The Director of the CDC just said in the press conference that the person with Ebola didn’t have any symptoms until a couple days after they arrived. They depa

The Director of the CDC just said in the press conference that the person with Ebola didn’t have any symptoms until a couple days after they arrived. They departed on the 19th of September, arrived on the 20th, showed first symptoms on the 24th, sought care on the 26th, were admitted to the hospital and isolated on the 28th. As the Director emphasised again and again, Ebola is only transmittable when you are showing symptoms. There is only the window between the 24th and 28th when the patient with Ebola could have realistically infected anyone, so people travelling along with them aren’t affected. Any people they did have contact with will be monitored for the next 21 days.