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>It's obviously not the truth. If someone stricken with Ebola makes it into a crowded location, then the chances of several people getting it will be high. This

by nmjohn 12y ago

>It's obviously not the truth. If someone stricken with Ebola makes it into a crowded location, then the chances of several people getting it will be high. This is obvious given the fact that a single Ebola patient infected a trained worker with protective gear. Extrapolate that out to an Ebola victim in the middle of Times Square, puking, coughing, sweating, etc. Think for one second here. If someone makes it into a crowded location and starts puking, do you think people are going to move towards the puking person or get the hell away? Whereas in a hospital if a patient starts puking is a nurse going to move towards the puking patient, or away? But at the end of the day this is 100% speculation. You are not qualified to have an opinion on the matter and neither am I. This is why I trust the doctors and scientists who are far more qualified to have an opinion when they say there is - for the time being - nothing to worry about.

steven2012 12y ago
They don't need to puke. Sweat transmits Ebola. Someone suffering from Ebola just needs to collapse in the middle of the subway, and people will help the person up, possibly infecting themselves by being coughed on in close quarters, or puked on inadvertently. At this point, once we get uncontrolled Ebola infections in people not remotely associated with West Africa, this is going to be a big problem because we will need to quarantine everyone that has Ebola-like symptoms, which will cause panic and become a huge burden on our medical system. And that's stupid to say I'm not qualified to have an opinion. I don't need to be a doctor to be allowed to have an opinion. I look at what the so-called experts claim, and understand that what I'm seeing in reality doesn't match what they say. And in fact, my opinion matches what other "experts" are questioning, a la LA Times article[1]. So, yes, I am qualified enough to have an opinion just by using simple common sense. You can feel free to be a good sheep and listen to what you're told, but I prefer to think for myself. And to be clear, I'm not worried I'm going to get Ebola. I just don't like it when I keep reading in the news that Ebola is extremely hard to catch, when it's obvious that it's not based on the evidence of who and how people are contracting it. [1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-questions-20141007-story.html#page=1 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-questions-20141007...

by nmjohn 12y ago

steven2012 12y ago

They don't need to puke. Sweat transmits Ebola. Someone suffering from Ebola just needs to collapse in the middle of the subway, and people will help the person up, possibly infecting themselves by being coughed on in close quarters, or puked on inadvertently. At this point, once we get uncontrolled Ebola infections in people not remotely associated with West Africa, this is going to be a big problem because we will need to quarantine everyone that has Ebola-like symptoms, which will cause panic and become a huge burden on our medical system. And that's stupid to say I'm not qualified to have an opinion. I don't need to be a doctor to be allowed to have an opinion. I look at what the so-called experts claim, and understand that what I'm seeing in reality doesn't match what they say. And in fact, my opinion matches what other "experts" are questioning, a la LA Times article[1]. So, yes, I am qualified enough to have an opinion just by using simple common sense. You can feel free to be a good sheep and listen to what you're told, but I prefer to think for myself. And to be clear, I'm not worried I'm going to get Ebola. I just don't like it when I keep reading in the news that Ebola is extremely hard to catch, when it's obvious that it's not based on the evidence of who and how people are contracting it. [1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-questions-20141007-story.html#page=1 http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ebola-questions-20141007...