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I have not heard a reasonable explanation why the “developed” world would have a lower rate of transmission. Better sanitation of course, but that sure doesn’t seem to prevent the transmission of the common cold.

Or how there's diseases that people catch usually only while in the hospital such as mrsa or c-dif. Clearly they can't sanitize enough to stop this so what makes ebola different?

Plus, in the developed world a sick person can travel to and from work (bus, train, elevator, etc.) and cover 20 miles in a day. A guy in some small village in Africa might travel 4 blocks in a week.

And how good are busses, trains, elevators, etc actually sanitized?

Our health care system is obviously better, but there are only a certain number of hospital beds. A quick search showed 10,000 in Minnesota. Maybe goes up to 50,000 with the National Guard, etc. setting up field hospitals. How many will still not be able to get treatment.

Plus first responders and doctors will be among the first to get sick and die.

How often do they clean? I don't know. But a search did find that one could adopt a bus stop to take care of. Except they canceled it due to cost. Although they still will mail you a garbage bag if you are an existing volunteer! (Hmm, probably 75 cents to mail a 20 cent garbage bag!)

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Adopt-A-Stop
Sorry, we are not accepting any new applications until further notice.

This program was affected by cost reduction measures implemented in an effort to reduce King County Metro Transit's major budget shortfall for 2009 and 2010.

Transit will continue to provide assistance to all existing volunteers.

To have plastic liners mailed to you, please call the Work Center at 206-477-3850.

DouglasKC:" Our health care system is obviously better, but there are only a certain number of hospital beds. A quick search showed 10,000 in Minnesota. Maybe goes up to 50,000 with the National Guard, etc. setting up field hospitals. How many will still not be able to get treatment."

Dont forget that WHO/CDC numbers are not totally accurate
There are UN workers there whose job is is to turn away the sick since hospitals are already overwhelmed, and understaffed.
Last count I saw by an U.N. official at one of the hospitals in Nigeria was that 30% were turned away.
DouglasKC:"Plus first responders and doctors will be among the first to get sick and die."

Nigeria has already lost 50% of its medically trained personell.

DouglasKC:" How many will still not be able to get treatment."

Treatment is to keep the patient hydrated through early treatment of anti-diuretics, , saline IV's , and balanced electro-lytes.
Saline IV's are already in short supply in the US.
Don't forget that some 30% of people who come to the overwhelmed hospitals are being turned away by UN/WHO/CDC and return home for care, thus infecting their families.

With medical treatment there is a 30% survival rate.
Without medical treatment there is a 10% survival rate.