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Marrah_G

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111. I can explain

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 08:02 PM

Oct 2014

In Africa, they have found that often many of the patients family who lived in the home, even while the patient was very ill, did not contract the disease. In every case it had been the people caring directly for the patient, especially during the end stages who ended up becoming infected themselves or prepared/touched the body for burial.

The family in Dallas were not caring for him when his symptoms became acute, the nurses were. The nurses were the ones at most risk of coming into contact with bodily fluids. Ebola also does not live outside the host for very long and is not transmitted through the air.

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Is anyone here petrified of Ebola? [View all] babylonsister Oct 2014 OP

Honestly Dwayne Hicks Oct 2014 #1

Thousands dead in west Africa, and it "does not ever cross your mind"? Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #19

+1 kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #59

except they said it would never come to America MFM008 Oct 2014 #66

Nobody ever made such a statement Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2014 #72

Who said it would never come to the US? leftynyc Oct 2014 #74

Curiouser and curiouser Tweedy Oct 2014 #98

Nope. Not me. In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #2

Ask the same question in 3 months from now. scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #3

So the numbers will either increase or stay the same? NoGOPZone Oct 2014 #10

It will likely increase to include some more of those who treated Duncan between Sept. 28-30. morningfog Oct 2014 #26

I'm very concerned. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #4

I don't think that makes you a bad person. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #52

Amen to that! Aerows Oct 2014 #56

Exactly. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #58

no, not at all MFM008 Oct 2014 #70

No, and I agree treestar Oct 2014 #100

I think it makes you a good person to be worried about those who may come in contact with it Marrah_G Oct 2014 #104

Or in the least deaniac21 Oct 2014 #5

We truly need a Surgeon General right now. Congressional Republicans do your job! The Wielding Truth Oct 2014 #37

ebola doesnt kill people, people kill people belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #6

Gun deaths are not an infectious disease whose victims are doubling in kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #60

i can get a gun just about anywhere - i cant do that with ebola belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #68

I'm concerned. Chemisse Oct 2014 #7

Well, they tried it with the Swine Flu, & some sort of Monkey flu, and remember the SARS outbreak? 2banon Oct 2014 #8

SARS was a very dangerous disease. Fortunately the Chinese were finally convinced kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #61

Interesting. I had to google "Civets" . Media claimed Chickens at the time, never updated that meme 2banon Oct 2014 #89

Civets are not felids of any kind. kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #92

one reference: kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #94

Up close and personal contact with hunting/butchering ups the chances of a jump from species Marrah_G Oct 2014 #107

the media is petrified that we the people won't be petrified. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2014 #9

I'm 66. Just another card in the file. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #11

No bermudat Oct 2014 #12

I don't even give it a thought. avebury Oct 2014 #13

I'm not bigwillq Oct 2014 #14

not petrified at all KMOD Oct 2014 #15

Rachel Maddow has been laying out facts v. fiction. babylonsister Oct 2014 #16

I keep recommending that people watch Rachel's broadcast. She's intelligent and well-informed. Hekate Oct 2014 #33

She did a fantastic job. cwydro Oct 2014 #35

Not scared in the least malaise Oct 2014 #17

No. 6,000,000,000 people in the world and around 4,500 casualties elias49 Oct 2014 #18

Many of the responses here remind me of the Reagan administration's reaction Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #20

Not being petrified of catching Ebola is not the same NuclearDem Oct 2014 #30

"Does not ever cross my mind", when thousands are dead in Africa, Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #40

AIDS was in the US treestar Oct 2014 #103

Well yes, but nurses who cared for AIDs victims did not usually get AIDs themselves. Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #109

I think it should be taken seriously treestar Oct 2014 #121

Not at all. I'd even fly to West Africa tomorrow without a concern FLPanhandle Oct 2014 #21

Right now, I'm scared shizz-less of Texas Presbyterian Hospital struggle4progress Oct 2014 #22

I totally agree; not the time to laugh it off or get the scare on. Time babylonsister Oct 2014 #25

It's not quite fair to blame KMOD Oct 2014 #27

There was no excuse for sending the guy home since they knew he had just come from Liberia, where struggle4progress Oct 2014 #36

Guess what KMOD Oct 2014 #42

In fact, some of our hospitals and doctors are downright crappy. Crunchy Frog Oct 2014 #55

No. H2O Man Oct 2014 #23

. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2014 #78

I blame a large part of the fear on the US Government. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2014 #24

