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Ebola - all or nothing?

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Yes, I've seen a few articles mention the rate at which Ebola mutates, and I have to say, that's one of the scariest aspects of this thing. There is a real possibility that it could mutate into a form that is spread much more easily, though I haven't seen any speculative odds on how likely such a result is. I assume it's relatively unlikely, but if it did, the world might never be the same again.
 
FreshFish said:
The New Yorker has an extensive article about Ebola virus this week.
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You know, that was a very interesting place to cut off the first paragraph you quoted, seeing as most everyone except for a minor subset of New Yorkers would consider Dallas to be a major American city.

Somehow I wasn't surprised when I continued reading. "...but they worry about what could happen if Ebola got into a city like Lagos, in Nigeria, or Kolkata, in India."

In other words, it'd be bad if it made it into a third world hell hole of a city. They aren't talking about Cleveland or Dallas.
 
joecct said:
If you had a neighbor with the plague, would you let the family into your home without some serious checks?

DHS is finally waking up. Took them a while.
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Probably not, but if my neighbor went to Zambia, which is 3000 miles from the outbreak, I'd still let him in. Unlike these parents in Mississippi. http://m.wapt.com/news/hazlehurst-parents-concerned-with-principals-trip-to-africa/29135134.

Or this school board in Maine, which placed a teacher on leave simply for going to Dallas. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/...y-teacher-on-leave-after-traveling-to-dallas/
 
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Re: Ebola - all or nothing?

Another perspective:

Ebola is not very contagious. Transmission requires direct contact with bodily fluids. The reason to use hazmat suits is not the probability of contagion; it is that, if you are infected, the probability of death is high.

What the public should understand is this: Vigilance and decisive action can halt Ebola’s spread even under adverse circumstances
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Cross posted:

U.S. to Require Passengers From Ebola-Stricken Countries to Fly Into 5 Airports

The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday it would begin requiring all passengers from three West African countries affected by Ebola to arrive only at the five U.S. airports with heightened security measures.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said all passengers coming from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea would only be permitted to enter the U.S. at the five airports that have already imposed extra screening and other precautions established to halt the spread of Ebola.

The five airports are John F. Kennedy International in New York, O’Hare International in Chicago, Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta, Washington Dulles International near Washington, D.C., and Newark Liberty International in Newark, N.J
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unofan said:
Probably not, but if my neighbor went to Zambia, which is 3000 miles from the outbreak, I'd still let him in. Unlike these parents in Mississippi. http://m.wapt.com/news/hazlehurst-parents-concerned-with-principals-trip-to-africa/29135134.

Or this school board in Maine, which placed a teacher on leave simply for going to Dallas. http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/...y-teacher-on-leave-after-traveling-to-dallas/
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Imagine if anything actually ever breaks out here.
 
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More Americans have been married to Kim Kardashian than have died from Ebola.
 
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joecct said:
CCC finally gets it
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Took them a while but it is most certainly necessary when you are dealing with something that you just cannot treat well. Not sure i am comfortable with everyone using 21 as the key number. Strict observation for 21 days is fine, but I am of the opinion that there is some evidence that some sort of more loosely structured monitoring should be done for a bit longer. Would like to see some statistics about any contagion from the small percentage of survivors seen in the past after 21 days. Just hoping that there is no development of some sort of carrier state where symptoms are gone and no evidence of overt infection, but transmission is still possible.
 
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