[Smokin' Joe]

I have no idea how people manage to fight it off.

Only a guess, but they may have been exposed to degraded fomites in the wild at some point and built some sort of resistance--if that would work.

[palmer]

Seems like a good theory to me. The science text say you either get rapidly worse (after onset of major symptoms) or rapidly recover. That’s why I believe Duncan is not going to make it even with this treatment.