[pfflier]

Imagine, just for a second, anyone who wishes us ill shipping a herd of sick kids to the border. Then several of those kids are storehoused at military bases and other locations throughout the country before being released into the general population.

It is a nightmare scenario from a Clancy novel ...right???

[TangledUpInBlue]

The only thing - and I’m kind of “into” Ebola.... sick, I know. The thing with VHF’s is that they are far too efficient in their lethality. Most people fall too ill to travel and/or die way before they have time to make it to a population center.

Couple that with our medical facilities being - just a bit! :) - better than the procedures in Africa and we can quarantine things much faster and better.

Finally, as long as Ebola (and Marburg) stay infectious and don’t become contagious, then we’re ok. The real scary thing would be something with the killing power of ebola and the communicability of smallpox.

The Russians were working on that if you believe Ken Alibek......

[EBH]

Thank you! For those not as familiar with Ebola and potentials...this is a definite read as it is based on a true story.

“The Hot Zone” free .pdf download:

http://learn.flvs.net/educator/common/EnglishIIv10/TheHotZone.pdf