Tell that to the nurse that got Ebola from the Liberian/US diplomat then passed it on to a patient in the hospital while she was not symptomatic. We are being told a lot of things to keep people from panicking that are not adding up to truth.
While I understand the need to keep the public calm some of the lies just help the spread.
While I understand the need to keep the public calm some of the lies just help the spread.
Are you talking about Patrick Sawyer? When he entered the hospital, he seemed to have malaria, and was treated for it. However, he had Ebola, the diagnosis of which was delayed because of the initial diagnosis of malaria. It was during that time that his caregivers were exposed. I am not aware of any secondary transmission events that occurred in the complete absence of symptoms.
Typically, patients become more contagious as the disease progresses. I just read the account of one of the doctors who treated Mr. Sawyer, who had physical contact with her parents before being taken to the hospital. She was quite worried that she had passed the disease to them, but she did not.