Interesting article - I was just wondering this very question...it’s a shame that it had to end up here in the US before someone sat down and did the figuring...
Last evening - The Five on Fox - one of the reporters was basically lecturing the rest of us about not fear mongering and that Ebola is not the worst case scenario everyone is making it out to be...
Then again, this is the same news worthless people (plus all the other MSM idiots) that let Obama into office unchallenged due to fears of being labeled a racist and having their shows cancelled....so why would I listen to a bunch of people who go off of research that other people do for them and turn it around for a 1 hr talk show/discussion among self-styled elitist?
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Duncan had diarrhea and vomiting the night before he went to the hospital and infected zero people in the apartment. It appears the only reason he infected two healthcare workers is CDC stupidity.
The problem with the author's numbers is that he gathers his statistics from a particularly stupid subset of the human population in W. Africa. These are the people who carry corpses around in taxis. They kiss the bodies. They hide their relatives who are dying of ebola from the authorities. None of those statistics apply here.
What does apply here is the fact that Obama is bringing 150 Ebola refugees here a day. That number is sure to increase. The number of infected refugees, currently roughly 1 in 1000 is also sure to increase. Each of the refugees brings a unique set of risks to America. None of them are a statistic. Some might be terrorists and a much greater threat. Most will just cost us $1m in municipal expenses plus $500k in hospital expenses not to mention the risk to hospital employees.
It's important to focus on the source of the problem: the influx of Ebola refugees who will kill actual Americans, not just statistical Americans.
Now start with the 8,000 the WHO will admit to. Over a billion by next Thanksgiving...