re: Confirmed case of Ebola in New York City

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You really are exaggerating the chance of getting Ebola.

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I am not the one shutting down bowling alleys, passenger jets, entire hospital emergency depts, scaring hell out of anyone of thousands who took the L-train Wednesday evening, etc.

You are either not listening, or not understanding what I am saying.
So do this. Think about what you heard the infectious disease doctor say, "the chances of spreading that way are very slim." She was 100% correct. Now extrapolate that statement, exactly word-for-word, to NC Tigah. It is what I've been saying from day 1.

BUT here is the caveat: The disease can be deadly, and rare as transmission may be, it is possible. Transmission under those circumstances is not probable, but it is possible. Your ID doctor knows it is possible. The CDC which claims it to be impossible, knows it is possible. That is why the CDC went about scaring several hundred Frontier Airline Passengers in "retracing" Vinson's steps. It is why the CDC is scaring a couple of thousand train passengers who may have ridden with or after the NYC doctor. It is why potentially infected folks should simply be quarantined. Not because the risk is high, but because it is present.

But if CDC policy regarding quarantine holds that it's "not necessary", then cut out the bullshite of blaming folks for "putting others at risk" when following that policy.

Either they are at risk to be contagious or they aren't.
(1) If they are at risk to be contagious, then change an idiotic, partially-protective, politically motivated CDC Policy.
(2) If they are not at risk to be contagious, then stop scaring hell out of travelers who may have had casual contact with asymptomatic Ebola infected people.

Either way, current CDC behavior is stupid.
It really is not that damn complicated.