“Thanks for the summary, I didn’t want to go to the link.”
That is a very interesting take. You seem to post as presenting yourself as a very knowledgeable, scientific, expert on health issues. Yet, you are happy to take other’s opinions about an article written by an Emergency Doctor than bother to spend no more than ten minutes to read it for yourself. Some read it and see the alarm about the flu, I read it and see the alarm about HCWs saying “Screw It”. Not to mention the various approaches to treating flu vs ebola that have not been mentioned in the comments here.
“I read it and see the alarm about HCWs saying “Screw It”.”
I was saying that about Ebola when it first broke. (And all other sorts of workers that don’t want to catch it, or are staying home with sick family).
There was a headline that many of the HCW at Bellevue called in sick upon finding out that Dr. Ebowla was there.
The summary provided by the other poster is consistent with the knowledge I already have about other pathogens. Thus, it is not worth my time to go read something that I already know. Had the summary not been consistent with knowledge I already have, I would have probably gone and read the whole thing, as well as any references mentioned or implied within the article. And then I would have determined if the article is genuine information worth knowing, or if it was written by some crackpot.