You have what is called normalcy bias.
The facts indicate that this is going to get ugly. Maybe not half the population of the Earth dying ugly, but likely tens or hundreds of millions dying ugly.
What facts? (1) Three week incubation period, during the last part of which the victim is a asymptomatic but still contagious. (2) Airborne vectors (droplets from sneezing/coughing, but not true airborne viable - bad enough). (3) High mortality rate even with supportive care. (4) Survivors are contagious for up to SIX MONTHS after “recovery.”
This is going to be a nightmare. As in Biblical.
But hey, good luck selling your bridge.
Nonsense. The facts up to this point indicate you have no idea what you’re talking about, but go ahead and continue with your alarmist rhetoric if it makes you feel better!
They are NOT contagious until they are symptomatic. So, this guy was here for a couple of days before spreading it. Then he went to the hospital. They sent him home. Spreading this all around his house. My guess is that his “relatives” are under lock and key for the next couple of weeks.
The math for something as complicated as disease transmission can’t be boiled down to simple doublings in a set period of time...there are just so many variables involved.
I do think that if the Ebola virus mutates and becomes easily transmitted through coughing (like the common cold) it will indeed be a catastrophe of Homeric proportion.
Good post. I analyze body fluids for a living. I keep posting this - droplet precautions are three feet.