Dallas Ebola Patient Came in Contact With 80 People Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Students are dismissed from Sam Tasby Middle School on October 1, 2014 in Dallas, Texas. Officials confirmed that a student, who had contact with the first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United ( Tom Pennington / Getty ) Produced by Arwa Gunja and Jillian Weinberger Produced by PRI and WNYC