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'Major, major Ebola outbreak for Africa' – but not US, former CDC director Redfield forecasts
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2:05Now PlayingFormer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield addressed the current spread of Ebola in an interview with NewsNation's Morning in America anchor Markie Martin Friday, May 22.
Redfield said that he believes the strain, currently reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, will cause "a major, major Ebola outbreak for Africa."
However, in response to Martin's question about the possibility for spread outside of Africa – and in particular, to the United States – Redfield offered a key difference between Ebola and other diseases that can cause epidemics. Whereas many infectious diseases spread before symptoms appear, Ebola "only after you get sick."
Redfield told Martin he believes this delay in potential transmission means that screening and tracing will prevent a widespread Ebola outbreak in the U.S.
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