I'm creating a US domestic version of the thread
here, since some people will probably be mostly interested in US domestic cases.
Summary: Since the beginning of the West Africa Ebola outbreak, authorities have frequently admitted that Ebola could spread to the United States via commercial carrier. However, due to the difficulty of contracting the disease (despite it being a BSL-4 agent) which was gleaned from 38 years of experience with the Ebola virus from 1976 to 2014, it was not generally perceived to be a threat in developed countries where contact tracing techniques may be carried out. At the time of the creation of this thread, god willing, that remains to be true. However, it may be worthwhile to compile a general thread of cases of Ebola in the United States. Today marks the first day someone has ever died of Ebola in the United States.
Note: In the past three months we have seen numerous reports of suspected Ebola cases at various locales; while it is dramatic if it is being reported in your hometown, the chances of these reports testing positive for Ebola are low. Medical professionals are correctly doing their job by isolating even low probability cases. However, be aware that if a person has merely traveled generally to West Africa (for example, "Nigeria", where Ebola is not currently widespread) and is only manifesting generalized symptoms, such as fever or stomach pain, the person most likely does not have Ebola and more likely has malaria. The biggest predictor of whether a person has had Ebola or not is whether they have come into contact directly with another Ebola patient. So to avoid backlash against "scaremongering", please be conservative in posting news reports about unconfirmed Ebola cases in your hometown.
A couple of other developments in the past couple of days have indicated the need for heightened vigilance in developed countries, and frankly, tipped the scales for me to start this thread. First of all, the fact that a nurse in Spain who was caring for a man flown into the country for treatment became infected with Ebola suggests that developed countries, such as Spain, cannot yet adequately protect their health workers even with a patient who was known from even before he entered the country. Second of all, there has recently been a report that a deputy in Dallas, who was ordered into the home of an Ebola patient to deliver a legal document, and who did not have protective fear, may has recently been admitted to the hospital on suspicion of Ebola. The police officer only spent a few minutes inside the apartment. His symptoms are quite severe; according to one account I have seen, he was "slumped over, moving slow, weak and holding stomach". [Edit: However, most likely he does not have Ebola.]
Nonetheless, however his case turns out, let's compile anything interesting we come across and might want to discuss here.
Could take 48 hours to confirm if deputy has Ebola
