I just read a post on NRO Corner about Ebola fear-mongering. The fact that Ebola is not spread through the air, can be, I suppose, comforting to the hundreds of unfortunate victims of this hideous disease. The disease multiplies exponentially. I think something more than just remaining calm should be done.
My reaction is that while NRO doesn't like Savage, he does have a Phd in epidemiology. He's not anti-science, or scientifically ignorant.
The guy at NRO, on the other hand, has a degree in beltway flakery, and brandishes the typical GOP-e stuff that now flourishes at NRO.
Ya have to remember ....liberal socialist democrats are spitters.......stay safe !
I read there’s been 2000 dead since 1976. That is not exponential, IMO.
It isn't airborne, but it can be aerosolized, such as by sneezing. It can also live outside a host for several days.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php
If it is not easily spread, then how did the treating doctors get infected? I’m sure they took a lot more precautions than the people sitting next to Ebola carriers on airplanes and subways .