You do realize the incubation period is 21 days right? That means people won't start showing symptons until three weeks after contracting the illness. He became asymptomatic about the 24th of September. So we have to wait (and anyone trying to comfort you that no one has come down with anything yet is lying to you) until about tomorrow or the next day to see.
As for his name, I have never called him by the wrong name and I'm not going to stoop (unlike some people) over a small error and miss the main argument.
The real situation? He lied? Of course he lied, what do you expect. How about those kids in Texas with beards who say that they are only 15 years old and want into our country, tattoos and all? People lie and the system should take that into account. What you don't say is that they have the capability of knowing exactly where and when someone boards an international flight in this world. They should have had the means and the orders to backcheck everyone flying today. The computer can automatically flag someone's origin point just like they can tell if you got on the plane without luggage.
Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
The incubation period can last
up to 21 days. Its typically anywhere from one to two weeks, which is why the nurse who cared for him started showing signs as early as Friday. Its why Duncan started showing signs on the Sept 25th, nine days after he helped transport the pregnant Liberian woman with Ebola to and from the hospital prior to his travel here.
As for travel, you are missing the point I'm making on trying to block west Africans from flying out of Africa. First of all, in more advanced countries, like Spain and the US, we have shown and will continue to show that Ebola can be successfully contained.
In a few months, this will no longer be an Ebola problem, this will be an West African problem and why a few countries there can't seem to control it.
My point on travel is that you cannot
100% control everyone who enters a country. When you drive things UTR there is more chance for everyone's safety and wellbeing bc nothing is being monitored the way it should and people who fear law enforcement will hide with their sickness rather than report it. If Duncan had managed to enter the states illegally, I doubt he would have so easily gone to the hospital when he first started feeling ill. His family would have tried to hide him and we would actually be looking at the possibility of a real outbreak in Dallas. Immigrants come in from Mexico every day and have been for decades (despite whoever was president). People travel here all the time without permission. Hell they could even start coming in from Canada if they wanted too. Best to keep it monitored and legal if only for the benefit of public health.
Originally Posted by gnadfly
