Friday, October 17, 2014

well, let's take a step back. you shouldn't not be worried at all, and the political aspect might have something to do with the reaction.

what he didn't talk about was how it's spread from patient to worker. i think this is the key point that will probably calm people down: ebola is not airborne. it's less like the flu and more like aids - you have to be in close contact with bodily fluids. even if the worker was contagious on the plane, merely being on the plane with the worker is not enough to catch it. you need to be in contact with blood, feces, urine, etc. i hope that the bathroom was properly sterilized, though.

you should be careful. if you're into scatology, for example, you may want to put it off for a little while. but your death is not quite imminent; we're not at the "bring out your dead!" point quite yet.

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RarityGamer
Why is the CDC assuming everyone onboard that flight from Cleveland to Dallas has a extremely low chance of catching it? Like, why isn't every single passenger on a 24hr call-in list? "No passengers have symptoms" ..... we don't know that, do we? Unless the CDC is in constant contact with each and every passenger....

deathtokoalas
because ebola is not spread through the air, it's spread through contact with bodily fluids.