EBOLA Outbreak Thread

[Hugabear]

33. It's a serious outbreak to be sure, but the media isn't helping with their scaremongering tactics

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I think we need to look at this from another perspective. When the media reports that several hundred people have died, we need to remember that these are also densely populated areas. Guinea's capital city Conakry, which has been hit pretty hard, has a population of several million people. If the Ebola virus were as easily spread as the flu, then we'd be looking at a truly horrific pandemic.

Fact of the matter is that the virus just doesn't spread that easily, it requires direct contact with the bodily fluids from an infected person. If someone is carrying the virus but not showing any symptoms, they're not going to be contagious. You can't catch the virus from simply being in close proximity, or touching something that they have touched.