So whats the latest? Are we gonna die? If Ebola gets to America I think our states with hot steamy climates will be most vulnerable
"Guinean student is first case of Ebola confirmed in Senegal"
Get a load of this:
"Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck told a news conference the young man had turned up for treatment at a hospital in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday but concealed that he had had close contact with victims in his home country. She said Guinean authorities said the student from the Guinean capital Conakry had disappeared three weeks ago while under surveillance for having close contact with Ebola victims."
Is it just me, or did that op-ed smack of condescension? And Miller doesn't even have his facts right, I could have stopped reading after he cited 1500 cases. Don't get me wrong, I don't think WHO is any hero in this. But, the pooh-poohing of this outbreak is precisely what is going to get this virus spread in more countries. They act like it isn't going to be a problem anywhere, but Africa.
Then Henry Miller claims it's not all that contagious. Oh, really? Once again you need to practically roll around in body fluids or handle dead bodies. Again-- oh, really?
But it's LA Times, so what did I really expect?
The picture they have on there is a bit unnerving as well. The woman even looks like she is thinking "WTH?" The screener, without wearing gloves, looks as if he is about to touch that woman to take her temp. Is that not one of those laser thermometers? It looks suspiciously like a digital ear one. That can't be right, but it appears he is about to move her hair out of the way. ???