I understand the points. But when someone goes hyping an R2 virus and fanning the flames of emotional panic, my hackles go up.
Values of R0 of well-known infectious diseases
Disease Transmission R0
Measles Airborne 12–18
Pertussis Airborne droplet 12–17
Diphtheria Saliva 6–7
Smallpox Airborne droplet 5–7
Polio Fecal-oral route 5–7
Rubella Airborne droplet 5–7
Mumps Airborne droplet 4–7
HIV/AIDS Sexual contact 2–5
SARS Airborne droplet 2–5
Influenza
(1918 pandemic strain) Airborne droplet 2–
Ebola
(2014 Ebola outbreak) Bodily fluids 1-2
The Enterovirus is spreading through the population, brought here by our government, too. Is there a new case in your locale this week? There was in mine...four. Tell me with a reputed R-factor of 5-7 that there won’t be many, many more in the coming weeks while we’re focused on this keystone-cops routine by our medical community and government officials, with the spigot turned FULL-ON both from Africa and from Mexico.
I have all the confidence in the world in my fellow citizenry having an emotional reaction to all of this.
Theater, at its worst...and this article helps not with its title, save for the article content’s righteous critique of the response to this...
I don’t read any articles reporting that Congress’ phones are ringing off the hooks...yet. /s
-cynicus-
Well the facts are still out on Ebola becoming airborne, the CDC has become a political propaganda machine and the facts coming from it is suspect. WHO seems to have a better handle on facts surrounding Ebola and they suggest it is nearing airborne status as it mutates.
Bit puzzled by your response. You indicate that the R0 of Ebola is the same as that of the 1918 pandemic flu which killed millions. But you begin your post saying the “hype” about Ebola annoys you. No one knew much about the 1918 flu at the time but both citizens & doctors had the sense to quarantine exposed people. No such sense is coming from the government now & I think that idiocy is the source of panic. And rightly so