Ebola: At what threshold do you self quarantine~ Vanity

[GraceG]

So at what level/number of ebola cases in the USA should people consider self quarantining themsevles in order to either avoid getting infected or in order to wait out a few weeks in case you may have picked it up to prevent spreading it.

Here is what I have a framework:

1. 1,000 cases in the United States with 0 in your own state.

2. 500 cases in the United States with 1 or more in your home state.

3. 250 cases in the United States with 1 or more in your home city/town.

4. 10 cases in the united states with 1 or more in your neighborhood (4-10 block radius).

Just a quick list on what I think, but not I am not an expert...

[Cold Heat]

I think we are wasting our time and effort Ansel...

I find it far too aggravating to continue peeing in the face of a hurricane..

You see the stock markets today?

[maddog55]

Seems to be the perfect Muslim Extremist WMD. A suicide bomber type contracts it purposely and runs around all the airports he can infecting people.

[GraceG]

[ I would self quarantine when blood streams out my eyes, ears and anus. Self quarantine with a.357 ]

Please do so in a platic tent near a freshly dug hole so you can be pushed into afterwards,..

[familyop]

So, what if someone beginning to have the earliest, mildest symptoms but not aware of the significance takes a quick trip across our country, stopping in convenience stores, restrooms, pumping fuel, stopping in restaurants, resorts, etc.?

[vetvetdoug]

I don’t have a choice. I will either die or work through it.

[no-to-illegals]

Burning is the only way to be half-way safe. Glad I chose cremation.

[Covenantor]

Seriously, number of cases is not so important a factor as proximity, and whether those cases are along major transport corridors to where one lives.

Indeed, but situations can turn on a dime. I'm still pondering on the mystery Ebola patient delivered to NIH in Bethesda, MD, my immediate neighborhood, when it's revealed that the Texas Patient Zero passed through Dulles Airport, in the wild as it were. And no information about length of stay, what he did, flight numbers etc. An 'effin hand grenade rolling through our country.

[familyop]

"Money.....can carry it.....U.S. will go electronic.

Letters are coming from africa......lots of letters"

Problem is that the credit-card-ordered grocery deliveries will be covered with Ebola.

[no-to-illegals]

Seen any info regarding Maryland patient? I’ve found none. Sometimes I have to believe it is one of those ‘Turn the Page Moments’.

[Gadsden1st]

Does the Ebola virus constitute an existential risk?

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228267

[LambSlave]

It is a personal decision based on how much risk you are willing to take, whether travel and close human interaction are part of your routine, the extent to which major travel corridors intersect with places you frequent, and your specific occupational risk level (e.g. medical care providers are going to be high risk). I would warn all Freepers not to underestimate the potential for delayed visibility of an outbreak due to potentially long incubations. When you see 50 identified cases there could be many times that number of persons already infected, (think university or school, could have thousands infected by a few people) with a good number of those potentially capable of spreading the virus before they are aware of their condition.

If I saw 50 cases in the three counties where I spend most of my time, I would absolutely self-quarantine. If I saw >500 identified cases in the US, especially if it happened rapidly (weeks) I'd be extremely cautious, but wait until the first cases started popping up locally, then quarantine.

[Covenantor]

None yet, still a mystery.

[familyop]

‘Don’t Touch the Walls’: Ebola Fears Infect an African Hospital
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190930/posts

Transmission of Ebola virus from pigs to non-human primates (Airborn)
Nature ^ | 11/15/2012 | Hana M. Weingartl, et al
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3188965/posts

[Haiku Guy]

If there was an infection rate of one in a thousand in my home state, I would start to limit my activities to reduce my exposure. I would not go into self-quarantine, but I also would not be going to grocery stores, movie theaters, big cities, or a hospital.

So, that would be 300,000 infected in the US, of 9,000 in New Jersey.

[no-to-illegals]

Thank You for the info. I’ll keep trying to remember, ‘Don’t Worry’ though am wondering is it coming in the air tonight?

[Brother Cracker]

Just stay out of hospitals and Wal-Mart and you should be okay.

[Cold Heat]

What you are talking about is not quarantine, it’s precautions..

I currently do similar things during a flu outbreak..

I cancel any doctor or dentist appointments. I avoid closed or clouded public spaces..

When I got to a public place, like the grocery for example, I go armed with a anti-microbial, like alcohol.. I consciously avoid touching my eyes, or nose with my hands until I wash them. I also look for sick people..

It’s not hard to do..

[Cold Heat]

crowded....lol....clouds have little to do with it..

[Cold Heat]

It’s not airborne...

Never has been.

Is not today...

[no-to-illegals]

and there is nobody capable of flying into the uninfected land ... but I know it flies ... is called airplanes.