re: Dallas Ebola patient to be prosecuted, circle of contact increased to 100

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"The terrifying thing is that we're seeing ppl contracting [Ebola]...who are wearing Hazmat suits...." --Dr. Alexander van Tulleken @msnbc

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They're trying to keep this thing tamped down, from a media standpoint, until after the election. Unfortunately, this sort of thing is not susceptible to that sort of manipulation.

We'll know in a few days - if it holds at 1 - it's no outbreak (Duncan was 100% infected in Liberia) - if we get only 1 or 2 from the circle of contact, we can probably contain it along linear lines. Anything more than that - it can go exponential at that point - because each of these people will also have circles of contact.

Again - I think Nigeria is holding at 20, which is pretty damned good, if you ask me. We should follow their template as much as possible, using our facilities and personnel, until that stops working.