ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) – The Dallas nurse who flew on a commercial jet to Ohio before being diagnosed with Ebola says she wasn’t careless or reckless.
In an interview Thursday on NBC’s “Today” show, Amber Vinson also said she didn’t get enough training to feel comfortable treating Ebola patients. She said the first time she donned special protective gear was when she was heading in to take care of an infected patient at her Dallas hospital.
“I’m not careless. I’m not reckless,” she said.
Vinson said she checked with health officials before flying Oct. 10 from Dallas to Cleveland and returning three days later.
The state health department says more than 160 people who may have had contact with Vinson have been monitored or quarantined and none have shown signs of having contracted the virus.
The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acknowledged that Vinson wasn’t stopped from flying, something the agency later said was a mistake on its part.
Vinson has recovered from Ebola. She said Thursday she feels good, but still gets tired sometimes.