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PUT OCT. 15TH ON YOUR CALENDAR

The Big Question: Will the Ebola outbreak in Dallas spread and how will we know we are in really deep dodo? Let’s take a look.

Ebola timeline:
Sept 15, 2014 Thomas Duncan was infected
Sept 24, 2014 Duncan starts to show symptoms
Sept 26, 2014 Duncan goes to the hospital
Sept 28, 2014 Duncan returns to the hospital
Sept 29, 2014 Duncan is isolated with possible Ebola
Sept 30, 2014 Duncan is confirmed to have Ebola
Oct 08, 2014 @ 7:51 a.m (CST) Duncan died.

As you can see above, in Thomas Duncan’s case it took about 9 days not 21 for him to start feeling sick; and therefore, capable of spreading Ebola. Experts tell us it takes about 21 days or less for the infected person to start showing symptoms, so let’s use 21 days as our baseline. Because the CDC didn’t take this case seriously, Duncan has likely exposed over 100 people here in the U.S.

If ½ the people exposed develop Ebola, we should have at least 50 new cases within 9 to 21 days of September 24. If we use the 21 day figure, then we are looking at seeing these 50 new cases presenting themselves by October 15th. So there you have it. If there are no additional cases in the U.S. –and in Texas in particular– by October the 15th we have dodged the Thomas Duncan bullet.

Our Remaining problems are with the CDC and the Obama administration. Why?
1) They are still allowing civilian flights into the U.S. from infected countries in West Africa.
2) They have sent 3,000 of our solders into the infected areas of West Africa. Once they are infected they will return to the U.S.
3) In an assault on logic the director of the CDC federal agency, Tom Frieden, said restricting air travel from Liberia and other countries where the disease is rapidly spreading will be ineffective and prevent officialdom from doing its job.