[Resettozero]

Or is there some test for being infected with the virus? Not everybody who catches it gets sick, let alone dies.

That's good to learn. Bring all those Samaaritan Purse doctors who have been treating Ebola patients to Atlanta then. (Before your post, I thought there might be cause for concern...)

[HiTech RedNeck]

I think you think I said it wasn’t a big deal. Check your thinker.

It IS a big deal, because some who catch it do die of it.

The fact that some don’t, might make the disease sneakier (could catch a deadly case from someone who has not shown symptoms) or it could be a clue to how to help people resist the disease. I frankly wonder about some other factor that, in concert with the Ebola virus, makes an Ebola infection positively deadly instead of a passing illness. It’s possible, though of course it shouldn’t be counted on without research to back it up, that a release of Ebola in America would not result in many deaths, because some vulnerability factor that is present in Africa is not present here.