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First Ebola virus diagnosed in the USA (Dallas, TX)

The two big saving factors with the spread of ebola, imo, are:

1. That a person is not contagious until the sysmptoms are showing. It takes anywhere from 10 -21 days for the symptoms to show.

2. That it is not airborn and has to thru contact with the bodily fluids of another.

If not for those two things, thank the Lord, this would spread like wildfire and it would be all over the place by now.
 
I'd hate to be the paramedic that loaded the guy in the ambulance when he was picked up. And hopefully the 5 kids on a watch are OK
 
Stoked said:
The two big saving factors with the spread of ebola, imo, are:

1. That a person is not contagious until the sysmptoms are showing. It takes anywhere from 10 -21 days for the symptoms to show.

2. That it is not airborn and has to thru contact with the bodily fluids of another.

If not for those two things, thank the Lord, this would spread like wildfire and it would be all over the place by now.
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Ebola Reston is believed to be airborne. It is very lethal to monkeys but is asymptomatic in humans. The fact that any strain of Ebola virus could be airborne gives me the willies.
 
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If it's relatively hard to transmit why the heck are they having such a hard time keeping it under control in parts of Africa?
 
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