Ebola --- Welcome to North America! (Maybe...)

[Jane E. Hawkins]

geofrey at interaccess.com says ( 18 May 1995 00:26:40 GMT )...
>
>ABC News reported tonight that a man was detained at the airport in 
Toronto who 
>arrived on a   
>flight from Zaire...he will be quarantined for three weeks to see if he 
shows si
>gns of the   
>virus.  So much for the CDC's downplaying the chance of Ebola making it 
to our s
>hores!

The man shows no signs of Ebola.  His mother died recently, and early 
reports said she had Ebola, but more recent news says her symptoms 
didn't match and she died of some type of dysentary (sp?).

His quarentine is purely precautionary, and an excellant example of why 
Ebola probably won't come "to our shores".


Jane

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