Is anyone here petrified of Ebola?

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81. I have no idea how bad it will get,

but I think it is already showing how woefully unprepared our medical system is to handle a serious crisis. I think we are about to discover an unexpected downside to our current 'everything-for-profit" model, from cutbacks in staff and training to people being afraid to question procedures because of fear of getting fired. CNN mentioned this last night - nurses who questioned procedures but wouldn't speak out for fear of their jobs. I won't even go into all the workers who have no sick pay or are afraid to take their sick pay.

There is another thread on DU about how retailers are telling the business community that income inequality is hurting their business and their stock price. I read that September was the warmest on record but we're supposedly in for another polar vortex. Most of the middle class are on the edge, economically & a lot of fear stems from that. Add a fear that makes people afraid of everyone, not just the others that they don't approve of, well, I don't know how much longer things will continue to simmer before erupting into a boil.


on edit: What I really fear is our incompetence. A lot of that, thanks to the corporate bottom line.