Woman who caused Ebola train station hysteria in Dallas spat on platform – she didn’t vomit – but HAD stayed at ‘patient zero’ apartment complex

A woman who vomited on a crowded train platform and showed signs of a low-grade fever in Dallas, Texas, was said to be on the Ebola watch list
Authorities say she was not on the watch list, though she did live at the same apartment complex as ‘patient zero’ Thomas Eric Duncan
As a precaution, the train was cleaned and the station was closed until further notice
Incident has highlighted the heightened state of hysteria about the disease spreading in Dallas

A Dallas bus and train station was brought to a standstill on Saturday after a woman reportedly vomited at the facility, sparking fears she had Ebola, but the transit authority now say she was never on a watchlist as someone exposed to the virus.

Panic broke out after the woman exited a northbound train at the White Rock Station and was sick on the platform, leading the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system to close the station as a precaution.

However authorities have now said that, contrary to reports, the woman was not a watchlist of potential people exposed to the virus and had only spat on the platform.

‘The person being treated by Dallas Fire Rescue at White Rock Station is NOT on any Ebola watchlist,” Morgan Lyons, a DART spokeswoman, wrote in an email to Reuters.

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