So here’s what I’m thinking. In the early stages, it does appear to be very difficult to contract. Duncan spent four days in close quarters with his family while contagious and none of them became ill. Even after they were shoved back into the contaminated apartment. The nurses who were with him during the last were the ones to get sick.
From what I’ve read, it becomes exponentially more contagious after the infectious period begins and really isn’t a problem until the end stages. It also looks like it doesn’t show up in sweat and saliva until the end.
Maybe it’s not as bad as we fear.
Couple ways to look at it...
The amount of contagion accelerates substantially the longer someone is sick. Accordingly the amount of contagion per exposure is dictated by the type of exposure. So someone touching heavy droplets, sweat spit, etc will have less germs per volume than say blood or feces.
Incidentally how one is exposed and how much contagion is in that initial exposure dictates how one can be treated and all indications are that only heavy droplet exposed people have beaten the disease save for those who’s personal immunities rise to the rescue.
Problem here is this...
each exposure in the states raises the risk of a few things.
1. Mutation
2. Exposures to more contagious fluids
3. Outpacing insurance willingness.
4. Outpacing medical willingness.
I hope you’re right, and there are many examples of what you say being true, but a fever usually means that a virus is contagious. Even if no one is harmed, the CDC’s coordination of its imported plague is ASSININE.
It appears that the problem with it is largely, residual virus left behind by someone’s mess, and the fact that it can be very hard to detect every last cut on your body, or every last bit of bodily fluid, or maybe the virus is tough to kill with cleaning chemicals.