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Last week the CDC announced that the likelihood of importing an Ebola case to the USA was extremely small.
This week, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on American soil went to the emergency room last week, but was released from the hospital even though he told staff he had traveled from Liberia.
http://edition.cnn.c...a-us/index.html
Prior to flying from Liberia he personally carried two individuals to the hospital who died of ebola within hours. The disease is most contagious in the later stages when direct contact is made with bodily fluids of an infected individual. The infected man in Dallas may have been in contact with up to 80 others (including school children) after he began to exhibit symptoms. (Earlier today the estimate was only 20.)
This morning, a Missouri doctor showed up at Altanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport dressed in protective gear to protest what he called mismanagement of the crisis by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He was reported as saying, "With 10,000 people flying out if west Africa daily its only a matter of time until all corners of the world are exposed," Mobley said. "Once it devours third world countries, the US will be importing these cases daily. Eventually the clusters will overwhelm even the most advanced countries' ability to isolate and quarantine all those exposed. The CDC needs to be honest with us."
http://www.news-lead...ndled/16579721/
So, remembering the "flu scare" of 2010(?), I wonder how Argentines will react and how expats may be affected, even if the "general population" in the USA is still not at risk.
If, in the next few weeks there are more cases of ebola reported in Dallas, will there be premature calls for restrictions on direct flights to BA from Dallas? And if the number of cases in the USA rises dramatically and any number of deaths follow as a result, will there be restrictions or possibly even bans on individuals entering Argentina from the USA? The fact that airline stocks are already in decline is worth noting.
And, after a few cases are reported in BA, who will want to ride in the subway or on a bus when someone is coughing and sneezing..or eat in a restaurant, or shop in a supermarket? Except for passing the mate cup around and drinking from the same straw, many of the Argentines I know are at least somewhat germaphobic.
PS: I was going to post this topic yesterday, but after reading claims made a few days ago by the CDC that the man in Dallas posed no threat, I decided not to. I changed my mind after reading today's news. Ebola is not a yet global threat, Hopefully it won't be, but I would not bet on it. It may never become a pandemic, but it should be remembered that is easier to transmit and far more difficult to treat that AIDS, and a helluva lot scarier than the flu.
This week, the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola on American soil went to the emergency room last week, but was released from the hospital even though he told staff he had traveled from Liberia.
http://edition.cnn.c...a-us/index.html
Prior to flying from Liberia he personally carried two individuals to the hospital who died of ebola within hours. The disease is most contagious in the later stages when direct contact is made with bodily fluids of an infected individual. The infected man in Dallas may have been in contact with up to 80 others (including school children) after he began to exhibit symptoms. (Earlier today the estimate was only 20.)
This morning, a Missouri doctor showed up at Altanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport dressed in protective gear to protest what he called mismanagement of the crisis by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He was reported as saying, "With 10,000 people flying out if west Africa daily its only a matter of time until all corners of the world are exposed," Mobley said. "Once it devours third world countries, the US will be importing these cases daily. Eventually the clusters will overwhelm even the most advanced countries' ability to isolate and quarantine all those exposed. The CDC needs to be honest with us."
http://www.news-lead...ndled/16579721/
So, remembering the "flu scare" of 2010(?), I wonder how Argentines will react and how expats may be affected, even if the "general population" in the USA is still not at risk.
If, in the next few weeks there are more cases of ebola reported in Dallas, will there be premature calls for restrictions on direct flights to BA from Dallas? And if the number of cases in the USA rises dramatically and any number of deaths follow as a result, will there be restrictions or possibly even bans on individuals entering Argentina from the USA? The fact that airline stocks are already in decline is worth noting.
And, after a few cases are reported in BA, who will want to ride in the subway or on a bus when someone is coughing and sneezing..or eat in a restaurant, or shop in a supermarket? Except for passing the mate cup around and drinking from the same straw, many of the Argentines I know are at least somewhat germaphobic.
PS: I was going to post this topic yesterday, but after reading claims made a few days ago by the CDC that the man in Dallas posed no threat, I decided not to. I changed my mind after reading today's news. Ebola is not a yet global threat, Hopefully it won't be, but I would not bet on it. It may never become a pandemic, but it should be remembered that is easier to transmit and far more difficult to treat that AIDS, and a helluva lot scarier than the flu.
