[Georgia Girl 2]

OK everybody settle down. The CDC has examined the guy and guess what he does not have Ebola. I guess they have invented a new way to determine whether you have it instantaneaously now. So its all good. Don’t worry be happy. The govt would never lie to us. :-)

[Ray76]

Diagnosis

It can be difficult to distinguish EVD from other infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever and meningitis. Confirmation that symptoms are caused by Ebola virus infection are made using the following investigations:

• antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
• antigen-capture detection tests
• serum neutralization test
• reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay
• electron microscopy
• virus isolation by cell culture.

Samples from patients are an extreme biohazard risk; laboratory testing on non-inactivated samples should be conducted under maximum biological containment conditions.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/

I think the ELISA and RT-PCR test results are available in about 3 hours. Maybe some medical FReepers can help.

[Vermont Lt]

In fact, they want everyone to wash in the vomit. It’s that safe.

We need Brawndo. It’s got electrolytes.

[roadcat]

So its all good. Don’t worry be happy. The govt would never lie to us. :-)

Should I be suspicious if the govt starts handing out cups of kool-aid to inocculate us? Nah...