Posted by pontormo on October 24, 2014, at 1:02:48
In reply to Re: New Case NYC doc returned and didn't quarantin, posted by Phillipa on October 23, 2014, at 20:03:21
I really don't think we need to panic over Ebola. Or even worry at all--
From what I can tell, unless :
1. you live in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea-- or
2. are a healthcare worker with ongoing responsibilities for caring directly for Ebola patients, especially at a for-profit hospital with no prior experience with Ebola--
I would say your chances of contracting this disease are somewhere between zero and nil.
Of course the CDC is refining their response to ebola- we've never had a single case until the last couple of weeks--
the CDC isn't prescient.-- conditions in Africa have been far from optimal, thus this is new ground--.
Realistically, how could the CDC to get it right the first time? Now that they've had some experience, naturally they're revising their protocols based on what they've learned in this short time.
Let's all go back to worrying about higher-probability events, like being run over by a bus or being hit by a meteor from outer space.
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