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Post #256,285 by ben_tilly 5/22/06 5:19:37 PM Reply	We're about to have a demonstration of contact tracing If contact tracing can stop a major outbreak of ebola in a third-world country without any available medical supplies, then it will work in London. I'm confident that this will fizzle. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #256,290 by Simon_Jester 5/22/06 5:38:45 PM 5/22/06 5:39:53 PM Reply	We're not even sure it's Ebola yet. on edit : but that doesn't mean they're not going to start that contact tracing right now. I'd be curious if they even released the original passengers at all. Edited by Simon_Jester May 22, 2006, 05:39:53 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #256,293 by ben_tilly 5/22/06 5:45:09 PM Reply	True I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #256,367 by scoenye 5/23/06 11:53:17 AM Reply	Sounds like they did release them [link\|http://www.bnn-online.co.uk/comments_display.asp?HeadlineID=3608&Year=2006\|British Nursing News] Cabin crew who came into contact with the woman have been told to monitor their health over the next week. To me that implies they're on their own. Also, no one else seems to have picked up on this. I can only find verbatim copies of the Mirror article through Google, and the Belgian on-line papers didn't carry this at all. If 270 people were forced into quarantine at Heathrow, I'm certain that would have been a headline all over the map. And this was three days ago. A targeted diagnostic test can give an answer in less than a day (see "Diagnostic Tests" @ [link\|http://pathport.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/Ebola_2.html\|http://pathport.vbi....gens/Ebola_2.html]), so this shows signs of a non-event.

ebola got on a plane to London - (boxley) - (4) - May 22, 2006, 03:52:10 PM EDT

We're about to have a demonstration of contact tracing - (ben_tilly) - (3) - May 22, 2006, 05:19:37 PM EDT

We're not even sure it's Ebola yet. - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - May 22, 2006, 05:39:53 PM EDT

True -NT - (ben_tilly) - May 22, 2006, 05:45:09 PM EDT

Sounds like they did release them - (scoenye) - May 23, 2006, 11:53:17 AM EDT

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