[scouter]

Truthfully, until Ebola gets into the 100,000 fatalities a day league, it is small potatoes. About the only contender in mortality like that is a “killer” influenza.

At the current rate of transmission that will be in May, next year. That makes it a big deal now. At least for anyone with an ounce of sense.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Epidemics of this kind do not work like that. It has probably reached near its peak already. This can be said with some certainty because of several factors.

1) It is not yet pulmonary, transmitted by coughs and sneezes.

2) While people may be infected for just a few to 21 days before showing symptoms, they are only infectious to others when they are showing symptoms. This is a major flaw.

3) From showing symptoms to death is about 10 days, during half of which they are incapacitated. So while appearing very sick to others, they only have 5 days to infect others.

Put it together, and this means that if you stay away from sick people and things they have contaminated, you will probably not get the disease. While thousands will die before the public learns this lesson, they *will* learn it.