Are you worried about the ebola virus spreading all over the world?

Rob, the experts say the incubation period is 4 to 21 days long. So, no way they were infected months ago with Ebola, unless we are not talking about Ebola anymore. I hope you were joking tho, being infected with Ebola for months and showing symptoms only now would be awful!

 

I really think we could get infected that way, because when we sneeze we release saliva particles. So they say the virus can be found even in the Saliva... well, why the heck do they wear hazmat suits around the infected then? Like the guy in NY, when they thought he was infected they wore those suits, even tho the room wasn't covered in blood, vomit or feces, unlike in those African hospitals filled with all those people. I mean, this guy just had a bit fever and had the runs, but he was well enough! He didn't make a mess, yet they worse those suits... So it's hard to deny there is a big chance they might fear it could either become airborne or you could get sick if an infected sneezes in front of you.

Plus remember those guys said this thing could never get here and now they say it's inevitable! Hard to trust them.

 

I read an article about how they were tracking patient zero in Africa, it turned out to be a 2 year old. He died, so did his mom and youngest sister, then his grandma. Well, 3 people who were at her funeral got infected, how could that happen? It seems Ebola is easier to catch than what they tell us. I mean, they said those 3 or 4 people got infected while they were in that place. This happened 1 month after that kid died, so makes one wonder how that happened? I hope you are right, I would hate this thing spreading here!

 

The average incubation time is from 2 to 21 days, but like with other viruses, it's entirely possible to carry it for longer than that without experiencing symptoms.

Patient zero doesn't necessarily mean that the toddler was the first person to be infected by Ebola; it just means that he was the first to be noticeably infected and the first to die. While the order of the deaths was the child, his mother, his sister, then his grandmother, that doesn't mean that they were infected in that order. It's entirely possible that the mother, sister, or grandmother had it first, but the child died first because of his weak immune system.

 

I guess maybe the environment that you're in also plays a part in your interest in the outbreak. In this house, no one seems worried about it as well, lol!

 

Yeah..the second part has kept everyone on tenterhooks for sometime now.Ebola scares have cropped up and a man was tested for nearly 21 hrs before being discharged.The efforts being made to prevent it from sneaking in are great.Kudos to them...
I really don't want it spreading worldwide as the death rate is 90%,and the entire human race might be wiped off from the face of earth.

 

Now everyone with a little sniffle coming back from Nigeria will be isolated and tested.At least hoping that will yield a result because nobody wants a pandemic out there.Are you talking about that patient zer0..??

 

Yeah, it could happen if gets ugly. I mean, most of the world governments are so arrogant thinking than nothing and no one can harm us or push us to extinction, but maybe Ebola can... it sounds like it's super infectious!

 

Yeah, maybe it's that. My mom tends to worry about things, but she is more practical than I am, since she freaks out more over tings that could affect or would surely affect her soon. I, on the other hand...

 

Babydoll, nothing is going to push us to extinction, not even Ebola.

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Worrying can definitely be contagious... and dangerous. It's okay to be cautious, but when ordinary caution turns into worry and panic, that can cause problems.

As far as Ebola goes, I didn't even really think about it much, until I started reading this thread (thanks Trellum).
I think that everything will be fine in most places. But in places like Africa, Ebola is wiping people out,
like most of the diseases there tend to do.