Is Conventional Wisdom All Wrong on EBOLA ?

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Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine: People Without Symptoms Or Fever May Still Spread Ebola

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/10/doctor-won-nobel-prize-work-immune-system-people-without-symptoms-fever-may-still-ebola.html

"“It may not be absolutely true that those without symptoms can’t transmit the disease, because we don’t have the numbers to back that up,” said Beutler, “It could be people develop significant viremia [where viruses enter the bloodstream and gain access to the rest of the body], and become able to transmit the disease before they have a fever, even. People may have said that without symptoms you can’t transmit Ebola. I’m not sure about that being 100 percent true. There’s a lot of variation with viruses.”

"Why does he think the CDC would so emphasize Ebola is not communicable in patients without symptoms?

“There’s some imperative to prevent panic among the public,” says Dr. Beutner, “But to be honest, people have not examined that with transmissibility in mind. I don’t completely trust people who’d say that as dogma.”

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Satori Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: June 03 2013 Status: Offline Points: 28655	Post Options Post Reply Quote Satori Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Is Conventional Wisdom All Wrong on EBOLA ? Posted: October 28 2014 at 10:25am
	Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine: People Without Symptoms Or Fever May Still Spread Ebola http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/10/doctor-won-nobel-prize-work-immune-system-people-without-symptoms-fever-may-still-ebola.html "“It may not be absolutely true that those without symptoms can’t transmit the disease, because we don’t have the numbers to back that up,” said Beutler, “It could be people develop significant viremia [where viruses enter the bloodstream and gain access to the rest of the body], and become able to transmit the disease before they have a fever, even. People may have said that without symptoms you can’t transmit Ebola. I’m not sure about that being 100 percent true. There’s a lot of variation with viruses.” "Why does he think the CDC would so emphasize Ebola is not communicable in patients without symptoms? “There’s some imperative to prevent panic among the public,” says Dr. Beutner, “But to be honest, people have not examined that with transmissibility in mind. I don’t completely trust people who’d say that as dogma.”

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	In the USA we have apparently not had community spread of ebola, it just spreads in the Hospital.... this would tend to confirm that ebola is not contagious till late in the illness. Then again we have a small sample size and maybe we just don't know yet.