No. By all descriptions, Ebola symptoms hit suddenly. He became symptomatic on the 24th and sought medical attention on the 26th. At that time, he was sent home. On the 28th, he again sought medical attention and was then admitted.
I guess, if you are not actually a scientist, it does not strike you just how sensationalist and ridiculous books like The Hot Zone are. I have skimmed over a little of it, just enough to see that the descriptions were over-the-top. The people described are caricatures, not real scientists. Ditto for any events described in the book. I prefer to watch documentaries that portray the real people speaking for themselves, than some writer's overactive imagination of how the real people might have acted.
That's fine. You're missing a lot of good information in there that helps to put things in perspective. If nothing else it's a fascinating history of Ebola and Marburg and the attempts to track it's origins.
That book is actually non fiction. The scientists are actually real people. Don’t believe me? Check LinkedIn.