I just wonder how it is this nurse caught it and the patient’s family didn’t? I know what this minute’s facts are, but it just doesn’t seem (the f word, rhymes with air).
for all we know the so called family of Duncan could all be dead....seriously.....would our govt want the normal, regular citizens to worry?
Maybe they’ve had it before?
t’s possible that they being Liberian have some immunity from surviving it at an earlier point in their life.
Symptoms start when virus levels in the blood are still quite low, so the Liberian wasn't "very" contagious through casual contact until after he was being treated. The nurse was treating the patient in his last few days, when there were literally millions of times as much of the virus in his blood. Her risk was far higher. As for the nurse's boyfriend, I would assume he had extended contact (an hour or more of continues unprotected contact?) with this extremely cute nurse in a manner that could transmit the virus - when her virus levels were low but the contact time could make up for that low level. Transmission to him makes sense.
Me thinks there is some non-disclosure here (curse you, HIPAA!). No way those in closed quarters with him and his discharges for several days didn’t contract while trained professionals taking precautions did, unless they got it from a different source altogether. I do wonder if this illness gets increasingly contagious the longer one has it and if it’s possible certain people can be silent carriers. Anyone know?