Military defends its Ebola precautions as stricter than CDC?s, tries to reassure troops

[MHSC]

In the 10 days before leaving Africa, commanders have the authority to keep troops in a controlled environment where they can receive additional monitoring. Once they have left Africa, individuals with no known exposure must continue to monitor their temperature for 21 days. Those who are removed from Africa due to an elevated exposure risk must be quarantined for 21 days for closer monitoring.

...

?Isn?t your 10 days too short?? Turner asked.

The general responded that the 10-day period was not to determine whether troops have the virus, but to limit their possibility of exposure to it in the last days before they return home.

More here http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-stricter-than-cdcs-tries-to-reassure-troops/

 

[Vibrant62]

Re: Military defends its Ebola precautions as stricter than CDC?s, tries to reassure troops

However, most individuals who have been exposed prior to the 10 day isolation period will become symptomatic during this period.

Tough perhaps for the troops, but a sensible precaution. It covers a 31 day isolation, and will protect against outliers in delayed disease onset cases (about 5% of cases overall based on the recently published data)