CHARLOTTE, NC — A group of missionaries evacuated from Liberia are resting up in south Charlotte. Two adults and their six children are staying at the SIM USA campus near Carowinds.
Officials say they are not infected with Ebola and do not pose a threat to the public. People we spoke to have mixed feelings about them staying here.
“We have a pretty good health care system. They wouldn’t let them in here if it was a problem,” said Sam Pearlstein of southwest Mecklenburg.
“I don’t think there’s a cure for it, and like you said, there’s not many survival rates. It’s not good. So yeah, I’m a little freaked out about it,” said Mark Lymanstall of Iredell County.
We still don’t know if a man in New York with Ebola-like symptoms actually has the virus. Mount Sinai Hospital sent a blood sample to the CDC for testing.
Health officials say the ebola virus is only transmitted through an infected person’s bodily fluids. It can take 21 days for someone to develop symptoms which include fever, muscle pain and diarrhea. Health care workers treating patients and family members of victims are the most at risk of being infected.
