[exDemMom]

This disease is very likely now endemic to Dallas County. We'll see it pop up every few years just like West Africa.

Just like we see Ebola's sister, Marburg pop up on occasion since it was imported into the US in 2008? And we see localized outbreaks of Lassa hemorrhagic fever after the 4 imported cases during the past decade?

Our health care system is good, and we know how to control infection. In the Ebola case, the hospital messed up, a LOT, by not immediately admitting the guy based on travel history. But that lapse will not lead to Ebola getting established in the bat population and becoming endemic to the US.

[Mariner]

It depends on how long the infected persons were in the wild and what the mode of transmission for the virus is.

So it would be appropriate to frame your contention in that context.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Says you. I live in DFW. We hunt and BBQ bats at least once a week ‘round here. /s

;p