[Oldeconomybuyer]

Sep 24 infectious
Sep 28 admitted

CDC says a “handful” of possible exposures. “A small framework of other people”.

[txhurl]

But he went to another hospital on the 26th and was sent home, according to this guy.

[Thud]

Given the nature of ER's in urban areas, the victim could have been waiting for some time on both his trips there. This means that the exposed people who sat next to him in ER either time, plus all the people who examined him. And anyone he coughed or sneezed at. Over a period of several hours on both occasions.

By not identifying the time frame of his ER waits, the hospital and CDC guarantee freak-outs by hundreds of people as opposed to a few dozen.