Yah—but—it takes 48 to 72 hours for the virus to show up in a blood test.
More lies to calm down the deluded residents of the Dallas area.
Once the laboratory test is — once the blood is obtained, we usually can get — we usually get a test result back within 24 hours. Once we have it in the laboratory it’s very quick. It just takes a few hours. Between the time of the transport of the specimen to the laboratory. There’s a relatively fast turn around. I would say within a day people have the results.
http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/t1003-ebola-confirmed-case.html