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
During the 1918 pandemic flu epidemic they used to stack bodies like cord wood on the sidewalks as the grave diggers died just like everybody else...same is going on in Africa now as the grave diggers are handling the bodies.
I didn’t write the stats.
Comparing 1918 US to 2014 US is ridiculous, save for the fact that 1918 US had more sense than today (government-wise).
“...puzzled...”
We’re both on the same page: Idiocy is driving the ‘developing emotional response’ (aka, ‘panic’) to this manufactured crisis.
The big question is whether it’s intentional
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3216361/posts
There’s more to fear from other bugs and the government itself than Ebola IMHO. If Ebola had even twice the infectious rate, we likely wouldn’t be having this discourse as the internet may have already been turned off...