My goodness what have you been smoking? Depending on the strain, the fatality rate is upwards of 50% to 90% and it’s a jolly nasty way to go.
I will concede, however, that the crew members may not be Africans, but if they were in an African port of call and enjoyed the local ladies, they could easily be infected. I will also concede that Africa’s primitive medical facilities are a big part of the problem.
There is fear that this version of Ebola may spread through the air because it has mutated a number of times.
It is in metro areas in Africa, we are living in a small world and the US has porous borders. The length of time before symptons are shown is anywhere between two and 25 days. Those who are “cured” are still contagious for up to 7 weeks.
It is a virus so most of the care is supportive not curative. And the more cases there are, the more opportunity for mutations, and it is suspected that the number of cases and exposures is fairly substantially underrreported.
I suspect it is not a matter of whether it will spread to the US and potentially become uncontrollable, but when. If you want to stiffen your spine a bit, read Hot Zone by Preston. By God’s grace, this Ebola strain wasn’t transmissable to humans, but you get a good idea of how careful people can become infected and/or spread the disease to others.
There’s more than a bit of hubris involved in allowing potential Ebola cases into the US in my opinion - including the doctor and medical worker.
Ebola makes people seriously sick. I doubt that any "lady" infected by Ebola would have the strength or desire to sell her "services" while she is ill. Most likely, she would stay at home and suffer until she died, or go to a treatment center and have a little better chance to survive.
There is fear that this version of Ebola may spread through the air because it has mutated a number of times.
All viruses mutate. That does not change the mode of transmission. For Ebola to become airborne, it would have to change both its physical structure, and the tissues that it infects within the body--it would have to become a respiratory virus. It is extremely unlikely that both of those events could occur. I wonder, if Ebola became respiratory, whether it would be nearly as deadly. Most respiratory viruses are fairly benign.
It is in metro areas in Africa, we are living in a small world and the US has porous borders. The length of time before symptons are shown is anywhere between two and 25 days. Those who are “cured” are still contagious for up to 7 weeks.
Infectious Ebola virus was found in the semen of a recovered patient 82 days after he first became symptomatic. Not every man who gets Ebola makes infected semen.