The bottom line here is that the die is cast. The public have stormed Ebola hospitals to carry off infected family members and trash the place, some claiming that there is no such thing as Ebola, and others looting contaminated, bloodstained linens, mattresses and equipment.
People who do this cannot be saved by outsiders with good intent. Until enough of them have died to pound it into their fool heads that this is a *plague*, they will have to suffer.
But first, let me kiss my dead uncle with an open mouth. There ya go...
There are a few common sense reasons why the US will not have a horrible outbreak. First is that we generally listen when we are told to go to the hospital. Second, hardly anyone takes care of their sick at home. Thirdly, we are generally reluctant to do anything with our dead bodies.
Now, it doesn’t mean we won’t get whacked. But I was telling my kids that if they are deemed to have Ebola, there is a spot in the shed out back. I will stick in a hose for them to scrub up with when they get better.
Think of it from a typical person in that area (or honestly here) perspective.
Your friend goes to the hospital with typical flu symptoms and gets thrown in a ward with people who have ebola. Even if he has the flu, he is now dead.
Or if he does have it, you have been hearing on TV and the radio that is all a plot to kill you funded by the CIA. At first you think it silly, till you see body bags leaving the hospital and being burned out back. Remember they have little experience with Ebola.
People are stupid. I can see this happening in a major city in the US pretty easily.