What if the CDC plane carrying the Ebola victims crashed on American soil?

[The Traveler]

77. That's a good characterization

of Ebola Zaire. This is a different strain. Its incubation period is different. It's mortality rate is different. Its vector seems different. Front line medical personnel are speculating this may have gone airborne.

I'm not worried about a plane crash ... but it could happen.

I'm worried about a couple of things.

1) As mentioned above, the vector(s) for this strain are at this point uncertain. Accidental breaches of isolation have happened before. This is Atlanta. It is densely populated and a major transportation hub. If we get unlucky, we have a major, and possibly unmanageable, problem. The risks are low .. the consequences of failure incalculable. I'm looking at the risk/reward /consequences structure and I don't get it. I think this is a dumb idea.

2) You can pretty much kiss the Democratic resurgence in GA good bye. People here are more than alarmed ... and they are really (and rightly) pissed off that local governments weren't brought into this decision. This WILL be an election issue down here, and it WILL get over amped. It was an uphill climb before ... but doable. Now it will be a lot steeper. Thanks for all the help, guys.

It's all nice that ya'll think we're safe down here, and mock people's concerns. I live less than 10 miles from Emory. I have a kid that has to go to that hospital for routine treatments. We are not happy. Not out of our minds with fear but, yeah, we're concerned and empathize with our neighbors who are quite anxious about it.

And God help us all if it gets out through Hartsfield ...

Trav