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1. The same way we did the last two times: hygiene

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 02:43 AM

Oct 2014

US public health and sanitation are a wonder of the modern world (I appreciate them that much more here in India).

The cruel irony of ebola and the other hemmoragics is that hospitals can amplify them if they are not sufficiently hygienic. That's the general outbreak pattern in subsaharan Africa. But in contrast, in the US a hospital is the safest place for an ebola patient to be.

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In your opinion, which is the better way to control an Ebola outbreak in this country? [View all] hedgehog Oct 2014 OP

The same way we did the last two times: hygiene Recursion Oct 2014 #1

Here's a different slant on the outbreak: hedgehog Oct 2014 #3

Both grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #2

I wish people would calm down DiverDave Oct 2014 #4

I think Preston was given some bad info when he wrote "The Hot Zone" hedgehog Oct 2014 #6

Don't know and am amazed treestar Oct 2014 #5