I think at least the humanitarian doctors should be kept in isolation a few weeks, then tested, before going back to their countries. Maybe then expand these facilities to allow whoever wishes to leave the area to stay there in isolation for the waiting period, then if tested negative, to be moved away from the area.
I understand reaching for something that will help, and your idea could very well be a great one, but there is no reason to get nervous yet. The virus only spreads from bodily fluids, mostly because someone touches an Ebola corpse or they touch the victim after they are feeling very sick. This is not a fast moving virus. Since 1976, when the first known case presented, fewer than 4000 people have died. That's only about 103 people a year. Whereas lightning strikes kill about 24,000 people every year. There could be a breakout, but the chances from everything I've read are highly unlikely.
RIP. hopefully his remains are taken care of appropriately. Much like the white walkers, or the vampires on the-strain
Seeing how so many are freaking out this whole thing reminds me of the movie 'Cabin Fever' [video=youtube;8bKy8ohYeSg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bKy8ohYeSg[/video]
I hope you're right but I'm not sure that you are. I think the steps made by American government are not enough. For example, they examine people when they land in the US but they should probably be tested before they board the plane. Also, if it is true that people don't even have symptoms for two weeks, is it impossible for them to pass these tests and still have the virus? I don't advocate panic but strong measures have to take place. Better safe than sorry.
I was working and living in Taipei Taiwan when SARS broke out. Ebola is a serious virus, but not airborn like SARS. Changed my life living in a place where the law required masks in public and you had to have your temperature taken to go to work, get on a subway or go to a restaurant. In the end they cleaned up the city, bleached everything and people started washing their hands more often. Ebola is much easier to deal with as you must have contact with fluids of the victim.
If you are sick, stay home. If you blow your nose, don't set the tissue on a public surface. Flush the public toilet when you use it and don't stick needles in your arm or have unprotected sex. Stay out of public baths, pools, saunas, etc. My 2 cents
I understand that this is true. Also read that the disease has been efficiently slowed down in Nigeria just by immediately isolating anyone who has any symptoms. I think there are 3 major steps to contain the disease: 1. Improve testing of people coming from these regions. Test them when they land and keep supervising them for at least two weeks to make sure they don't develop the symptoms. 2. Evacuate these regions from people who don't have the symptoms to a neutral area/s where they would be supervised for at least two weeks (prefferably longer), then move them to temporary living areas. Once you eliminate the risk of healthy people getting infected the disease would stop from spreading. 3. Doctors, nurses, humanitarians, treating the patients, should keep a maximum security protocol, they are the other Achilles heel. Of course they should be tested and supervised thoroughly before and for at least two weeks after leaving these areas. The security areas mentioned in section 2 should probably be used for them as well before they're allowed to get back to their countries.
Obesity and tobacco and alcohol may currently be more deadly, but none of them could kill virtually all human beings on the planet like Ebola can if it's allowed to spread.
I just got freaked out for the first time. It turns out according to the news, in Africa the projections by the CDC are that in as little as one month they could be seeing 10,000 new Ebola cases per week. That sent shivers down my spine.
And then there were two. And possibly more to come... http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ebola-strikes-texas-hospital-worker-cases-possibility/story?id=26206090