Not yet. But then I don't listen to FOX and their ilk. Hekate Oct 2014 #28

Just did a thorough check of myself . . . markpkessinger Oct 2014 #29

I'm not petrified that I will contract it. cwydro Oct 2014 #31

+1 laundry_queen Oct 2014 #47

Our world just woke up. nt babylonsister Oct 2014 #49

Lol~ Nope! sheshe2 Oct 2014 #32

I'm much more worried about the next time influenza decides to pull a 1918 on us Recursion Oct 2014 #34

as a child, I feared dengue (I lived in Panama) SoCalDem Oct 2014 #46

There is a promising vaccine for dengue jberryhill Oct 2014 #110

Petrified? No. Concerned? about a communicable virus with a lethality rate of around 70% that is Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #38

I am not at all concerned about my own personal risk with regard to Ebola distantearlywarning Oct 2014 #39

No. No more than any of the other virus outbreaks I've Lint Head Oct 2014 #41

I live beside DFW Airport, the same airport ebola is flying in and out of and I'm ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #43

I'm very concerned... kentuck Oct 2014 #44

I'm more petrified of my face being plastered across the news, apples and oranges Oct 2014 #45

I'm gonna bookmark and come back in a couple of weeks and check out the attitudes... kentuck Oct 2014 #48

I truly hope the "nothing to see here" crowd is right. Union Scribe Oct 2014 #67

It is a strange attitude... kentuck Oct 2014 #87

It's a response to the media "omg we are all going to die" reporting. Marrah_G Oct 2014 #108

Not petrified. Just heartbroken for the people suffering... n/t Lyric Oct 2014 #50

Petrified people wouldn't be able to post, ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #51

Petrified? No. Slightly concerned? Yes. n/t Jamastiene Oct 2014 #53

I am always alarmed by stupid. lonestarnot Oct 2014 #54

Starting to get the nibblings of mild worry Scootaloo Oct 2014 #57

The media loves these stories, cuz they don't cost much, and they go on & on & on.... Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #62

No, but some things about this bother me a great deal Kalidurga Oct 2014 #63

For now, the best I can do is get swing voters to elect Democrats ffr Oct 2014 #64

I might be if I were still working in the trenches Warpy Oct 2014 #65

This is what's so perplexing to me Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #75

They were two nurses dealing with torrents of vomiting and diarrhea Warpy Oct 2014 #82

I guess I'm not aware of the realities of ebola. Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #84

I can explain Marrah_G Oct 2014 #111

Thank you for the explanation Dorian Gray Oct 2014 #119

Welcome :) Marrah_G Oct 2014 #120

Very true treestar Oct 2014 #105

I'm more afraid that republicans will keep screwing over the working class! B Calm Oct 2014 #69

What scares me is the mistakes made in the Texas cases. eShirl Oct 2014 #71

Petrified? No Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2014 #73

I am afraid for others around the world. merrily Oct 2014 #76

Concerned about the incompetence of those in charge of health care liberal N proud Oct 2014 #77

^^^^This ^^^^ Blue Idaho Oct 2014 #97

No. But it is a serious issue and should be treated as one. NT Adrahil Oct 2014 #79

I am reading Earth Abides - so maybe when I'm done. n/t seaglass Oct 2014 #80

I have no idea how bad it will get, CrispyQ Oct 2014 #81

We have a better chance of curing Ebola in Africa than... LeftInTX Oct 2014 #83

If my mother were still alive, she'd be pretty freaked out about it REP Oct 2014 #85

Not in the least. In fact, I am eliminating all threads about it here 6000eliot Oct 2014 #86

It's not lethal enough. Katashi_itto Oct 2014 #88

? The mortality rate is 70%. How lethal is enough? n/t Avalux Oct 2014 #91

Needs to be airborne with Rabies mixed in too. Katashi_itto Oct 2014 #112

I agree I'm more scared of rabies than any other disease. moriah Oct 2014 #118

Well with Rabies we would get "28 Days Later" Katashi_itto Oct 2014 #122

I'm not. I'm petrified of people not knowing basic common sense things about science and health. Avalux Oct 2014 #90

I'm not petrified. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #93

I am a bit worried but not petrified. RebelOne Oct 2014 #95

No, I'm moderately concerned. nt Raine Oct 2014 #96

No. Still feeling like it couldn't possibly treestar Oct 2014 #99

No- the media has everyone scared to death. Marrah_G Oct 2014 #101

No more than exponential math or logarithmic scales seveneyes Oct 2014 #102

Not me. I think it's important world leaders get it under control, since valerief Oct 2014 #106

If it showed up in the NYC area customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #113

The Surgeon General's warning hasn't stopped smoking Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #114

No. I feel sadness and compassion towards the people in West Africa Iris Oct 2014 #115

If I were a health care worker, maybe I would be. moriah Oct 2014 #116

lol. No/ n/t Horse with no Name Oct 2014 #117