We mustn't forget that when people catch the virus, they're symptom-free for up to 21 days in around 90+% of cases and up to 40-something days in a very small percentage of cases. Some proportion of cases never develop a fever either. Even with that out of the way, interviewing for symptoms cannot prevent lies and testing for fever cannot detect people who popped an Advil or Tylenol or whatever..thepostman2020 wrote:Is it all show at the Airport or is there some substance?
As I stated, my primary concern is that someone arrives symptom-free, then when symptoms set in treats himself to the corner-shop pharmacy for a week or so before it gets real bad. Especially when they didn't catch it in West Africa but in transit -- a non-issue at present but not sure about 3-6 months down the line
Looks like a promising piece and I'll give it a watch later, but I'm not seeing a real danger of it becoming even as bad as Spanish flu. If you look at the case of the Duncan guy in Dallas, he only infected 2 health workers because during the last days of the disease is when he and his excessively shed bodily fluids become ultra-contagious. He lived with his family for over a week and they didn't catch it. Ambulance drivers, neither. He got to the hospital at first and got sent back with antibiotics and vomited in his housing estate's parking area --- nothing happened. Maybe luck, but the real serious danger of infection is when a late-stage sick person is basically toileting/vomiting non-stop in a non-isolated place... that is, they're in such a bad state they're no longer flying around the world, partaking in mass transit or festivities etc.. it could be excessively bad in most South-East-Asian countries similar to Africa thanks to sanitation standards & hygiene habits, but I'm not seeing an "Outbreak" movie-like pandemic, people will learn to keep their distance, downregulate their nightlife habits etc. Dunno.. that's just my current perspective..thepostman2020 wrote:Just to add to the hysteria here is a worst case scenario for a global pandemic. Despite the title it has nothing to do with the Biblical Armageddon.