> Theproblem is tit has an incubation period that allows it to travel and roam.
It does. On the plus side, if it's contagious you're obvious to very obvious, and it's not likely to be mistaken for anything else.
> Ebola doesn't scare me as much since a person will be dead before stepping > off the flight. Five day incubation is plenty of time to get on a plane > and hop continents.
Ebola's incubation period is 2 to 21 days--longer than smallpox--and the only references I can find to how long it takes to die say things like "the fifth day of illness (http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/ebola.htm)", "begin to recover after 7 to 10 days (http://tarakharper.com/v_ebola.htm)", and "8 to 10 days, but may be up to two weeks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola#Fiction)". The specific discussion of a 1976 outbreak (http://www.itg.be/ebola/ebola-12.htm) mentions patients dying on day 7 and 8 after admission.
> We probably debating this into the ground at this point.
Probably. Also, it's worth remembering all those recommendations about vaccination not being worth it are based on smallpox no longer existing outside of labs. If that changes, so do the recs.
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Date: 2005-09-14 12:11 pm (UTC)It does. On the plus side, if it's contagious you're obvious to very obvious, and it's not likely to be mistaken for anything else.
> Ebola doesn't scare me as much since a person will be dead before stepping
> off the flight. Five day incubation is plenty of time to get on a plane
> and hop continents.
Ebola's incubation period is 2 to 21 days--longer than smallpox--and the only references I can find to how long it takes to die say things like "the fifth day of illness (http://www3.baylor.edu/~Charles_Kemp/ebola.htm)", "begin to recover after 7 to 10 days (http://tarakharper.com/v_ebola.htm)", and "8 to 10 days, but may be up to two weeks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola#Fiction)". The specific discussion of a 1976 outbreak (http://www.itg.be/ebola/ebola-12.htm) mentions patients dying on day 7 and 8 after admission.
> We probably debating this into the ground at this point.
Probably. Also, it's worth remembering all those recommendations about vaccination not being worth it are based on smallpox no longer existing outside of labs. If that changes, so do the recs.