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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Because the virus is so deadly, if it had been me returning from taking care of patients with Ebola, out of an abundance of caution, I would not have been around anyone, particularly my fiance', until the incubation time had passed. There is no cure. There is no prevention, and the potential for epidemic is very valid.
If we cannot trust our trained medical people to act responsibly, we are in a mess.
And if anyone says anything about having their throat slit or getting sick....I will say something that gets deleted.
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I am sorry Gracie... there is a cure because there are people alive today that had Ebola. This doctor took his temperature twice a day since his return and reported the illness when his temp was only 100.3, which is a very low grade fever. They got him isolated quickly. He was NOT symptomatic when he was on the subway nor at the bowling alley.
The person has to be SYMPTOMATIC to be able to transmit the disease.
This doctor did act responsibly...we should also remember that he went to West Africa to help with this deadly outbreak. How many of us would risk our lives to help given the risks?