BTW, this whole thread was an article in the NYTimes about the Liberian case in LAGOS NIGERIA and how the outbreak from THAT runner was stopped.
Nigeria shut down the hospital the runner went to. Totally. For at least six weeks.
Presbyterian in Dallas is still open.
Nigeria shut down ALL flights from the affected countries. We’re still issuing visas to them.
Regardless, I got back to my other comment: Keystone cops.
Then comes CYA.
Then what happens? Oh, they might actually tell people what to do to prevent the spread.
I sent a message to someone earlier this morning that stated,
The hygiene situation in this country is pathetic. If it gets here, we WILL have an outbreak.We agree on more than I think either of us realize...but I'm busy this afternoon and will have to catch up this evening...it's hit n run news on FR...so hopefully nothing real serious happens between now & then...I see people nearly every day fail to wash their hands coming out of a restroom. People walk down the sidewalk, store aisles, malls and openly cough with no concern to hygiene or spreading contact via touch or sputum.
We're forced to use reusable grocery bags. Checkers handle these bags of questionable cleanliness. They then handle the next person's food and bag(s).
The probability of creating an outbreak as a result of DOWNPLAYING this, rather than being honest with the public and doing EVERYTHING to prevent it getting to the US is VERY HIGH. The public message should be basic hygiene reinforcement and basic flu season precautions. It's the incubation/infectious period before showing symptoms that make this so dangerous.
This article is interesting
and merits comparison to our current age for reasons ranted about prior. We're lucky it's not spread by birds/pigs/rats/etc. But it may not matter. It 'is' school season and we have both the Enterovirus outbreak and now a possible Ebola situation.
They never should have brought those infected 'doctors' to CONUS for treatment (should have been a hospital ship) and flights, connecting OR direct, from Africa should not come direct to the US without special quarantine procedures.