I read that he was entered a painter’s tent, which is basically meant to keep things like aerosols and such from being spread around. Not quite the same as a virus.
That said, he walked from the ambulance, so he was obviously no longer drastically ill from it and was probably no longer infectious. Some people do recover, and I would suspect that he is being examined for antibodies.
I am certain this is why he was brought to the US; he was getting along fine, handling it fine, so now he’s being heavily examined for how his antibodies managed to defeat the virus.
“That said, he walked from the ambulance, so he was obviously no longer drastically ill from it and was probably no longer infectious. “
Persons who recover from ebola can transmit the disease for up to 7 weeks after they become asymptomatic. One paper indicated this number could be as long as 60d in fact.
We won’t know until Thanksgiving or later if Emory has dropped the ball with the containment with this disease.