the time that elapses between the first Ebola case and the generation of secondary cases is about two weeks.
This should allow plenty of time to identify those who are sick and protect people who might come in contact with them.
People with Ebola are contagious and able to transmit the virus only when they are showing symptoms, which occurs about a week after they are exposed to the virus.
yep, we are two to three weeks from knowing if other cases are starting to pop up.
“People with Ebola are contagious and able to transmit the virus only when they are showing symptoms, which occurs about a week after they are exposed to the virus.”
Not true. Only true most of the time. There are many documented transmissions from asymptomatic patients.
“The time that elapses between the first Ebola case and the generation of secondary cases is about two weeks.
This should allow plenty of time to identify those who are sick and protect people who might come in contact with them.
People with Ebola are contagious and able to transmit the virus only when they are showing symptoms, which occurs about a week after they are exposed to the virus.”
Thanks for the post - bears repeating.
Dallas patient was sick enough to go to a doctor (was it to the ER the first time?) ER on the 24th. So say mild symptoms showed on the 22nd or 23rd? And it’s the 30th today, 7-8 days later.
Of course some guy going into the ER today in Seattle with flu-like symptoms won’t be in the papers as positive for Ebola for another 4-5 days.
Only when they are showing symptoms? What about chaos theory? Nature will find a way. Where is Chaotician Jeff Goldblum when we need him?