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Riddle me this

Jig Saw — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:33:41 GMT

If Ebola is not airborne and one can only be infected by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person then how pray tell did Duncan contract the disease by helping to carry an infected woman when he was in Liberia?

Re: Riddle me this

game-on — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:36:58 GMT

Were there any skin lesions on this woman that he was carrying? Also, is it possible he contacted someone he didn't realize was infected?

I believe this man is going to die before the questions will all be answered...sadly.

Re: Riddle me this

gazelle77 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:37:10 GMT

Vomit, diarrhea, perhaps was on the sick person on their clothes.

Re: Riddle me this

Marp2 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:38:02 GMT

If she was feverish sweat, if she was hemorrhagic he quite likely came in contact with blood or other bodily fluids either directly or indirectly. There is also a high possibility that carrying her was not the initial contact nor the initial exposure to the virus.

Re: Riddle me this

bikerbabe — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 02:56:37 GMT

If she was so ill she had to be carried her body and her clothes were contaminated with all kinds of body fluids and virions.