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Hopefully anyone who's had contact, direct or indirect, in the 2-21 day incubation period immediately assumes the worst when he starts to feel a little run down. That's pretty much what we're counting on.

That's literally what we're counting on, and I would recommend thinking about exactly what it really means. Oh well, people like Marilu Henner who have superior autobiographical memory will be best able to comply, especially if they get to read flight manifests to see where all her co-passengers came from and can interview them about their contacts during their incubation periods.

To add to that, there's this:

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The World Health Organization called the Ebola outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times"

I'm comforted by governments around the world taking this so seriously:

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Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona said authorities will ask more than 1,700 Filipinos working in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea to observe themselves for at least 21 days for Ebola symptoms in those countries first if they plan to return home.

Once home, they should observe themselves for another 21 days and then report the result of their self-screening to health authorities to be doubly sure they have not been infected, he said, adding that hospitals which would deal with any Ebola patients have already been identified in the Philippines.

I'm sure those 1,700 Filipinos will be all over this voluntary plan, a grand experiment in patient compliance. There won't be any deniers who insist their flu-like symptoms are just a cold or flu. There won't be any who think they're strong like bull and have urgent business that overrides the slim chance they contracted the disease. With measures like these, can there be any doubt the exponential growth will be stopped?