When the guy in Dallas was admitted to the hospital a second time, after living with his family for two days with full symptoms, I saw it as an opportunity to see just how bad this can get in a non-third world country. I was looking for the following:
1. will he die (he did)
2. Will his family get infected and, if so, will they die? (None of them caught it).
3. Will anyone be infected by him? (A couple of nurses did get infected)
4. Will those infected by him die? (they both got better)
The answers to those questions have come in the last couple of weeks. Ebola is not a threat in this country. At least, not as bad a threat as falling in the bathtub.
I had the added benefit of being on vacation for a week and a half. I shunned any news. When I came back (sunday), regarding Ebola, I was in a different world than when I left.
Starting to look that way, eh?
(I feared the worst)
I think we have been incredibly lucky and for that I am thankful.