I don't know if it's that cut and dry. The latest American with symptoms didn't have direct contact. Now they're also saying that if you remove your protective suit the wrong way you'll get it. I think we need to keep asking questions until they know for sure. I was talking to a friend that works for the CDC about a month ago and he said they have no definitive idea of how it spreads and how viral it will get. I say, be cautious and wait for the science.
. On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:55 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > When it comes to disease I tend to listen to doctors over "the other >> guys" >> > yes. >> >> The Doctors on the news or the Doctors sent out by the regime for the >> press? > > > I've been listening to the doctors that have been working on the ground in > African countries. > > The reason it's more infectious "over there" is for two reasons - one > cultural because of the funeral rites of many tribes that include washing, > dressing and even kissing the body of the deceased. The other is capacity > which has been documented. ( > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/13/kissing-the-corpses-in-ebola-country.html > ) > > In the US the second of those issues is not an issue. The first might be a > challenge but even then facilities are available. > > In short, I'm not buying the fear or the hype. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
