and that would be tragic IF a baby in the USA got ebola, but I would be more concerned with other disease (i.e. that enterovirus) affecting babies than ebola.

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if it can be passed in this manner, it's not hard to spread.

actually it is pretty hard to spread

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Ebola is not spread through casual contact; therefore, the risk of an outbreak in the U.S. is very low. We know how to stop Ebola’s further spread: thorough case finding, isolation of ill people, contacting people exposed to the ill person, and further isolation of contacts if they develop symptoms. The U.S. public health and medical systems have had prior experience with sporadic cases of diseases such as Ebola. In the past decade, the United States had 5 imported cases of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) diseases similar to Ebola (1 Marburg, 4 Lassa). None resulted in any transmission in the United States.

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Posted by LSUGrrrl

Frisco, TX

Member since Jul 2007

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Posted on 10/1/14 at 10:10 pm to WeeWee

Actually, the enterovirus IS much more worrisome to me. I'm not freaked out at all about Ebola. I'm just not partnering with my tennis friend tomorrow. She can play line 3 with someone else until after that Dr appt.

That said, it seems that containing Ebola seems to depend a lot on

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isolation of ill people

and many people like my friend's husband (who just flew back today from west Africa via the Middle east) refuse to go to the Dr bc the have "the flu."

I think people should be told to calm the eff down but telling people that it's hard to spread may make many not seek medical care if they think sneezing all over shopping carts won't do anything.

There are a lot of oil & gas guys around here who travel to that region frequently. They need to keep their sneezy selves at home or go to the Dr.

This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 10:19 pm

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