[DouglasKC]

It is not clear how Patient Zero was screened at the airport. All we know is that he did not have a fever or symptoms when he got on the planes and was therefore not contagious, thus, no one in the airports in Liberia, Brussels, or Texas need worry. And I have a bridge to sell you…
But what if he took a Tylenol before he went to the airport for a headache or an aching knee? That would have masked a fever, so it is possible he (or someone else on the plane who was exposed and took a Tylenol) was actually symptomatic and contagious. One sneeze into your row-mate’s Pepsi, and the virus is on the prowl, with a chaotic chain of events unleashed......."

This is what I don't get. How are they absolutely certain he wasn't exhibiting symptoms and/or shedding the virus? There is no way to tell. The only way we'll know is in a week or so we have a WHOLE bunch of cases of Ebola cropping up from among the people in the airports and planes he was on. By then it's way too late. Out of an abundance of caution they really needed to start tracking people down that were really close to him. Ticket agents, those in seats around him, etc. etc.

But either they're not doing that or else they're doing it quietly.

[yorkiemom]

“But either they’re not doing that or else they’re doing it quietly.”

Coward-Pivan works better if there is chaos and panic.

[riri]

Can you imagine being the guy (or gal) or sat next to him on the plane? I’d be in full hypochondriac mode. (: