THE COUNTRY’S IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: Ebola Omission in Key CDC Disease Report a Cause for Concern.

The MMWR for the week ending October 4, 2014 is out, and may be found here. The important sections for this story are Table I and Table III.

Table Table I makes no mention of the Ebola case in Dallas, despite the fact that it was confirmed on September 30, 2014 — well within the week that this MMWR covers.

Ebola is a viral hemorrhagic fever. The CDC specifically lists it as a notifiable disease in this 2010 report.

Yet the column covering such diseases for the week ending October 4, 2014 is empty of any diagnoses. Here is a screenshot of the relevant section of that chart. Click to enlarge.

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