Second Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola

[Ex Lurker]

14. I was talking to a medical person today. He was expecting this

but wasn't too worried about it as long as it stays at this level. He said the thing to watch out for is if a person presents whose contacts can't be directly traced back to someone who's been in an affected country. That would mean it's broken out into the general population. And especially watch out if it gets into a "marginal" population-homeless, street people, drug abusers, indigents-they will likely not seek immediate treatment when they start feeling poorly. Thus you'd have the scenario of people collapsing on the street and spreading it randomly. That would make it very difficult to eradicate.