It hasn't even spread like wildfire in Monrovia, Liberia, which is densely populated and is the current center of the outbreak.
On one hand, willing to risk their his own life to help people in impoverished nations is admirable, but to then come to NYC knowing he was high-risk and still meandering around town, riding the subway, going bowling and hanging out in general, is irresponsible and unethical.
Why? Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear, and is only really contagious when the symptoms are severe.
There are a lot of things people ask themselves that seem like common sense questions, however I'm not sure it’s unusual for an Ebola patient to have their body temperature go to 103 from 99 overnight. This isn't the common cold or flu.
Many diseases, including the flu, can cause a rapid rise in temperature. The flu can kill in two days--it is not a benign disease, but since everyone is familiar with it, no one is scared of it.
And that 103 degree fever never happened, I’ve read.
His fever was 100.3, not 103, the 103 was an error in early reporting.