First Ebola virus diagnosed in the USA (Dallas, TX)

[LogGrad98]

US deaths from ebola = 1
Annual US deaths from the flu = >3000, as high as 49,000 over the past 40 years

US ebola infections = 3 (maybe 4, only 2 transmitted in the states)
Annual US flu infections = between 5% and 20% of the population get the flu, approx 200,000 are hospitalized from it annually

% of US populations panicking over ebola = >90%
% of the US population that thinks flu shots are worthless = ?%, but apparently anyone who follows Bill Maher. Link.

% of US population that are morons....well you can do the math.

 

[framer]

US deaths from ebola = 1
Annual US deaths from the flu = >3000, as high as 49,000 over the past 40 years

US ebola infections = 3 (maybe 4, only 2 transmitted in the states)
Annual US flu infections = between 5% and 20% of the population get the flu, approx 200,000 are hospitalized from it annually

% of US populations panicking over ebola = >90%
% of the US population that thinks flu shots are worthless = ?%, but apparently anyone who follows Bill Maher. Link.

% of US population that are morons....well you can do the math.

There isn't widespread panicking about Ebola. That is a load of crap. People are just pissed because it looks like there are things that we could be doing better to prevent ANYONE from getting the disease that aren't being done. Doesn't mean that they can be 100% foolproof, but the New Your Guy mixing with the regular population right off the plane back from TREATING Ebola seems like a pretty unnecessary risk, No? If no one else become infected it will be as a result of luck rather than sound medical practice or policy. If people feel like there isn't enough protection being offered by the people who should protect them, they will prepare on their own, and some of those preparations may seem excessive or irrational. But apparently people value their own lives more than their government betters do, so more power to them. How is this skinning anyone else's nose?

 

[Stoked]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/24/mali-first-ebola-case

Little girl in Mali has been confirmed to have ebola. That is the 6th African country to have at least 1 case.

 

[framer]

They were not covered head-to-toe. They did not use the correct gear, and had exposed skin.

Not trying to discredit you here, but would very much like to see a source on this. The press has seemed to keep this deliberately murky

 

[LogGrad98]

There isn't widespread panicking about Ebola. That is a load of crap. People are just pissed because it looks like there are things that we could be doing better to prevent ANYONE from getting the disease that aren't being done. Doesn't mean that they can be 100% foolproof, but the New Your Guy mixing with the regular population right off the plane back from TREATING Ebola seems like a pretty unnecessary risk, No? If no one else become infected it will be as a result of luck rather than sound medical practice or policy. If people feel like there isn't enough protection being offered by the people who should protect them, they will prepare on their own, and some of those preparations may seem excessive or irrational. But apparently people value their own lives more than their government betters do, so more power to them. How is this skinning anyone else's nose?

https://www.cnn.com/

https://www.foxnews.com/

https://abcnews.go.com/

https://www.nbcnews.com/

https://news.google.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/

https://www.latimes.com/

Okay that's enough. Every one of these have ebola as a major headline. People are definitely blowing this out of proportion. My daughter came home from school and said all the kids there are talking about it, as are the teachers. She asked me if I thought we were going to die from ebola. I have had more than a few employees approach me about what measures our company is taking to prevent ebola from gaining a foothold here. It is just plain stupid. The news outlets like those above and blowing this so out of proportion that it is approaching ridiculous levels. Sure the >90% was hyperbole, but it is becoming pervasive, as it is ubiquitous in the news, but it is just plain stupid that ANYONE in America would actually be worried about it. But the ball has been set rolling, and it will be interesting to see how big it gets.

 

[fishonjazz]

There isn't widespread panicking about Ebola.

I feel like there is alot of panicking about ebola

 

[Stoked]

Yeah I am with Log and Fish on this on. I see posts on FB several times a week with some headline about Ebola. People freaking out and even calling for the ban of travel, quarentines, if they should pull their kids from school, what is their state/city doing to stop this... hell I've even had people tell me that we should even prevent the return of Americans to America if they have ebola. That we should just abandon them and not bring them home for treatment.

 

[YB85]

 

[One Brow]

The thing that caught my attention was that this dude "...had traveled on the A and L subway lines Wednesday night, visited a bowling alley in Williamsburg, and then took a taxi back to Manhattan."

He reported his fever Thursday morning. Hopefully we just dodged another bullet.

He was monitoring his condition, so he probably had not developed the fever the previous night.

 

[One Brow]

Not trying to discredit you here, but would very much like to see a source on this. The press has seemed to keep this deliberately murky

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-dallas-20141014-story.html#page=1

I fully encourage people to treat everything I say with skepticism(as opposed to denial), and ask for verification.

 

[One Brow]

My daughter came home from school and said all the kids there are talking about it, as are the teachers.

A couple of kids were taunting my daughter that she had ebola.

 

[Stoked]

He was monitoring his condition, so he probably had not developed the fever the previous night.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/nyregion/new-york-ebola-case-craig-spencer.html

While it does say "...the lower temperature made it highly unlikely that he could have spread the disease before going to the hospital" it goes on to say:

"...On Tuesday — the day Dr. Spencer first began to feel sluggish..."

and

"...the authorities were reaching out to anyone who had contact with Dr. Spencer starting at 7 a.m. on Oct. 21, when he first felt slightly unwell..."

Tuesday was the 21st. So on Tuesday morning, 7 A.M., he had at least some idea that something might be wrong. Thent he still went out on at least two subway lines (A & L), a taxi, a restaurant and a bowling alley the night of the 22nd. He reported his fever the morning of the 23rd.

This is about as close as you can get it. This Dr. acted very foolishly and it might be nothing more than luck if he hasn't spread it to anyone else. He acted very foolishly on the 21st and 2erd imo.