We have “cried wolf” so many times over the last few decades (swine flu, mad cow disease, bird flu, etc), I think most Americans take these things with a grain of salt ... which might be a lead in to a great medical disaster in the near future.
As a doctor and I’m assuming from your screen name you is one don’t you think we are in more danger from an outbreak of the Spanish flu or the H1N9 than Ebola? Just curious.
Doc, I have a dumb question. These ebola patients, their waste fluids, some (needles, bloody linens) goes I assume into biohazard bags but does other like fecal waste go into the regular sewage system? Just wondering since there are always stories of fecal matter having too high a count in drinking water systems (and boil water alerts after) how would they handle that if it got into municipal water supplies since they treat waste water and then some goes back into municipal supplies?