I got pissed at Fox News yakking that the patient didn't have Ebola...after one hour? I thought those tests took something on the order of three days.
Actually, the test now takes under 6 hours. From the documented timeline for Duncan we have this:
Sept 30 - Blood sample received at 9:00 am CDT and at 1:22 pm CDT results positive for Ebola Zaire.
Still...in regards to this situation today at Newark Airport, they obviously made an "executive decision" that this guy didn't have Ebola.
The backstory, in case you haven't listened to the CNN clip Tom McDowell provided of the interview with the passenger sitting next to this guy, the passengers were quarantined for a few hours in two locations. One group who had already made it through customs and down to baggage claim were quarantined separate from the ones who were still upstairs trying to clear customs. Before they were allowed to leave, "out of an abundance of caution" the CDC passed out forms explaining Ebola and what to look for symptom-wise to all of the passengers on this flight. The passengers also had to fill out a contact form for the CDC providing their name, address, email, phone #, etc. And THAT is the "rest of the story" as Paul Harvey would say.
ETA: I see this was also covered in posts 63 and 66 above in articles that I had not yet read since I started at the bottom of this thread.