I live in the Midwest, and I’m already ready for whatever ole man winter is going to throw at us, and we stay prepared for that, as well as tornadoes, power outages, and all the usual problems that could hit us.
If someone is already prepared for the most likely stuff, should one then just ignore new potential threats? Why shouldn’t such a person add a few useful medical supplies that might be useful for both the winter flu and Ebola? Seems to me that’s a pretty good use of time.
If you’re all stocked up and ready for the season, then by all means make preparations for medical contingencies. I’m just saying that we shouldn’t be shitting ourselves in fear that this disease is going to rampage its way across the country. The only cases here have been brought here by our government, and those people are still alive. I think that’s a testament to American medicine.
If ebola’s gonna come here, it’s gonna come. I’m not going to go through my day fearful of every sneeze, cough, and bead of sweat I come across. Live life. If we have to live life under fear, let it be legitimate. This, so far, is just a lot of media fearmongering.