.00054% of the people in Liberia have Ebola.
If 4500 people per month fly in the to US from Liberia and Ebola impacted nations, that means that there will be a grand total of two people with Ebola coming in per month.
On the other hand, more than 10,000 people fly into the US from Asia per day and many carry the flu virus that will kill 30,0000 Americans per year.
Ebola has killed zero Americans. The flu will kill 30,000 Americans.
Stop quantifying risk!
It’s unAmerican.
Those stats include those who died due it complications of the flu; i.e., they had other disease(s) and then got the flu. What are the stats on the completely healthy that contacted the flu and then died? As a completely healthy adult, what are my odds of surviving the flu (just the flu) vs. Ebola?
“If 4500 people per month fly in the to US from Liberia and Ebola impacted nations, that means that there will be a grand total of two people with Ebola coming in per month.”
that assumes that most of those coming into the US haven’t had a similar exposure to that of Eric Duncan, and aren’t flying here in hopes that they will have a better chance for survival than if they had stayed in Africa?