[Mom MD]

Hopefully this was from the first visit where Ebola was not considered and no isolation techniques were used. However, either way this will have a chilling effect on those of us on the front lines......

I agree, the family will soon show up with symptoms or the government is lying. I dont see any other way around it.

[meadsjn]

(CNN) -- A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the state's health agency said in a statement.

[plangent]

It sure seems loopy to let people who have been in contact
with a confirmed Ebola case to walk around loose until symptoms
develop. The hospital knew who was on staff for the first visit.

So,they get a fever? Then what? Everyone they come in contact with
has been exposed until the new victim decides on their own to get
medical treatment.

Sorry the ABC new team got quarantined, but that’s the way it should
work. This whole scheme has got to be thought up by a Master of Disaster.

[Paul R.]

Hi, Mom MD,

Can anyone answer these questions:

Is an incubation period of 2-21 days an unusually wide range of time for a disease to become symptomatic? (Basically, it’s a 10 to one ratio...)

Is it likely that genetic factors enter into the incubation period, resistance to the virus, etc.? Ie., maybe Duncan’s entire family is more resistant or tends toward longer incubation times, than some others (like the Texas healthcare worker)?

Are the mortality rates generally stated for individuals who become symptomatic? Is there any data on exposure vs. development of symptoms? Ie., how many people exposed, and at what level(s), typically become ill?

Perhaps persons from areas of the world (or descended from areas of the world) that Ebola or an Ebola-like virus has been around in for a long time* have better resistance to infection or development of symptoms?

*I know Ebola has only been “recognized” since 1976, but who knows how long it has actually been around...

I know some of these are probably “dumb” questions, but better to ask than stay ignorant... :-)

[FR_addict]

“Hopefully this was from the first visit where Ebola was not considered and no isolation techniques were used.”

Second visit and the person used the CDC advised safety gear. The CDC needs to reexamine their policies on protective gear.

[floriduh voter]

Has the girlfriend or the other people in that apartment ever been photographed? I realize they are in quarantine but not even through a window w/their permission? I believe I heard the girlfriend on audio. There’s no telling what’s going on. There’s also radio silence on the schoolchildren; more than one school...