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Strange ebola behavior
Oct. 17, 2014 | Capt. Tom

Posted on 10/17/2014 5:55:03 PM PDT by Capt. Tom

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To: Capt. Tom
More shoes? No doubt. I read the nurses didn't wear protective gear the first two days until they got the lab results that it was Ebola.

Yes, something wicked this way comes but it ain't only Ebola. People are starting to get afraid of pubic (did that on purpose) places and won't want to go to the polls to vote. Then what?

21 posted on 10/17/2014 6:10:43 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Interesting Times
The amount of virus shed by the victims goes up exponentially as the disease progresses. The nurses were with Duncan when the risk was the greatest.

So weren't his family and friends close to him when he showed symptoms badly enough to make him go to the hospital, and then again when he came home for 4 days before going back to the hospital., (and they had no protective gear).
His family must have been closer personally to him than the nurses that were in protective gear.
Especially his girlfriend. -Tom

22 posted on 10/17/2014 6:13:22 PM PDT by Capt. Tom (Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Ebola: WHO Cites Cases With Longer Incubation Period of 42 Days

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-who-cites-cases-longer-incubation-period-42-days-1470326

23 posted on 10/17/2014 6:13:54 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: Capt. Tom

The daughter of the fiance is a fairly sensible person who apparently did her best to protect her family, that being said the guy was vomiting all over the place, so yeah, it makes no sense.


24 posted on 10/17/2014 6:16:40 PM PDT by BlackAdderess
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To: Capt. Tom

1st off, he was sick before he step on our land.

However, I am struck by a certain irony.

The white man (Italians and Portugese) are constantly excoriated for brining disease that nearly wiped out the Indians (Natives, Blanket Butts,...Whatever))

This jackass, uhmm black dude, came to America, knowing he had a disease that flat out kills.

Why isn’t he equally reviled for killing Americans?

Was this black pay back?

Inquiring minds want to know...

/s


25 posted on 10/17/2014 6:17:39 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Capt. Tom
So weren't his family and friends close to him when he showed symptoms badly enough to make him go to the hospital, and then again when he came home for 4 days before going back to the hospital., (and they had no protective gear). His family must have been closer personally to him than the nurses that were in protective gear. Especially his girlfriend. -Tom

Duncan was probably shedding 100 times as much virus right before he died than when he last saw his family.

26 posted on 10/17/2014 6:17:39 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: Capt. Tom

Simply because one is exposed to Ebola does not mean they will contract Ebola.

One person could get a single drop of Ebola tainted blood on their face and be infected while another could have a bucket of Ebola blood dumped on their head and not get infected.

I would not try that test at home.


27 posted on 10/17/2014 6:19:53 PM PDT by Oliviaforever
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To: Aliska

“People are starting to get afraid of pubic (did that on purpose) places and won’t want to go to the polls to vote. Then what?”
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Someone will have to find enough votes in the trunk of a car to give every office in the entire country to the rats?


28 posted on 10/17/2014 6:21:31 PM PDT by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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To: Capt. Tom

Considering he left their apartment barfing, it would seem his family would’ve been close to him during his *highly contagious* period.


29 posted on 10/17/2014 6:22:33 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Capt. Tom

We haven’t heard a word about his Dallas girlfriend (whom he presumably had lots of sex with - i.e. “fluids”) and her 4 kids.

It’s like they’re GONE! Not a peep.


30 posted on 10/17/2014 6:23:11 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: Vendome

There is no reason at all to think that Duncan knew he had the disease. He probably knew he’d possibly been exposed, and that he might have the disease.

But probably dozens of people in Africa are possibly exposed for each one that actually gets the disease.


31 posted on 10/17/2014 6:24:55 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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My theory is that the earlier you are exposed the less ebola you get and it may take longer to build up in your system before you show symptoms. I hope this is wrong and somehow, the Duncan family just didn't get infected. Otherwise we may see a big increase in infected patients real soon.
32 posted on 10/17/2014 6:26:07 PM PDT by FR_addict
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To: Blood of Tyrants
21 days (maximum ebola incubation period)

I heard one doctor in a news conference say that the incubation/isolation period needs to be expanded to 42 days.

Even WHO is admitting their previous protocols/information regarding Ebola are not accurate.
33 posted on 10/17/2014 6:26:51 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: sagar

Ooooooohhhhh...

What if 9 ne of the family members is a carrier???!!!!!!!!!


34 posted on 10/17/2014 6:27:04 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: ConjunctionJunction
Ebola: WHO Cites Cases With Longer Incubation Period of 42 Days

They keep moving the goalposts which is a sign they are in unknown territory. -Tom

35 posted on 10/17/2014 6:27:36 PM PDT by Capt. Tom (Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
Supposedly, at no time when Duncan was on any aircraft was he contagious because he was not yet exhibiting any symptoms.

That seems to be the accepted fact. But I would add this --

Duncan was in Africa. He cared for a dying pregnant woman.
He then seems to have said, "Hmmmm. I've been exposed. I'm sure I'm going to die. I should quit my job, fly to America, and seek top medical help. Certainly I feel fine, there's no trace of any symptom, but I know I've received a death sentence."

And he was right about that. He got infected from his exposure. He thought he had a death sentence, and he did.

Why was he so vulnerable and caught it from the exposure he had, yet his family seems to have been less vulnerable and did not receive the immediate death sentence when they cared for him?

I know you get more contagious as time goes by, but he seems to have been darn sick before he finally got admitted to the hospital.

36 posted on 10/17/2014 6:28:09 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: Vendome
Was this black pay back?

Why black pay back? Africans were never wiped out by diseases imported by whitey. Quite the opposite, in fact.

European colonizers sailed around Africa for centuries, with little or no colonization of Africa itself till the mid/late 19th century.

This was because till medical science advanced enough to provide some minimal level of protection, white men who invaded Africa just died. During the 18th century, the average lifespan of factors on the Slave Coast was measured in months.

37 posted on 10/17/2014 6:28:11 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

They are enjoying the fruits of their non-labor:

Their four bedroom luxury digs, compliments of the US taxpayers.

Bet it is furnished with brand new stuff and loaded with food.


38 posted on 10/17/2014 6:30:31 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
It seems strange to me too. Three possibilities as I see it: 1. They knew he was likely infected and took every precaution. 2. They were just lucky. 3. It is seriously less contagious in the early and middle stages.

OR option

4. Their gated community is in Gitmo and they're all sick.

5. Duncan and his alleged girlfriend both got big $$$ to bring oBola here IRto this country.

39 posted on 10/17/2014 6:30:46 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: FR_addict

You can bet your ass that there will be a very, very bin increase in infected people in the near future.


40 posted on 10/17/2014 6:31:25 PM PDT by sport
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