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To: petitfour

I believe that the disease runs it’s course in about 21 days. If she survives she should no longer be communicable by then.


5 posted on 10/13/2014 5:31:01 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MrEdd

Yes, and the clock for others contracting it from her should continue for 21 more days.


6 posted on 10/13/2014 5:34:56 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: MrEdd
If she survives she should no longer be communicable by then

Viruses are forever.

Ebola survivors are carriers and can transmit the disease for up to two months after their recovery, specifically by sexual contact. There have been a number of well-documented cases where this has happened.

Survivors will be justifiably avoided by the uninfected. On the other hand, they will be preferred as health care givers, since they will be at minimal risk for the disease.

11 posted on 10/13/2014 6:45:37 AM PDT by flamberge (What next?)
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To: MrEdd

She should be at her most infectious now if the disease is running its normal course. Last I heard, her health was declining and she needed a respirator. This is when she would have the highest virus density in body fluids and would thus be the most contagious.


13 posted on 10/13/2014 12:50:10 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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