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To: Black Agnes

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/167037-breaking-lagos-records-5-new-suspected-ebola-cases.html#sthash.crNMlnA1.dpuf

Supposedly 5 NEW suspected cases. The 3 from yesterday tested negative (so far, there have been false positives initially with this outbreak and testing).


710 posted on 08/20/2014 8:53:34 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes; Smokin' Joe

Regarding the high rate of false negatives with this strain of Ebola:

Is it possible that one of the reasons could be testing too early before the virus has had a chance to propagate?

I’m thinking about the 600+ being quaranteed in the Berlin social services building, and of course other instances.


713 posted on 08/20/2014 9:12:39 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Black Agnes

I have been thinking.

Maybe the bug has shifted, and has some slight cases that can act as carriers.


741 posted on 08/20/2014 1:32:44 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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