Ebola in Our Midsts (interview, deaths, government, 2014)

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Yes because it's Americans that are affected.
Not many cared about Ebola until Ebola left Africa.

And just like here the folks in Spain are just as upset and demanding the same of their government.
Once it happens on your shores, people seem to wake up because the threat becomes more real.

Ebola in the US is NOT the same as Ebola in Africa.
The numbers would be drastically different (and lower).

Maybe it is nitpicking, but unlike Spain, not a single person has contracted Ebola in the US.

[Hyperthetic]

"Media reporting three deputies are symptomatic. Details on one, Michael Monnig, had three symptoms consistent with Ebola, achey, fatigued, and stomach problems. He also spent 30 minutes in Thomas Eric Duncan's apartment, while serving a quarantine order. It is unclear of the other two deputies have similar histories and also were in Duncan's apartment with Monning."

Rhiza Labs FluTracker Forum • Information

Could be hypochondriacs, though.

[middle-aged mom]

Originally Posted by ringwise

But he had to have suspected. Why else would he abruptly hightail it to the US? Sorry, not buying it.....

We don't know if he "hightailed it" to the U.S.

We don't know when the US embassy in Liberia interviewed him and gave him a visa.

We don't know how he managed to pay for the visa or the cost of multiple R/T airline tickets.

[WhipperSnapper 88]

he was BLACK!!!!! He was black!!!!!!!!!! Ohhhhhhhh Lawwwwwwwwwd he was BLACK!!!!

RACISM RACISM RACISM

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Maybe it is nitpicking, but unlike Spain, not a single person has contracted Ebola in the US.

But we're still on our way to millions of Americans dying from Ebola, right?

[Casper in Dallas]

Originally Posted by Hyperthetic

"Media reporting three deputies are symptomatic. Details on one, Michael Monnig, had three symptoms consistent with Ebola, achey, fatigued, and stomach problems. He also spent 30 minutes in Thomas Eric Duncan's apartment, while serving a quarantine order. It is unclear of the other two deputies have similar histories and also were in Duncan's apartment with Monning."

Rhiza Labs FluTracker Forum • Information

Could be hypochondriacs, though.

You might want to re-read the article in your own link before going into full PANIC MODE, or has that time already passed by?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by hammertime33

Explain Lagos then. If Ebola is airborne or transmitted by mosquitoes, then how did Lagos (a 3rd World city 3 times the size of Dallas) manage to contain and stop it?

There are a number of reasons Nigeria succeeded.
Big donations from Gates Foundation gave them a good medical infrastructure.
The people are more trusting of their government.
The people themselves don't believe in all the superstitions.
And..pure luck.


A Glimmer Of Hope: Nigeria May Have Beaten Ebola : Goats and Soda : NPR

[Globe199]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Maybe it is nitpicking, but unlike Spain, not a single person has contracted Ebola in the US.

Not yet anyway. I'll reserve judgment until after the initial 21 days have passed. That will be the 19th of October.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Globe199

Not yet anyway. I'll reserve judgment until after the initial 21 days have passed. That will be the 19th of October.

And the 29th of October for all the hospital workers that dealt with Duncan.

[texdav]

If you look for decades we have always ignored reality until it became a crisis. The biggest example is WWII. They knew but failed to respond to the threat Hitler posed to world. Dang near caused destruction of most of the world. The western world has continued to become more reactive than ever really.