a subtle difference, and it may be nothing. That’s all I was pointing out...
Wasn’t attacking your article, was just pointing out it seems that they are changing the story slightly.