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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Funny, not so long ago it was all about "one, only one" on these boards. Now it's "only two." When do we drop the "only"? When someone actually crokes? I guess wanting to prevent unnecessary deaths is qualified as hysterical now. Sad, kinda.[/quote]

The "two" are from the same incident. What's more notable about that incident is that the other 70 some personnel involved didn't get infected. Nor did Duncan's family who spent two days with him after he had a fever. The obvious conclusion to draw from this is that hysteria is not justified.
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All 4000 or however many victims are from the same incident.  There was one patient zero.  That is how viruses work.

So first is was, don't worry about Ebola, it won't get here
Then, if it gets here, it will be ok because of our great medical system
Then, oops, that ONE hospital screwed up Duncan's first visit, but don't worry, Ebola is hard to catch
Then, oops, the nurses got it, but don't worry, Vinson wasn't contagious on the plane
Then, oops, she was sicker sooner than we thought, maybe we better track everyone on the plane, but don't worry, because Ebola is hard to catch
And don't worry, because we are screening travelers
And don't worry, because now we're making them all come through screened airports...

At every juncture, we have screwed this up.  It is only because Ebola *IS* indeed harder than some other viruses to catch, that we don't have a very serious problem on our hands.  This whole thing has been an incompetent clown show.  No one is competent, from the CDC down to the Dallas ER to whoever let this guy come home and go back to his regular schedule.  He should have been in self quarantine at least for 21 days.  [/quote]

I don't think anyone thought Ebola would not come here at all. We have been told all along that it was not likely that we would see an *epidemic* in the States.
Patients ARE okay, because of the great medical system. Our mortality rate in this country is 1/9 so far, which is 11 percent.
Ebola Is hard to catch unless you are touching an actively sick or dead person.
Vinson was not contagious on the plane.
Screening travelers is always going to be a crapshoot, because some infected people will not be sick enough to trigger the system. Like this case in NY.

As long as the epidemic continues in Africa, there is a possibility that individual infected travelers are going to get here. You need to reconcile yourself to that fact.[/quote]

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