> I mean, if it were bush meat I'd suspect it was prepared for the child in which case there would have been a second patient-zero. Just speculating, but mayb

> I mean, if it were bush meat I'd suspect it was prepared for the child in which case there would have been a second patient-zero. Just speculating, but maybe cooking the meat attenuated the virus, and it was only able to take hold in a person with an underdeveloped immune system. Or, maybe, the disease merely progressed faster in the child and so s/he only looks like patient zero, despite the rest of the people eating having gotten infected at the same time.