It's been twelve days since Thomas Eric Duncan displayed Ebola symptoms.

[MineralMan]

18. Well, yes. That is fortunate, but that is the reality of Ebola.

Containment measures, if implemented properly, will prevent a widespread outbreak. Fortunately, in the US, we're equipped to do that. There was a lot of uniformed panic about this at first, but if you looked closely at how it was handled, the containment process was handled neatly and efficiently.

The healthcare providers are another group that will have to be monitored, but if their protective measures are followed well, there shouldn't be any of them who get infected. It's just not a disease that is impossible to protect against.

Again, though, we are very likely to have a few more isolated cases pop up. The CDC is at the MSP airport here, meeting planes that may have people who have traveled from the affected area. There aren't many of them to meet, though. They have passenger manifests, courtesy of the airlines, too, and know the nationalities of every passenger.

If some person does develop it here, they will likely have been spotted and will be followed through the incubation period.

Frankly, I'm not particularly concerned.

Now, I'm heading out to get my flu shot. I'm 69, so I"m getting the quadruple dose one.