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CDC is saying this. Not sure if they are to be trusted, we shall see in October. Not sure if any of the experts have a handle on this, or if they are freaking out more than is necessary. What the heck happened to make this outbreak so much worse than all previous combined? Did the virs change, ot is it “just” that it hit several countries seemingly at once (which is odd)?

I am not in any way a fan of the current Administration. Obama is one of the most evil people America has encountered in our history and by far the most dangerous person our country has ever faced.

However, CDC can be trusted on this and on just about everything. Their math is valid. The experts do have a handle on this, at least in terms of the known parts of the outbreak and this outbreak can only be worse than what is already known, not better. We know why this is so much worse than all previous outbreaks - it's because it reached large cities where it is now self-sustaining in the human population, while is would burn out in villages once everyone was quarantined.

It's not odd that it hit several countries all at once; we know why that happened. We know who contracted the first case (probably from eating an undercooked fruit bat in December 2013) and how it spread to others in Guinea, who brought it from Guinea (innocently) and how it spread to contacts in Sierra Leone, and who brought it from Guinea (also innocently - for commerce) and how it spread in Liberia. This is not fake, staged, terrorist inflicted, or planted by the CIA (not that you were implying those things). This is the normal progression of such a disease in poor, unsanitary urban areas. There is a coincidental outbreak of a separate strain in central Africa, but that is not surprising either. With the West Africa outbreak that has already lasted 9 months, there is always a chance of another natural outbreak, particularly with the trade disruptions and reduced availability of sanitary food.

It’s not odd that it hit several countries all at once; we know why that happened. We know who contracted the first case (probably from eating an undercooked fruit bat in December 2013) and how it spread to others in Guinea, who brought it from Guinea (innocently) and how it spread to contacts in Sierra Leone, and who brought it from Guinea (also innocently - for commerce) and how it spread in Liberia.

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Saw a TV piece (’docmentary’) on Ebola last night - I did not realize that there was a black market for “bush meat” here in the US. The undercover reporter found it for about $20/lb ... in the DC area I think. It gets smuggled in because immigrants want that “taste of home”.