Ebola patient's family completes 21-day quarantine

[Logical]

People who had contact with Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan before he was hospitalized are breathing a sigh of relief today.

Those 48 contacts, including four family members who shared a small Dallas apartment with him, have completed the 21-day observation period without falling ill and are no longer at risk of the disease. About 10 of the 48 contacts were considered to be a higher risk because of their closer contact with Duncan.

Ebola has an incubation period of up to 21 days, according to the World Health Organization. People who are exposed to an Ebola patient who don't become sick during that time are considered to be out of the woods.

That's welcome news to Dallas and U.S. public health officials, who have struggled to contain Ebola since Duncan's diagnosis at Texas Health Presbyterian on Sept. 28. Duncan died Oct. 8.

More at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/19/ebola-quarantine-ends/17443059/

[uppityperson]

1. Wonderful news for them.

[still_one]

2. good, this isn't going to make the sky is falling crowd happy though

[Kalidurga]

3. well if they are unhappy about that tell them sometimes the incubation period appears to be

42 days or a smidge longer. I am going with 21 days though.

[Logical]

5. They consider 21 days for an individual, 42 days means a Ebola outbreak is indeed over in the area.

[Kalidurga]

6. thanks the info gets confusing sometimes

[Logical]

7. It is still not clear I think. Especially when they claim that 95% will be ok at 21 days....

98% at 42 days. What about the other 2%???

[Kalidurga]

8. I wondered about that myself

hopefully they are not infectious and are just have some presence of the virus that goes away at some unknown point maybe day 50?

[Barack_America]

10. The 2% may be a limitation of the ability to test for Ebola.

I.e. a 98% sensitivity.

[PAProgressive28]

4. You better believe it

I've noticed they've calmed down. Hopefully the MSM does the same this week.

[Logical]

9. Me too! Nt