Lobbyist Terry Thames fell ill near the Pentagon and was taken to hospital - where experts said she does not have Ebola Chaos erupted outside the Pentagon today after a woman vomiting in a parking lot sparked an Ebola scare. Terry Thames, a Washington lobbyist, got off a bus and fell ill in the parking lot, prompting a shutdown of the affected area. But despite the swift and severe response, she was soon found not to have the disease. First responders say she told them she had recently been to West Africa - the epicenter of the Ebola crisis - prompting fears she had brought the deadly virus back with her.
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Terry Thames works for Total Spectrum, a lobbying and PR firm
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She was on a Metro bus while commuting before transferring to a shuttle bus close to the Pentagon, then got off and vomited
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It has now been confirmed that Thames does not have Ebola
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She told officers she had traveled to Liberia two weeks ago and is currently being quarantined at a Virginia hospital
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Her company insisted on Friday that she had not left the DC area
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The Pentagon force protection officers initiated infectious disease protocols - stopping all pedestrian and vehicle traffic
A @placeholder police officer directs a woman away from a closed-off Pentagon parking lot in the wake of the scare