[cynwoody]

Who said they were West Africans? Just a new version of the Moslim bombers.

The hypothesis was that the sick pax had made the Hajj together and had caught Ebola from fellow Hajjers. Unlikely, because:

• They all became ill at the same time, but we know the incubation period is highly variable.
• The Saudis aren't letting West Africans make the Hajj, so it's unlikely there are Ebola sufferers in Mecca.
• Persons suffering from Ebola are not likely to be up for walking seven times in a dense crowd around a big black cube.

[txhurl]

They all became ill at the same time, but we know the incubation period is highly variable.

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That’s why I think it’s MERS... they ordered up the economy models from a brothel in Dubai at their hotel before going to Mecca.

Unless middle easterners are still wiping with their right hands, that would change everything, of course.