James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote:
> Moreover your assertion that there are discernible differences between > this season's flu symptoms and those of early stage Ebola is not only > reckless, the aforelinked CDC guidelines provide nothing in the way of such > criteria. > I did not say that. I said once you get a full-blown case you can tell. It is not possible to tell at an early stage without extensive testing, and by the time you finish the tests, the patient may be in dire condition, or dead. That is scary, but it is a fact. That is what the CDC people have been saying. Anything that looks like the flu should be taken seriously, especially if there is the slightest chance the patient may have come in contact with ebola. One thing that would help a lot would be if everyone gets a flu vaccination. That way, any flu-like symptoms will probably not be the flu, so the doctors can look for something else. I say "probably not" because some people come down with the flu even after getting the vaccination. I did, a few years ago. It was a mild case. Many diseases start off looking like the flu, or like some other common disease. Disease symptoms are often the same in the early stages of an infection. - Jed
