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53. There is no chance when no symptoms. For fuck's sake.

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Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:27 AM

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There is no need to isolate for 21 days. Monitoring is sufficient [View all] morningfog Oct 2014 OP

Thank you. TDale313 Oct 2014 #1

Thanks! Nt Logical Oct 2014 #2

Very good points gwheezie Oct 2014 #3

Is it too much to suggest avoiding public transportation for unnecessary trips, Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #4

Yes. It is simply unnecessary. morningfog Oct 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #52

Which part of Ebola not being spread by casual contact do you not understand? SheilaT Oct 2014 #61

It's my understanding that sweat is not full of virus until very late in the illness. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #64

People with known physical contact with either the victim or the fluids TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #6

A day or mere hours from blowing chunks? Not really. morningfog Oct 2014 #7

Ebola Man, hours away from running a high fever and vomiting, coughs into his hand TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #8

No,no, no. It doesn't happen that way. morningfog Oct 2014 #9

^^^ this ^^^ TDale313 Oct 2014 #10

Yep. At that point her sweat alone could probably have done the job. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #66

I fully understand that the disease progresses and becomes more contagious as time goes on, but TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #11

We don't know when someone becomes morningfog Oct 2014 #12

One of things I learned working communicable disease epidemiology HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #32

"We don't know when someone becomes theoretically contagious." Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #38

But, we do know when they are actually contagious. morningfog Oct 2014 #39

And, of course, we will make sure we can catch them up at the exact moment Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2014 #40

The doctors who come back sick don't really know how or when they were infected. TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #47

We don't know when Pham was infected. morningfog Oct 2014 #50

Asymptomatic doesn't necessarily mean not infectious. They may not be TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #58

There has never, in Ebola's 40 year history, been a mystery case. Never. morningfog Oct 2014 #59

You make blanket statements and draw conclusions that I've never seen anywhere else. TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #62

It isn't my opinion. Doctors and scientists who have studied have come to these conclusions. morningfog Oct 2014 #63

Anyone with Ebola and a fever can PROGRESS to vomiting and if they're in public, pnwmom Oct 2014 #67

Health officials request everyone who has been potentially exposed to ebola boston bean Oct 2014 #13

THAT is not accurate. morningfog Oct 2014 #14

Your point is not in keeping with what Public Health Officials or the CDC are requesting. boston bean Oct 2014 #15

No it is not. The 100 people from Vinson's morningfog Oct 2014 #17

Public Health Officials disagree with you. boston bean Oct 2014 #19

Are The passengers of Vinson's flight barred from travel? morningfog Oct 2014 #20

You need to go and understand what is meant by "potentially exposed" to means boston bean Oct 2014 #22

I'll take that as a "no." morningfog Oct 2014 #24

I'll take it that you don't understand what is meant by health officials boston bean Oct 2014 #26

I am a lay person. To me, "potentially exposed" does not connote CLOSE contact, Demit Oct 2014 #36

Some are, yes. Your comments here don't agree with epidemiologist's guidances or the evidence. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #29

I've read that study. It does not suggest that Ebola has been transmitted morningfog Oct 2014 #35

Spencer wasn't asymptomatic, which is why they are quarantining the direct contacts. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #44

Why you are wrong: cali Oct 2014 #16

My point is, it is an unnecessary cost. morningfog Oct 2014 #18

Not asking people who have been potentially exposed to ebola to self isolate voluntarily boston bean Oct 2014 #21

Unfounded irrational fear. morningfog Oct 2014 #23

You are making unfounded declarations that are in stark contrast to what the health experts boston bean Oct 2014 #25

Total number of people infected in the US outside of a hosptial: Zero. morningfog Oct 2014 #30

Uh, I think you need to calm down, thinking I'm not as calm and cool as a cucumber. boston bean Oct 2014 #34

Again, you are wrong: morningfog Oct 2014 #37

Be careful not to confuse contagious with infectious. Demit Oct 2014 #41

I think the wedding planner group have until 11/7 to be sure. They had close contact. Sunlei Oct 2014 #45

I agree with reporting the temps of the med workers and travelers. morningfog Oct 2014 #46

Previously asymptomatic people can suddenly throw up and become symptomatic. pnwmom Oct 2014 #69

Oh, I agree with you there, but unnecessary cali Oct 2014 #33

Problem is, self-monitoring isn't working to prevent exposures. Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #43

Nobody really knows for sure. sendero Oct 2014 #27

Dr. Spencer's temperature was 100.3 when he reported smokey nj Oct 2014 #28

Even better. Good god, everybody, calm the fuck down. morningfog Oct 2014 #31

That's gonna make a lot of people's faces red. Demit Oct 2014 #42

103 is what was reported. LisaL Oct 2014 #49

Not at all. Demit Oct 2014 #56

It was reported by health officials. LisaL Oct 2014 #60

And now the disaster junkies know it's better to wait a beat Demit Oct 2014 #70

It's becoming a math problem seveneyes Oct 2014 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #51

There is no chance when no symptoms. For fuck's sake. morningfog Oct 2014 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Oct 2014 #55

No, it was not okay to force Duncan's family into isolation. That is my point. morningfog Oct 2014 #57

I'm more worried about catching the flu. B Calm Oct 2014 #54

Dr. Snyder was told to self-isolate for 21 days, as was the rest of the crew. pnwmom Oct 2014 #65

I get what you're trying to do, but there are only 5 beds in the entire United States ecstatic Oct 2014 #68