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Missoula TV report: three children hospitalized after Lone Rock outbreak; CDC, FBI mentioned in broadcast
Summary
A KMSO broadcast reported that three children were hospitalized with an Ebola-like illness and linked cases to an outbreak in Lone Rock; the broadcast said St. Jude’s Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control were involved and that the FBI had leads on an intentional origin.
Larry Frost, KMSO anchor, opened a news segment saying a “mysterious illness is baffling Missoula” after “3 children were hospitalized yesterday when they were struck by an unknown illness.” The broadcast identified the three as Sally Hayes, Missy Buchanan and Billy Sims and said the hospital described symptoms resembling the Ebola virus.
The broadcast reported that Janet Williams spoke from St. Jude’s Hospital with Dr. Anne Mansfield, an expert on the Ebola virus. Mansfield said, “It seems that the virus that contaminated Lone Rock and infected the children are the same.” The report described the strain as “a genetically engineered mutation of Ebola,” said it “transmits itself…
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