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Debunking Another Fear-Mongering Right Wing Myth About Ebola: The "42 Day Incubation Period"

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klys (maker of Silmarils)10/21/2014 10:39:34 am PDT

re: #309 yoshicastmaster

That’s nice that scientists who study the outbreak are OK with 21 days. However, health care professionals who handle the outbreak are ok with gear that doesn’t cover the neck, so I’m not going to rely on appeal to authority.

If you’re saying that I’m nitpicking, then perhaps the real problem is this article’s reliance on absolutes (” maximum incubation period for Ebola”) in order to “debunk” other sites.

Maximum incubation period does not mean 95% confidence interval to me or, I bet, the average person.

Citation needed.

That scientific evidence is considered an “appeal to authority” says an awful lot about your mindset, though.