So we can idly conjecture that ebola is in the Sudan and even moreso in Senegal.
And the Hajj will be a GREAT spreader. Hajj is in October this year, correct? So first of November (hey, election time!) will be when any exposures from those travelers would be beginning.
They think it is “out of control” now? Just wait...
Lord help us all.
I don’t see the conjecture as ‘idle.’
The issue with Ebola is that it cannot be stopped without a much lower levels of crime, corruption and a much ‘higher trust’ in the civic culture than are present in Africa.
Only a hard quarantine can stop this and places like Liberia just cannot generate the social organization to do it.
And once Ebola gets outside Africa, places like the Arab world or the Central Asian ‘Stans are not much better for ‘C,C, & T.’
Just how different are Cairo or Islamabad from Monrovia, when you get large scale Ebola there, in terms of crime, corruption and trust?
That translates into a death toll in the millions and a collapse of civilization in places Ebola really takes hold.
Note: The exact dates of Islamic holidays cannot be determined in advance, due to the nature of the Islamic lunar calendar. Estimates are based on expected visibility of the hilal (waxing crescent moon following a new moon) and may vary according to location.