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Ed Garcia, general director of the site, told NPR that the company created an Ebola ward the next day and quarantined the woman soon after. Firestone also provided hazmat suits to medical workers, he said.

Although the woman died, the virus reportedly did not spread to any other Firestone employees or their family members. The company also built quarantine and treatment wards and ramped up efforts to educate the public about the virus.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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