NY Ebola Infected Doctor Flew To U.S. By Way of Europe

[SheilaT]

30. With Ebola, if you're not symptomatic,

you're NOT contagious. Period.

Do I need to repeat that? Okay, moving on. If you have Ebola, you are most contagious right before and after you die. So there's no reason not to do everything you normally do until the point where you spike a fever, because until then, you're NOT contagious.

If he vomited or pooped on his girlfriend, she's at risk. I sort of doubt that happened, as it appears he notified appropriate people as soon as he spiked the fever. And I'll repeat that it was 100.3, not the 103 incorrectly reported at first.

Proof that it's relatively difficult to get Ebola is that no one who was in the ER the two times Duncan was there have reported symptoms, and we are now past the 21 day point of either of his two ER visits. And in another five days we'll be 21 days past his death. Notice that people are not now streaming into the ER with Ebola. It's not easy to get. It's not airborne.

Heck, the doctor could have gone bowling while very sick, collapsed and died at the bowling alley, and only those who dealt with cleaning up any bodily fluids he left behind would be at risk.