[exDemMom]

Don’t forget...this guy probably went through multiple airports...and the first people to examine him almost surely were not thinking it was Ebola.

This person was screened prior to flying out of Africa on Sept. 19, and did not develop symptoms until Sept 24. Ebola is only contagious once symptoms appear. Therefore, the people who will be evaluated are people who may have been in contact with the patient on Sept 24 and after.

[jpsb]

the patient actually did go to the hospital with symptoms on September 24, 2014. In fact, I assumed I was confused because the press conference said the 26th. I assumed I misheard the source. So I texted the source who called me back and, purported reading from the file, read that the patient arrived in Dallas, TX on the 20th of September, appeared in the emergency room with symptoms on September 24th. The patient was discharged with antibiotics and returned again days later with watery diarrhea and other symptoms, tested for both malaria and Ebola, and put in isolation on the 28th.

[DouglasKC]

This person was screened prior to flying out of Africa on Sept. 19, and did not develop symptoms until Sept 24.

According to who? The patient? If he was sick enough to go to the hospital on the 24th it's a safe bet that he was exhibiting symptoms prior to that...you know..symptoms he didn't think were serious enough to go to the hospital with.