re: Ebola scare. should we ALL be worried?

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. It's not a very communicable disease.

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it is more communicable then you let on, and can survive on surface for several days.

For example an infected persons blood or sweat can stay virus active for several days outside of a host.

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1. It's only killed about 1600 people in 40 years.

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because it was mostly confined to rural communities with little outside contact. Currently there have been outbreaks in population centers with access to global travel.

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2. West African and international aid efforts were able to successfully contain it--in the 1970s.
3. Our preventative protocols are light-years beyond Africa's--today and as of the 1970s.

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Except that there are 5 strains. This is the Zaire strain , the first strain discovered and the most deadly. interestingly there are some strains which have zero lethality.

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4. It is not thought to be communicable in incubation. So if someone isn't showing signs, they aren't contagious (limits the whole "a person without an obvious infection contaminating an entire flight").

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FALSE.

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COMMUNICABILITY: Communicable as long as blood, secretions, organs, or semen contain the virus

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5. It requires close/intimate contact--with fluids found in blood, bloody vomit, and bloody stool. It is also present in sweat and saliva, but not thought to be in concentrations high enough to transmit.

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it has also been shown in laboratory studies to be airborne. and aersolization through sneezing presents a major concern.

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7. FLight crews that travel to that part of the world are trained to look for signs of infection of Ebola and a host of other diseases, and have quarantine protocols for transnational flights.

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With an incubation period of about a week, it may be difficult to tell.

but dont take my word, here's the MSDS sheet that could have easily cleared up your several incosnistencies, navy. I guess today isnt going that well for you either.